Alcohol and Drugs History Society

Conference Announcement

Global Approaches: The 4th International Conference on the History of Alcohol and Drugs, August 10-12, 2007, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

This conference has attracted more than 50 speakers on the history of alcohol and drugs across the globe including Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.  There will be two keynote addresses. Robin Room, of the Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre in Australia, and a recent winner of a lifetime achievement award from the American Public Health Association will give a paper entitled "'Justly anxious respecting the moral and material consequences': the proliferation of international control regimes for psychoactive substances."  Zheng Yangwen, University of Manchester, and the author of The Social Life of Opium in China will give a paper on "The Many Biographies of Opium." 

Further information about the conference, including registration information and a full programme is available here.

The conference has been funded by: The University of Guelph History Department and College of Arts, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Alcohol and Drug History Society.

Drinks and drugs at North American Conference on British Studies, 17-19 Nov. 2006

A number of papers related to drinks and drugs will be presented at the meeting of the North American Conference on British Studies, in conjunction with the Northeast Conference on British Studies, 17-19 November 2006, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Session:

Intoxicating Drink in Early Modern English Society: Three Commodities
(Chair and commentator: Keith Wrightson, Yale University)

Wine and Citizenship in Restoration England (Philip Withington, University of Leeds)

Beyond Queen Gin: Spirits in the Eighteenth Century (John Chartres, University of Leeds)

"Most Cherishing to Poor Labouring People": Beer as a Foodstuff in Early Modern England (Craig Muldrew, Queen's College, Cambridge University)

Other sessions: 

Non-Governmental Organizations, the State and Illegal Drugs, 1967-1977 (Alex Mold, London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

Social Drinking and Disaffection during the Interregnum (Caroline Boswell, Brown University)

British Planters, Cheap Tea and New Markets: Creating a Taste for Indian Tea in North America and South Asia (Erika Rappaport, University of California, Santa Barbara)

Drink Up! Liquid Refreshments in Early America, 1750-1850 (Symposium)

A Symposium on American Social History and Material Culture (April 1, 2005). Drink Up! explores the variety of liquid refreshments available in early American homes and taverns, who was drinking what, when and where, and how they were processed, procured, stored and served.

Presentations:
The social, technological and economic history associated with beverages in early American homes and taverns is examined in topics such as home and commercial beverage production, consumption patterns, imported beverages and trade. Discussions also investigate the material culture of table wares and containers in which beverages were stored, prepared and consumed.

Presenters:
Eleanor Breen, Mount Vernon
Frank Clark, Colonial Williamsburg
Ellen Denker, Independent Historian
David Hildebrand, Colonial Music Institute
Justin Sarafin, Monticello

Exhibits & Demonstrations:
Chocolate Making ­ Tavern Music - Artifacts - Reproductions

Advance Registration Required by March 21st:
Cost: $65
Information: Phone (703) 631-1429 or email: susan.clark@fairfaxcounty.gov

Sponsored by:
Fairfax County Park Authority & George Mason University ­ History Department

The Impact of Drug Policies on Women & Families Conference

The goal of the conference is to begin a national dialogue among lawmakers, social services and criminal justice professionals, and advocates on the impact of drug policies on women and their families.  Location: New York.  Conference Date: 17 March 2005.  Contact: Jennifer O'Neal.  Email: onealje@verizon.net

Conferences, 1984-2003

Several major conferences have been in held in recent decades related to the interests of ADHS.  In 1984 (Berkeley, California) and 1993 (London, Ontario) there were conferences on the social history of alcohol.  In 2003 (Glasgow, Scotland) there was a conference on drugs and empire.  In 2004 (London, Ontario) there was a conference on drugs and alcohol in history. 

In 1987 the University of Florida sponsored a small conference or seminar on alcohol history.  In addition the ADHS (or its predecessor the ATHG) frequently has organized sessions at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association.

Alcohol and Drugs History Conference

Here is a link to the online program for the International Conference of Alcohol and Drugs in History of May 2004 held at Huron University College, London, Ontario.  The conference marked the beginning of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society. 

Drugs and Empires

Here is the online program for the Drugs and Empires: Narcotics, History and Modern Colonialism conference of April 2003 at Strathclyde University, Glasgow. An abstract is provided for each of the two dozen papers. I'll link to each abstract separately over the next few days.