The PJMH: The Postgraduate Journal of Medical Humanities, based at the University of Exeter’s Centre for Medical History, is now accepting submissions for articles and book reviews for its fourth edition. The journal, an online interdisciplinary publication authored and edited by postgraduate students, will be publishing professional peer-reviewed research and book reviews on all topics… Continue reading
The Academy of Medical Sciences are delighted to announce a new call for applications, under their Springboard scheme, for researchers working in the health social sciences and medical humanities. Springboard – Health of the Public 2040 offers funding of up to £50,000 over two years and a bespoke package of career support to researchers at… Continue reading
Job Details: Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Research Fellow History of Armed Conflict and Trauma Reference Number: 015279 Department: School of Humanities, University of Glasgow Salary Range: £33,943 – £38,813 / £41,709 – £48,327 per annum Introduction To support the growth of its global reputation for world-changing research, the University of Glasgow is investing in the recruitment… Continue reading
Deadline: 15th January 2017 We are seeking essay proposals for a peer-reviewed edited volume, Literatures of Madness: Disability Studies and Mental Health, which will be submitted to the Literary Disability Studies book series at Palgrave Macmillan (http://www.palgrave.com/us/series/14821). The volume will collect disability studies essays that focus on mental health, madness, and addiction in literary texts.… Continue reading
Deakin University is currently recruiting for a Lecturer in Health Ethics, Law or Professionalism in the School of Medicine. This is a 0.8FTE continuing position at Level B, located at the Geelong Waurn Ponds campus. A second, full time position in a similar role will be advertised shortly. About the role: The Lecturer will be required to teach,… Continue reading
Disability and Disciplines: The International Conference on Educational, Cultural, and Disability Studies Date: 5th-6th July 2017 Location: Centre for Culture and Disability Studies, Liverpool Hope University Keynote Speakers: Prof. Robert McRuer, George Washington University Prof. Katherine Runswick-Cole, Manchester Metropolitan University Interdisciplinarity is pivotal in the development of the academy for many reasons, some of which form the conceptual… Continue reading
Date: 13th April 2017 Location: Highfield House, University of Nottingham, University Park Campus Reading Bodies, Writing Minds is a one-day conference to be held at the University of Nottingham on 13 April 2017. The conference will investigate representations from the arts and social sciences of suffering, seeing, and treating mental illness. This interdisciplinary event is intended… Continue reading
Discovering Medical Humanities Collections, staff from Archives and Special Collections, University of Glasgow Date: 1-2pm, Wednesday 16th November Venue: Special Collections, Level 12 of the University of Glasgow Library Please join Archives and Special Collection staff to discuss the discovery of Medical Humanities collections. Questions raised include; How effectively are we promoting the University’s medical… Continue reading
Professor Jane Taylor (University of Leeds): “Newes From the Dead: An Unnatural Moment from the History of Natural Philosophy” Date: Thursday 10 Nov at 5.30pm, Location: Room 408, Gilmorehill Hall (9 University Avenue), Theatre Studies, University of Glasgow In 1650 (the year of Descartes’ death) a young woman was hanged in Oxford for infanticide. Rather remarkably, she… Continue reading
CFP: Special Issue of Feminist Formations, ‘Queer/Crip Contagions’ Edited by Kelly Fritsch and Anne McGuire Full Papers due 1st February 2017 This special issue charts the limits and possibilities of queer/crip biosocial politics by examining the ways these intersect and co-mingle with the narratives, practices, and temporalities of contagion. Feminist scholars have long theorized “queer” and… Continue reading
