Posts by Hannah Tweed

CFP: ‘Other Psychotherapies – across time, space, and cultures’, Glasgow

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Monday 3rd April – Tues 4th April 2017 University of Glasgow The Wellcome Trust-funded Conference ‘Other Psychotherapies – across time, space, and cultures’ brings contemporary Western expertise into dialogue with psychotherapeutic approaches from ‘other’ spatially, historically or otherwise ‘distant’ cultures. The Conference Committee invites abstracts of up to 300 words for 20-minute presentations, to be… Continue reading →

Registration: ‘Young Citizens and Society: Fostering Civic Participation’, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

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The School of Education at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, is pleased to host its second Contemporary Childhood Conference, which will take place on 2-3 September 2016. Citizenship and Civic Education take a range of forms, but the overall goal is to support children and young people’s participation in their immediate society and the wider… Continue reading →

Post: Portfolio Developer, Wellcome Trust

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The Wellcome Trust is looking for a Portfolio Developer: communities and knowledge, which is well suited for candidates who have just completed their PhDs or have undertaken a one-year postdoc. More information can be found at: https://wellcome.ac.uk/jobs/portfolio-developer-communities-and-knowledge. Job location London Closing date Sunday 4 September 2016 Salary Competitive, plus excellent benefits Job description This will be a 12-month fixed-term… Continue reading →

Posts (x2): Assistant Professors of Bioethics and Medical Humanities at UAMS

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Assistant Professors of Bioethics and Medical Humanities at UAMS The Division of Medical Humanities in the College of Medicine at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) seeks two dedicated, energetic individuals to join our team as full time, tenure-track faculty at the level of Assistant Professor. A faculty appointment in our department brings opportunities… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Disability Studies’, Special Issue of Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation

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Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation Special Disability Studies Themed Issue The Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation is a peer-reviewed, multimedia, open-access journal. We are currently seeking submissions that can further the relationship and conversation between disability studies and the rehabilitation fields. We are particularly interested in pieces that explore the ways disability studies and rehabilitation… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Autism Narratives’, Special Issue of Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies

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Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies – Call for Papers Special Issue: Autism Narratives Guest Editors: Stuart Murray (English, University of Leeds) & Mark Osteen (English, Loyola University Maryland) 2018 will mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of two major studies on the cultural representations of autism, Stuart Murray’s monographRepresenting Autism: Culture, Narrative,… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Cultural contexts of health in the European Region’, Public Health Panorama

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Deadline for proposals: 30th September 2016 Public Health Panorama (March 2017 Issue) calls for submission of papers for a special issue on the “cultural contexts of health (CCH) in the European Region”. This issue will be published in March 2017 in conjunction with the third WHO Expert Advisory Group meeting on CCH. Culture and health… Continue reading →

Exhibition: ‘Phantom Limb’, Liverpool, 9 July – 3 December 2016

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Phantom Limb is an interactive exhibition focusing on medicine, memory and the treatment process. It features around twenty works by nine artists, most of whom work from their own personal experiences of operations and illnesses. The exhibition is a partnership project between award-winning artist, Euan Gray, and Dr Daniel Whistler, from Liverpool University’s Centre for Health, Arts and… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Dementia Lab: the Role of Design 2016’, Essen, Germany

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Call for participation: Dementia Lab: the Role of Design 2016 Essen, Germany 14 and 15 September, 2016 Design educators of all disciplines, design researchers and designers are invited to attend this two-day event on designing together with people with dementia. Design in all of its forms, from graphic and product design to industrial design and… Continue reading →

Conference: Biopolitics and Psychosomatics: ‘Participating Bodies’, Cambridge

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Friday 8th July 2016, University of Cambridge Online registration is now open to book your place. The standard fee is £30 (includes lunch and teas/coffees). The fee for students/unwaged is £15. The deadline for registration is Friday 1 July 2016 at 12 noon. Patient involvement, participation and empowerment are keywords at the forefront of the politics… Continue reading →