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CFP: Health and Wellbeing Conferences, University of London – City / Florida State University, 2020.

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ARCHITECTURE FOR THE BLIND and the INTERNATIONAL WELL BUILDING INSTITUTE are collaborating on these two conferences for 2020. Keynotes: ARCHITECTURE FOR THE BLIND: Chris Downey  INTERNATIONAL WELL BUILDING INSTITUTE: Angela Spangler 1. USA. EXPERIENTIAL DESIGN – RETHINKING RELATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE, OBJECTS AND ENVIRONMENTS https://architecturemps.com/florida/ Dates: 16-17 January 2020 Place: Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA Abstracts:… Continue reading →

Applications Open: Workshop on ‘Non-Epileptic Attack Disorder: Metaphysics, Epistemology and Ontology’, Sheffield, Friday 18 October 2019.

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Time/ Date: TBC (circa 9.30am-2.30pm), Friday 18 October 2019 Location: Humanities Research Institute, Sheffield Non-Epileptic Attack Disorder: Metaphysics, Epistemology and OntologyDate : Friday 18 October 2019Time : TBC (circa 9.30am-2.30pm)Venue : Humanities Research Institute, Sheffield(https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/hri)Contact : Dr Jon M Dickson (j.m.dickson@sheffield.ac.uk) Background and AimsThere is no satisfactory medical explanation for non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD). People who… Continue reading →

Upcoming Event: ‘Creative Genius and Mental Health in the Lives of Robert Burns and Robert Lowell’, Glasgow, 11 September 2019.

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Time/Date: 5:30pm – 8pm, 11 September 2019 Location: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow ‘Creative Genius and Mental Health in the Lives of Robert Burns and Robert Lowell’ Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow 11 September 2019 With Kay Jamison and Moira Hansen This event is in partnership with The Royal Society… Continue reading →

Call for Contributions: ‘Activism in Medicine’, Closing Date for Abstracts: Monday 16 September

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Closing Date for Abstracts: Monday 16 September 2019 We are delighted to share our call for contributions to the collection Activism in Medicine. Please see below for more information and we look forward to hearing from you.  Activism in Medicine Activism has been instrumental in developing the study and practice of medicine. Working both from within and against the medical… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Decolonising Science Narratives’, Science Museum, London, 11 October 2019

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Date: 10.00–18.00, Friday 11 October 2019 Location: Dana Studio Closing Date for Abstracts: 5pm on 2 September 2019 CFP: Decolonising Science Narratives 11 October 2019, Science Museum, London This workshop will bring together those working across and between disciplines and practices to critically reflect on the histories and realities of colonialism and science.  We invite papers, presentations… Continue reading →

Medicine Galleries Seminar Series, Science Museum, London, Thursday evenings, September-November 2019

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Time/Date: All seminars are between 16:30 – 18:00 on Thursdays, from September to November 2019 Location: Dana Studio Dana Research Centre and Library 165 Queen’s Gate London, SW7 5HD Everyone is welcome to attend the free upcoming Medicine Galleries Seminar series at the Science Museum, London.  The seminars will take place on Thursdays, 4.30-6.00 pm, from September… Continue reading →

Call for Writers: Synapsis Journal of Health Humanities

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Closing date for applications: August 31, end of day Call for Writers: Synapsis Journal of Health Humanities The editors are pleased to invite new writers to contribute to Synapsis: A Journal of Health Humanities. Synapsis is an online publication designed to bring together humanities scholars and students from across institutions and disciplines in a “department without walls.” The site… Continue reading →

McCarthy Award for History of Medicine Research, deadline for submissions: 30 August 2019

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McCarthy Award for History of Medicine Research The purpose of this award is to support and develop the study of the history of medicine in Scotland. The prize for this award is £1000. Eligibility This award is open to all researchers in the history of medicine, or related social and cultural history fields. Researchers can… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘The Senses in Medieval and Renaissance Europe: Hearing and Auditory Perception’, Trinity College Dublin, 24-25 April 2020

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Date: 24-25 April 2020 Location:Trinity College Dublin Closing date for proposals: 1 December 2019 Trinity College Dublin24-25 April 2020 Proposals for papers are invited for a conference on “The Senses in Medieval and Renaissance Europe: Hearing and Auditory Perception”, which aims to provide an international and interdisciplinary forum for researchers with an interest in the history… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Healthy publics – Transforming and Sustaining Health Research and Action’, Palgrave Communications

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Closing date for submissions: up until the end of December 2019 Call for papers: Healthy publics – Transforming and Sustaining Health Research and Action Palgrave Communications (https://www.nature.com/palcomms/ ) the open access journal from Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature),  which publishes research across the humanities and social sciences, is currently inviting article proposals and full papers for a research… Continue reading →