The Lumen is an annual Edinburgh University new writing and arts journal of the mutual dialogue between medicine, the arts and the humanities. We hope to foster creative and critical discourse on the personal experience of illness and healthcare. The Lumen will provide a space for the expression of the deeply personal narratives of the… Continue reading
It is known that many medicine, nursing and health science students watch medical television dramas and comedies. One study from John Hopkins University cites 84% of medical students and 81% of nursing students reported watching medical television dramas (Czarny et al. 2008). A similar study was done in Australia in 2011 in which 93.7% of… Continue reading
Join the Edinburgh Medical School and Edinburgh Medical Students Council for the inaugural Edinburgh Medical Debate. The event will take place on 22th September 2015 in the Playfair Library, Old College, Edinburgh. Refreshments will be served from 1730 with the debate commencing at 1800. This is a free, ticketed event. Please register for tickets on… Continue reading
BSLS Symposium: ‘Science in the Archives’ Saturday 14th November 2015 Museum of English Rural Life and University of Reading’s Special Collections Archival research has long been a mainstay of literature and science as a discipline, challenging the boundaries of what can be read as text and excavating long-submerged concepts and connections. The recent growth in… Continue reading
Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies Special issue: Drama, Theatrical Performance, and Disability Guest editors: Ann M. Fox and Carrie Sandahl This special issue of JCLDS will consider the representation of disability in drama and theatrical performance. The performance of disability in film, television, and popular culture has received considerable attention within disability… Continue reading
Dissecting the Page: Medical Paratexts University of Glasgow | Friday 11th September 2015 We have finalised the schedule and are counting down to the conference! Please download the schedule here. We are really excited by the diversity of the attendees who have registered so far and by the range and standard of the research being presented. We… Continue reading
Special Issue of The Journal of Medical Humanities: “Pre-Health Humanities” Guest Editors: Sarah Berry and Erin Lamb We invite submissions for a special issue of The Journal of Medical Humanities that will explore the expanding field of Pre-Health Humanities or Health Humanities teaching and engagement at the baccalaureate level. There are increasingly diverse… Continue reading
Now accepting applications: 2015-16 Maclagan Prize Scholarship The Mason Institute are pleased to announce the 2015-16 Maclagan Prize Scholarship for a student already pursuing or wishing to pursue a PhD at the University of Edinburgh. The topic of the PhD research project must be within the broad areas and themes of the Mason Institute – that… Continue reading
Visiting Speaker: Dr Carla Meurk, University of Queensland, Australia Title: Is addiction neuroscience useful? A perspectival critique of the neurocentric vision of addiction Date: Monday 7th September 2015 Time: 1.00-2.00pm Location: Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, Doorway 1, Teviot Place, Edinburgh Neuroscience research on the effects of chronic drug use on brain function have been… Continue reading
On behalf of Liverpool John Moores University medical humanities group: Liverpool John Moores University is delighted to announce a symposium on ‘Connecting Minds – Arts and Dementia’. This symposium will be held on Friday 4th September 2015, 9.00-17.00, at Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, 4th Floor Events Suite. The ‘Connecting Minds’ symposium is intended to encourage… Continue reading
