1-2pm, Wednesday 25th November 2015 Arden Hegele (Columbia University), ‘Pathography and Romanticism’ Discussant: Professor Deborah Dixon (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences) In this talk, I investigate the relationship between lifewriting and the medical case study by considering their intersection in the 19th-century genre of the ‘pathography’ — the autobiographical narrative of illness. I argue that… Continue reading
Professor Pratima Murthy, ‘Addiction treatment services in India – bridging chasms, not just gaps’ Date: Thursday 26th November 2015 Time: 1-2pm, lunch will be served 30mins beforehand Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Seminar Room A/B – lower level Chair: Dr Kenneth Mullen REGISTER: visit Pratima Murthy.eventbrite.co.uk Visiting lecture by Professor Pratima Murthy, Professor of Psychiatry, National Institute… Continue reading
University of Glasgow Monday 4th July 2016 The Wellcome Trust-funded Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities project invites abstracts for its concluding conference. Science fiction is a fertile ground for the imagining of biomedical advances: technologies such as cloning, prosthetics, and rejuvenation are frequently encountered in science-fiction storytelling. Science fiction also offers alternative ideals of… Continue reading
Following ‘Dissecting the Page: Medical Paratexts’, Harry Newman and Louise Powell have written short conference reflections (published below). As conference organisers, we would like to thank everyone who participated in the event, and added to what we found to be diverse and wide-ranging discussion. Thank you! Best, Hannah, Diane, Johanna and Francesca medicalparatexts@gmail.com Conference… Continue reading
Sir Alwyn Williams Building, Lilybank Gardens University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ 9.45am-5pm, Wednesday 20th April 2016 Attendance: £25 full, £15 concession, free for BSA members This symposium draws together growing research interest in disability studies and Shakespearean theatre. In discussing the depiction, treatment, and uses of disability in Shakespeare’s work (and that of his contemporaries)… Continue reading
1-2pm, Wednesday 11th November 2015 Dr Mia Spiro (School of Critical Studies), ‘Between two Worlds: The Possessing Spirit of The Dybbuk in Interwar Jewish Theatre’ Discussant: Prof. Chris Philo (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences) In the preface to his play script, The Dybbuk (1914) S. Ansky writes ‘throughout the play there is a battle between …… Continue reading
Special issue: Literature for Young People Guest editors: Chloë Hughes and Elizabeth A. Wheeler This special issue of the JLCDS aims to bring together an international and multidisciplinary base of readers and writers who explore disability in literature published for young people. While disability and deafness have often featured in literature for young people, their… Continue reading
Tuesday 10th November | 07.00pm for 07.45pm Royal College of Physicians, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ Professor Brian McKinstry FRCGP “Someone To Watch Over Me: Is machine surveillance the future of long-term condition management?” Our population is aging and as a result the numbers of people with multiple long-term conditions is rising. Soon this growth will… Continue reading
Are you interested in doctoral study in the medical humanities? At the Medical Humanities Research Centre here in Glasgow University, we are looking for applicants to enter the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities AHRC Doctoral competition. At the discretion of the Medical Humanities Research Centre, applicants may also be supported for the later… Continue reading
Save the date: the Northern Network for Medical Humanities will be holding a Glasgow research workshop meeting on Friday 22nd January 2016. The day will be a showcase for research in the medical humanities in Glasgow, and will be followed by the launch of the Glasgow University Medical Humanities Research Network Website. If you have any… Continue reading
