The inaugural meeting of the proposed Association for Medical Humanities, described in more detail elsewhere in this issue (see page 104), will be held on Saturday 9th February 2002 at the University of Birmingham Medical School. The programme, which lasts from 1000 to 1630, will incorporate the formal establishment of the association; it will also involve plenary and workshop discussions to consider research and teaching in medical humanities, and appropriate structures and tasks for the association.

All medical schools in the British Isles, and all universities in the British Isles with specific interests in research and teaching in the medical humanities, are expressly invited to participate.

Further details may be obtained from: Mr R G Arnott, Director, Centre for the History of Medicine, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, email: r.g.arnott{at}bham.ac.uk