Event Details

End: June 3, 2019
Contact: david.krah@ucsf.edu
More Info: https://www.library.ucsf.edu/archives/aids/

Memory Lives On: Documenting the HIV/AIDS Epidemic is an interdisciplinary symposium exploring and reflecting on topics related to archives and the practice of documenting the stories of HIV/AIDS. 

 

The task of documenting the history of HIV/AIDS and thinking about the present and future of the epidemic is daunting. The enormity and complexity of the stories and perspectives on the disease,which has affected so many millions of patients and familiesaround the world, present significant challenges that demandcontinual reexamination. Questions of "what do we collect and from where" and "whose stories do we know best."  The ways in which we handle documentary evidence and produce knowledge from that evidence has profound effects on a huge range of social, economic and health outcomes. In examining and reflecting on our knowledge of the history of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic and its future, we hope to improve our understanding of the true effects of the disease, and what it can teach us about future epidemics.

 

The program committee invites  submissions for presentations addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic from the wide-ranging perspectives of historians, archivists and librarians, artists, journalists, activists and community groups, scientific researchers, health care providers, and people living with HIV. We invite proposals from individuals with diverse experience and expertise on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in scholarship, research and advocacy. Proposals will be considered in a variety of forms including paper presentations, panel discussions and posters. 

 

The Symposium will take place in Byers Auditorium in Genentech Hall at the UCSF Mission Bay Campus in San Francisco, October 4th and 5th 2019.  

 

The Program Committee has identified the following themes to consider when developing your proposal, though we encourage creativity and experimentation in exploring themes, partnerships, and narrative ideas. 

 

• Documenting the epidemic: Gaps, silences and unheard voices
• Creating an interdisciplinary narrative of an epidemic
• Silent no more: Community, caretaker and patient stories 
• The San Francisco Bay Area’s Response to the AIDS Epidemic 
• Biomedical story: From mystery disease to cure 
• From local to global: Learning from AIDS to address future epidemics

 

The deadline for submissions is June 3. We will notify presenters if their proposal has been accepted by July 22. 

 

Submit a proposal: http://tiny.ucsf.edu/A2nohy

For any inquiries contact David Krah david.krah@ucsf.edu