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Location: Kellogg College, Oxford Date: 19th – 20th April 2017 Deadline: 28th February 2017 This cross-disciplinary conference will explore the emerging problem of ‘too much medicine’ (TMM) including overdiagnosis and overtreatment. TMM is likely to benefit from an interdisciplinary perspective for several reasons. One cause of TMM is arguably ‘disease mongering’ where for example risk factors are… Continue reading →

First International Conference on Historical Medical Discourse (CHIMED-1) Location: University of Milan Date: 14th-16th June 2017 It is a pleasure to announce that the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Milan will host the “First International Conference on Historical Medical Discourse” (CHIMED-1). The general interest of the conference concerns medical discourse in historical… Continue reading →

CFP: 2017 Comics & Medicine Conference: Access Points Location: Seattle Public Library Central Branch Date: 15th – 17th June 2017 Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Rupert Kinnard created the first LGBTQ-identified African American comic strip characters in his groundbreaking series Cathartic Comics. His comics work—including his much anticipated memoir-in-progress LifeCapsule Project—spans all facets of his personal identity, from race,… Continue reading →

Society for the Social History of Medicine Postgraduate Conference 2017 Health Histories: The Next Generation Location: Shanghai University, China Date: 12th – 13th October 2017 In cooperation with the University of Strathclyde and Shanghai University. Funded by the Wellcome Trust. The Society for the Social History of Medicine periodically hosts an international conference for postgraduate students. The… Continue reading →

Location: Keele University Date: 28th – 30th June The overarching theme for this year’s AMH conference is that of Critical Stories in the context of both Humanities and Arts research and production. This three-day conference will include plenary addresses by Dr Ima Jackson from Glasgow Caledonian University, Dr Mike Shooter, President of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy… Continue reading →

Date: 15th-16th June 2017 The Institute of Medical Ethics invites abstracts for its forthcoming conference in Liverpool on 15 – 16 June 2017. The conference is a two-day event, designed to give opportunities for academics, clinicians and students involved in biomedical ethics research and the medical humanities to present their current work. The conference organizers welcome… Continue reading →

Association of Medical Humanities Annual Conference, Keele University, 28-30 June 2017.  Panel session Call for Papers: The Neurological Turn and Contemporary Fiction (Thursday 29 June). Panel Chair: Dr Nick Bentley (Keele University) Narrative fiction has traditionally been viewed as a literary space that lends itself to the exploration of the psychological motivations and behaviours of characters with… Continue reading →