What does it mean to ‘regenerate’, and what are the scientific, social, cultural and ethical implications of regeneration in its various forms? From biomedical engineering to stem cell therapy, the growth of regenerative medicine in the modern context has the potential to address challenges raised by stretched supplies of organ donors, chronic diseases and ageing… Continue reading
Using arts and creativity as evidence: Findings from Representing Dennistoun 26th November 2015, 2-4 pm at Glasgow Centre for Population Health Representations of places with poor health such as the east end of Glasgow are often partial, negative and top-down. Participatory creative arts can provide a space to illuminate the everyday contexts through which people strive to maintain… Continue reading
Wellcome Trust Humanities and Social Science pre-application workshops The Wellcome Trust will be holding two workshops in Autumn 2015 for researches thinking of applying to the Wellcome’s funding schemes in Humanities and Social Science. The dates of the workshops are: Thursday 19 November, 10.30 – 16.30 (Wellcome Trust, 215 Euston Road, LONDON NW1 2BE) Friday… Continue reading
Philosophy of Disability Deadline for Submission: 1st February 2016 Prize: $3,000 Call for Papers Res Philosophica invites papers on the topic of the philosophy of disability for the 2016 Res Philosophica Essay Prize and a special issue of the journal. The author of the winning paper will receive a prize of $3,000, and the… Continue reading
Date: 1pm, 2nd December 2015 Location: Room 317, Hetherington Building, University of Glasgow As part of the University of Glasgow’s School of Modern Languages and Cultures Research Seminars, Dr Sheila Dickson will be presenting on he work on the history of psychiatry. Dr Dickson’s paper is entitled ‘The development of Psychiatry as Medical Specialism in the Enlightenment period:… Continue reading
Date: 5pm, 23rd February 2016 Location: Murray Room, 65 Oakfield Avenue, Glasgow As part of the University of Glasgow’s Classic Research Seminars, Dr Thomas Rütten, Reader at Newcastle, will be presenting on his work on the history of medicine. The talk will be followed by wine reception and dinner. All are welcome! For more information, please contact Dr Sophia… Continue reading
London, May 26th-27th 2016 Public and academic discussions on the end of diseases are abundant in the midst of recent epidemic crises. Faltering vaccination rates have seen old diseases, like measles and whooping cough resurface to epidemic proportions in the Global North. Several global epidemic crises, such as the swine flu and ebola, have prompted… Continue reading
We are very privileged to have Professor Jackie Duffin from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario give the CSHHH Annual Lecture this year. Jackie will present: ‘Tales from the Trenches: Bringing Medical History to Clinicians’. A practicing physician, haematologist, and historian, Professor Jackie Duffin has combined her training and experience as a medical professional into ground-breaking and infectious historical… Continue reading
27th Novemeber 2015 University of Glasgow What are the uses and abuses of science fiction in the aim of public engagement with medicine? We can assess science fiction as if it were entertainment education, distinguishing beween legitimate extrapolation and genre misrepresentation. But are there more productive ways of thinking about how science fiction engages with… Continue reading
29th – 31st January 2016 University of Edinburgh This is the third in a series of conferences that aims to accelerate interest and research into Scottish death studies. The theme for 2016 is death and identity. Papers are invited to explore this subject within any period from the medieval into the modern day from any… Continue reading
