Healthcare History, Policy, and Equity

A Virtual Conference for Graduate Students and Early Career Researchers
February 28-March 1, 2025, via Zoom

The American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN) invites submissions for a virtual conference on healthcare history, policy, and equity from senior undergraduate students, graduate students, and early career researchers (defined as up to 5 years post-PhD). Contemporary conversations on healthcare policy and equity often neglect the influence of historical events on the present.  This conference will allow early-career individuals to showcase the benefits of thinking historically about healthcare policy and equity.

Submissions that consider nurses or the role of the nursing profession in these issues are welcomed. However, presentations can consider any aspect of healthcare history within any geographic or temporal frame. 

You do not need to be an AAHN member to submit an abstract, but accepted presenters must be (or become) members to present at the conference. We offer a special membership discount: two students from the same institution can become members for $100 USD. More information on AAHN membership and membership benefits can be found here.

Presenters will have 20 minutes to deliver their paper, followed by a 10-minute question and answer period.

Please upload your 250-word abstract and one-page CV to via Oxford Abstracts by January 10, 2025. We will notify the accepted presenters by January 31st.