Conference, "Intoxicated Warfare: Psychoactive Substances, Violence and Trauma" (Great Lakes History Conference)
Friday, September 27, 2024
9:45 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus
Alumni, Community, Faculty, Staff, Students
This conference, "Intoxicated Warfare: Psychoactive Substances, Violence and Trauma," will take place in the DeVos Center/Pew Campus (Loosemore Auditorium) on Sept 27-28. The conference will bring an international (from Europe, Africa and the US) group of interdisciplinary scholars (in history, psychology, medicine, literature and other fields) together for a series of panels and keynotes that are open to the GVSU community and public. We will focus on the role of drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism and catalyst for violence (including war) in a variety of settings. For more details on the conference, here's the website, which includes the program (and details about keynotes, panels):
This event is recurring on Saturday, September 28, 2024.
Location Information
Loosemore Auditorium, DeVos Center, Pew Campus
Contact Information
Jason Crouthamel, [email protected]
Hosting Department, Organization, or Business
Department of History
Tags
academic alcohol drugs history medicine psychiatry trauma violence war
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This event was added to the calendar by Jason Crouthamel (crouthaj@gvsu.edu) on Thursday, August 29, 2024 and was last updated on Friday, August 30, 2024 at 8:35 a.m.
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