On Friday 17th March 2017 at 5.00pm, Lucinda Kirby of the University of Liverpool, presently holding the post of Alan Rodger Postgraduate Visiting Researcher at the University of Glasgow, will speak on: Public doctors and the law in fourth century Egypt The event will take place in room 207, 10 The Square, University Avenue, The… Continue reading
Seminar 5: Benefits and Disbenefits of monitoring digital data for health purposes Date: 10am-4pm, 1st March 2017 Location: University of Edinburgh, Raeburn Room Bookings are now open for a seminar taking place on 1st March in Edinburgh. This seminar explores the conditions of ethical and lawful monitoring of employee workplace practices for the purposes of identifying risk of poor physical… Continue reading
The Institute of Medical Ethics and BMJ are looking for the next Editor-in-Chief who can continue to shape Medical Humanities into a dynamic resource for a rapidly evolving field. Candidates should be active in the field, keen to facilitate international perspectives and maintain an awareness of trends and hot topics. The successful candidate will act… Continue reading
Date: Tuesday 21 February 2017 Venue: The Kelvin Gallery, Main Building, University of Glasgow Doors Open: 6.00pm Lecture Starts: 6.30pm Event Finishes: 8.00pm Registration Page: https://www.alumni.gla.ac.uk/NetCommunity/events-and-reunions/2017-stone-lecture It is our great pleasure to invite you to the 2017 Stone Lecture on Tuesday 21st February, during which broadcaster and writer Sally Magnusson will talk about the challenge… Continue reading
Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies Special issue: Representations of Dwarfism. Guest editors: Erin Pritchard (Disability and Education, Liverpool Hope University) and Robert Kruse (Geography, West Liberty University). Several themes are evident within the growing literature on cultural representations of disability. This includes the relationship between disability and humour by Tom Coogan and Rebecca… Continue reading
Date: 1-2pm, Wednesday 15th February Location: Room 418, School of Geographical & Earth Sciences, East Quadrangle, University of Glasgow All are welcome at this Wednesday’s MHRC discussion group, where Dr Matthew Smith (Strathclyde) will be presenting his work on social psychiatry. History in Action: Social Psychiatry in Contemporary, Political Perspective’ In this ‘post-truth’ era, it is increasingly important… Continue reading
Date: 9.30am – 4pm, Thursday 2nd March 2017 Location: Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh The Scottish Autism Research Group (SARG) are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the annual SARG one-day research seminar. The theme of the seminar is Autism and Mental Health. A variety of current research topics will be covered including anxiety, depression,… Continue reading
Location: Kellogg College, Oxford Date: 19th – 20th April 2017 Deadline: 28th February 2017 This cross-disciplinary conference will explore the emerging problem of ‘too much medicine’ (TMM) including overdiagnosis and overtreatment. TMM is likely to benefit from an interdisciplinary perspective for several reasons. One cause of TMM is arguably ‘disease mongering’ where for example risk factors are… Continue reading
Location: University of Huddersfield Date: 9.30am-4.30pm, Tuesday 11th July 2017 This one-day conference is being delivered by the University of Huddersfield in conjunction with the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SWYPT). It is open to all health and social care professionals, community and voluntary sector workers, service users and carers. Spirituality is innately human and… Continue reading
Please join the Disability Research Forum for a workshop on therapeutic culture and international development on Friday March 17th, 11-5pm, at Sheffield Institute of International Development (SIID), University of Sheffield. Minds, behaviour and psychologies are fast becoming key frontiers in contemporary development policy. While the links between development and psychology have a long (colonial) history,… Continue reading
