Date: 24th January 2018 Following on from an excellent set of conversations at the recent Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research conference, there was interest in a focused workshop on whether/when/how to encourage learning/teaching in the medical humanities to medical students. As a result, a 1-day workshop is being planned for Weds 24 January 2018 in Sheffield. If… Continue reading
Symposium: Suicide, Society and Crisis Location: University of Sheffield Date: 18-19th May 2018 On 18-19 May 2018, a two day symposium entitled ‘Suicide, Society and Crisis’ will be held at the University of Sheffield to investigate the links between suicide and political and social crisis, at macro and micro levels. For over 150 years, instances and rates of suicide… Continue reading
The newly established Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities is currently advertising for the post of Researcher in Global Health Bioethics – Grade 7: £31,076 – £38,183 p.a. The post is full-time (part-time considered) and fixed-term for 3 years. Based within the Nuffield Department of Population Health, the newly established Wellcome Centre for Ethics and… Continue reading
BSLS Winter Symposium: Metaphor in Literature and Science Location: King’s College London Date: Sat 4th November 2017 Keynote speaker: Professor Alice Jenkins, University of Glasgow. The aim of this symposium is to re-examine the role of metaphor in literature and science studies in the light of new developments and questions in the field. The study of… Continue reading
Workshop: ‘Medical and Metaphorical Wounds from the Middle Ages to the First World War’ Location: Science Museum, London Date: 16th – 17th March 2018 Wounds and their meaning have differed over time: from stigmata to the psychological wounding of soldiers in the First World War, the conception and function of wounds as religious symbols, medical signs or… Continue reading
Date: 27th – 28th March 2018 Bringing together artists, academics and professionals working in a range of services relating to end of life, this conference will consider how space plays a role in practices of remembrance in the past and present, and in different cultures across the world. Through talks, performances and opportunities for discussion, we’ll think… Continue reading
We’re delighted to announce that the new season of the Glasgow medical humanities discussion group is starting again, beginning on Wed 27th September with a paper from Sarah Phelan (Glasgow). The discussion group meetings will all take place between 1-2pm in Room 216, the Hetherington Building, at Glasgow University. Refreshments will be provided. Sarah Phelan: “The ‘Dream Books’… Continue reading
Digestive Health: Historical Perspectives Date: Friday, 3 November (lunch at 12.30pm, 203; seminar 1.30-3pm, 202) Location: 202/203 4 University Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8QH Chair: Rhodri Hayward, Reader in History and Co-Director of the Centre for the History of Emotions, QMUL Participants: Evelien Lemmens, PhD candidate, Centre for the History of Emotions, QMUL Manon Mathias, Lecturer in… Continue reading
Date: 3-5pm, Tuesday 12th September 2017 Location: Appleton Tower, University of Edinburgh Eli Clare is an international speaker on disability, queer and trans identities, and social justice. Reading from his new book Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure, Eli will be hosting a seminar for the School of Social and Political Sciences. Following the reading, there will be… Continue reading
Call from the editors of Medical and Health Humanities: We are pleased to announce the launch of Medical and Health Humanities (www.medicalhealthhumanities.com), an online publication designed to bring together humanities scholars and students from across institutions and disciplines. Our intention is to build “a department without walls.” The site is founded and edited by Arden Hegele,… Continue reading
