Call for papers

Submissions are welcome from academics, practitioner-researchers, archivists, artists, musicians and other creative practitioners, heritage and medical professionals, patients and service-users. We invite proposals for papers and presentations of 20 minutes, creative sessions, demonstrations, workshops or performances of 20-45 minutes, or round tables/panels of 1-2 hours. If you would like to propose a contribution in a different format, please get in touch.

We particularly welcome presentations on the following:

• the relationship between psychiatry and the arts in nineteenth-century Britain, with particular regard to its historical, social and cultural contexts
• reflections and interpretations of the history of psychiatry and the arts in modern contexts, whether from a heritage, creative or medical perspective
• the uses and benefits of creative, archival and heritage engagement for mental health service users
• explorations of, or reflections on, the professional practice and/or lived experience of arts and mental health

Abstracts or proposals of up to 200 words should be emailed to the PAN Network team <PAN@open.ac.uk> by 25 March. Please also include any technical or space requirements in your proposal. We are happy to accept proposals in alternative formats; please email to check acceptable formats.

The conference will be free to attend. A limited number of travel and/or accommodation bursaries will be available for those without access to institutional support. Please state your request in your email.