Conference, 15-16 April 2009
Insurance, sickness and old age: past experiences and future prospects?
Wednesday, April 15.
Session I: 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
Introduction and Welcome
Justo Hernandez, 'Old age and the elderly within Galenism: the Renaissance Liber de arte medendi (1564) by Cristóbal de Vega (1510-1573)'
John Benson, ‘Coal miners, friendly societies and trade unions’
Julia Schonheinz, ‘Providing Old Age Welfare for Transylvanian Saxon Non-Migrants’
1.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. Lunch
Session II: 2.00 - 3.45 p.m.
Martin Gorsky, Aravinda Guntupalli, Bernard Harris and Andrew Hinde, ‘Rise in morbidity in 19th and 20th century Britain’
3.45 p.m. – 4.15 p.m. Tea.
Session III: 4.15 - 6.00 p.m.
John Murray, ‘Identifying, separating and managing asymmetric information’
Herb Emery, ‘America's rejection of compulsory health insurance’
Jerónia Pons, ‘Sickness insurance in Spain 1908-1963’
Thursday, April 16.
Session IV: 9.15 - 10.30 a.m.
Martin Lengwiler, ‘Contested visions of convergence’
Pilar Leon Sanz, ‘Sanitary assistance offered by La Conciliation (1920-1936)’
10.30-11.00 a.m. Coffee
Session V: 11.00 a.m. - 12.45 p.m.
Robert Vonk, ‘Health insurance for the elderly in the Netherlands 1956-1986’
Jay Kleinberg, ‘Older American women's attitudes towards health insurance’
Nandini Das, ‘Health status of the elderly in India’
12.45 – 2.00 p.m. Lunch
Session VI: 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m.
Ercilia Dini, ‘Economic activity status of older workers in the UK'
Michael Smith, ‘Trends in healthy and disability-free life expectancy'
Please download the registration form if you wish to attend the conference and return the completed form to Angela Westley (A.G.Westley@soton.ac.uk).