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  • Call for Abstracts (Ninth Issue 2027): Narrating Nursing: Methods and Sources in Nursing History and Ethics

    2026-05-12

    Diaries, letters, and other personal artifacts open up new perspectives on the history and ethics of nursing. As ego documents, these sources illuminate the everyday realities of care and the lived experiences of nurses that often remain invisible in institutional or po­licy documents. In parrallel, qualitative methods, such as interviews and reflective diaries, play an important role in nursing ethics research, enabling scientific examination of ethi­cal practice and nurses‘ moral perspectives.

    This planned issue invites contributions that explore the micro-level of nursing practice from both historical and ethical perspectives. It seeks to foreground the historical value of individual experiences, whilst critically reflecting on how these perspectives relate to wider social, cultural and professional developments or people‘s health.

    At the same time, the issue welcomes contributions that engage with the role of individual theorists, leaders or reformers in nursing history and ethics. We encourage analyses that go beyond the „great pioneer“ narratives and situate individual actors within their social, cultural and professional contexts.

    Methodological reflections on working with ego documents or qualitative material in nursing history and/or nursing ethics are particularly encouraged.

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  • Call for Abstracts (Eighth Issue 2026): To become a nurse

    2025-03-31
    Theme 2026: To become a nurse Deadline for abstracts: May 31, 2025
    Deadline for manuscripts: November 30, 2025

    Models of nursing education and training in ethics can vary widely across Europe, depending on how nursing was organized in each country. The path to academization varied greatly and the different manifestations of denominational nursing traditions also had far-reaching consequences. This special issue will focus on these historically-specific developments in nursing education. The aim is to identify and discuss differences in developments, societal and structural conditions. A central topic is the formation of professional and ethical standards for the profession. The question of how to become a “good” nurse has a long history in nursing debates and continues to have relevance today. Even in the early days of nursing training, it was a matter of course that the development of the nurse’s character was as important as the practical and theoretical training. In modern nursing training, the development of an ethical attitude plays an important role alongside the teaching of ethical foundations. The eighth themed issue of the European Journal for Nursing History and Ethics is dedicated to nursing education from a historical and ethical perspective.

     

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  • Call for Abstracts (Seventh Issue 2025)

    2024-03-26

    The European Journal for Nursing History and Ethics is an interdisciplinary Open Access and peer-reviewed eJournal spanning the Humanities, Nursing Science, Social Sciences, and Cultural Studies. The journal is published online once a year with each edition having an individual theme and an open section that contains articles on various topics. In addition, the sections “Forum” and “Lost and Found” offer the opportunity to publish shorter articles on current debates or to present remarkable objects, texts, pictures or movies with relevance to nursing history and ethics and to discuss their significance.

    The Journal is seeking contributions to

    • the open section
    • the themed section
    • “Lost and Found”
    • “Forum”

     

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