The University of Liverpool is seeking applications for a fully funded PhD studentship in the Medical Humanities and Social Sciences to be associated with the Centre for Health, Arts and Science (CHARTS). Alongside PhD research, the successful candidate will play a role in raising the profile of research in this area, including developing the web… Continue reading
The School of History and the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds are launching an exciting new MA programme in the History of Health, Medicine and Society. This postgraduate degree allows students to explore relationships between health, medical practices and wider society in a broad range of chronological and… Continue reading
Location: University of Strathclyde Salary: £34,576 Contract: Fixed (3 years), full time Closes: 5th June 2016 Applications are invited for a three year Lectureship within the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare (CSHHH) Glasgow at the University of Strathclyde (www.strath.ac.uk/cshhh). The CSHHH Glasgow was established in 2005 as a research collaboration in the… Continue reading
Location: University of Glasgow Salary: £41,255 – £47,801 (grade 8) Contract: Permanent, full time Closes: 14th June 2016 The School of Critical Studies seeks to appoint a Lecturer in English Literature. The successful applicant will have demonstrably outstanding expertise in eighteenth-century literature in relation to the material culture of the period. The post is a strategic… Continue reading
Call for Papers: Morbid Laughter: Exploring the Comic Dimensions of Disease in Classical Antiquity Location: Department of Classics, University of Patras (Greece) Dates: Monday 12th – Tuesday 13th September 2016 Confirmed speakers include: Edith Hall (King’s College, London), Georgia Petridou (Erfurt University), Ian Ruffell (University of Glasgow), Dimos Spatharas (University of Crete), Chiara Thumiger (Warwick University). We welcome abstracts for papers… Continue reading
Workshop: Imagineering the Future Date: 9am-5pm, Friday 10th June 2016 Location: Room 526, James Watt Building, University of Glasgow Programme: Available here The objective of the workshop is to identify key questions for the future from a range of perspectives across the physical and life sciences, engineering, arts and social sciences. Themes to be considered include: Visions… Continue reading
Three Year PhD Studentship, Glasgow Project Title: “Testing the limits of the ‘hard man’ in film: masculinity and male health behaviour in Scotland’s public health films 1934-2000” Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow, the Centre for the Social History of Health and Health Care at the University of Strathclyde and the National… Continue reading
Matters of the Mind: The Materialities of Mental Ill-Health and Distress Deadline: 22nd May 2016 From medications to diagnostic manuals, somatic sensations to brain images, the landscape of mental health and illness is replete with diverse materialities. Against the background of a wider ‘material turn’ across the social sciences and humanities, this edited collection will… Continue reading
The Sutherland Trust Spring Lecture 2016: Desmond Ryan In Search of the ‘Good Enough Environment’ for Young Teenagers Presented by Dr. Desmond Ryan Wed 18 May 2016, 6.30pm for lecture at 7.00pm Lauriston Hall, Lauriston Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9DJ Refreshments are included in the ticket price and will be available from 6.30pm British children consistently score low… Continue reading
Location: Brooks Building, Manchester Metropolitan University Date: Wed 27th – Thurs 28th July 2016 A two-day workshop hosted by MMU Medical Humanities, Aesthetics and Creativity and Disability Networks Convenors: Dr Lucy Burke (l.burke@mmu.ac.uk) and Dr Anna Bergqvist (a.bergqvist@mmu.ac.uk) Creativity is an area that many research councils and funding bodies recognise as a focal point for… Continue reading
