As part of the Wellcome Trust funded project ‘Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities’, the BMJ Group journal Medical Humanities will be publishing a special issue guest-edited by Dr Gavin Miller, University of Glasgow. We invite papers of broad interest to an international readership of medical humanities scholars and practising clinicians on the topic ‘Science… Continue reading
A Hidden Gem: Dr W. A. F. Browne’s Collection of Patient Art at Crichton Royal Institution, 18th July – 22nd August 2015 This exhibition includes more than sixty paintings and drawings by patients confined in Crichton during the mid-nineteenth century, from the collection formed by Dr William Alexander Francis Browne (1805-1885), first Physician Superintendent of Crichton, 1838-1857. It… Continue reading
Professor Linda Bryder seminar Wednesday 17th June The Scottish Oral History Centre and the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare (CSHHH) are pleased to announced that Professor Linda Bryder from the University of Auckland will be presenting on ‘Nursing Oral Histories’ on Wednesday 17th June in the Scottish Oral History Centre, 6th… Continue reading
Mental Illness: Reflections in Popular Culture (Praeger/ABC-Clio, 2017) Pop culture addresses mental illness in informal ways, sometimes striving to understand the rationale behind irrational acts, while many mental health professionals and health advocates “blame” pop culture for sensationalizing and stigmatizing mental illness and perpetuating stereotypes. This 30-chapter volume compares society’s changing reactions to mental illness, as seen through… Continue reading
The Value of Suffering Project is pleased to issue a call for registration for an interdisciplinary conference on Suffering’s Role and Value. What is suffering’s role and value? Physical suffering motivates injury avoidance; but empirical results continue to suggest many other, neglected roles that suffering plays. Hence we will ask: How does suffering bear on attention, memory, deliberation, problem-solving, and social cooperation? And how does recent research… Continue reading
The extended programme for the Mason Institute Medicolegal Symposium has now been released: Medicolegal Symposium: Aspects of Neuro Law Friday 13th November – Saturday 14th November 2015 St Leonard’s Hall, The University of Edinburgh Friday 13th November 12.15 Registration desk opens. Tea and Coffee available on arrival 13.00 Welcome and Introduction to Neurolaw – Dr… Continue reading
Syracuse University Press invites proposals for its award-winning Critical Perspectives on Disability series. The series explores the place of people with disabilities in society through the lens of disability studies, critical special education, disability law and disability legal studies, and international human rights. Scholars from Syracuse University guide the series as editors and offer diverse approaches from the university¹s Center on… Continue reading
The Journal of Narrative Theory invites submissions that further the discussion of disabling and enabling narratives from a disability studies perspective. JNT is a forum for the theoretical exploration of individual narrative texts and of the intersections between narrative, history, ideology, and culture more broadly. Essays might engage with topics such as literature and dis/enabling environments… Continue reading
Palgrave Communications is a new high-quality, open access journal published by Palgrave Macmillan, that covers all fields of research within the social sciences, humanities and (HSS) business. The journal is supported by a large international Editorial Board, comprising distinguished academics and researchers from a wide spectrum of fields, including health and medical humanities. Palgrave Communications’ broad… Continue reading
Can We Speculate to Regenerate? Beyond the Hype in the Delivery of Future Medicines The Mason Institute will celebrate its 3rd anniversary on Thursday, 18 June 2015 at Surgeons’ Hall in Edinburgh. The theme of this year’s event will be “Can We Speculate to Regenerate? Beyond the Hype in the Delivery of Futures Medicines” and… Continue reading
