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Science in Culture. Arts of Welfare and European Cultures of Care. The Role of the Arts in the Evolution of Health Care and Education (1752 – 1948)

The social history of the welfare state has been studied in depth before, however, the role that art and artists played in the conception of traditional caring cultures and state-action in the healthcare of citizens has received considerably less critical attention, and remains sketchy to this day. Furthermore, while national programmes of welfare, and accompanying narratives of the common good assured by a caring state have been addressed individually, little attention has been given to the repercussions of welfare reform from one European country to another. Nor has the immense appeal to the imagination whether conjuring up images of a more benevolent state, or turning state-of-the-arts science into tales that appealed to the imagination.

These are precisely the issues that this conference aims to explore, concentrating on the role that the arts had in the evolution of healthcare and education between the Dissection Act in 1752, the French Revolution (1789), the Declaration of the Human Rights in 1793 and the actualisation of the Welfare State in the U.K and the Stato sociale in Italy in 1948, preceded by the État-providence / Protection sociale in France in 1945.

Particular attention will be laid on the interstice between sciences and humanities in order to allow an interdisciplinary debate around the advancement and innovation in society in both healthcare and education.

For more information, visit http://scienceinculture.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/

 

Conference Organisers:
Dr Rossella M. Riccobono (University of St Andrews)
Prof. Claire Davison (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle)

  • Organizzato da: University of St Andrews, School of Modern Languages
  • In collaborazione con: Italian institute of Culture, The Society for Italian Studies, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, University of St Andrews Poetry Forum