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CFP: ‘Other Psychotherapies – across time, space, and cultures’, Glasgow

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Monday 3rd April – Tues 4th April 2017 University of Glasgow The Wellcome Trust-funded Conference ‘Other Psychotherapies – across time, space, and cultures’ brings contemporary Western expertise into dialogue with psychotherapeutic approaches from ‘other’ spatially, historically or otherwise ‘distant’ cultures. The Conference Committee invites abstracts of up to 300 words for 20-minute presentations, to be… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Disability Studies’, Special Issue of Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation

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Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation Special Disability Studies Themed Issue The Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation is a peer-reviewed, multimedia, open-access journal. We are currently seeking submissions that can further the relationship and conversation between disability studies and the rehabilitation fields. We are particularly interested in pieces that explore the ways disability studies and rehabilitation… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Autism Narratives’, Special Issue of Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies

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Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies – Call for Papers Special Issue: Autism Narratives Guest Editors: Stuart Murray (English, University of Leeds) & Mark Osteen (English, Loyola University Maryland) 2018 will mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of two major studies on the cultural representations of autism, Stuart Murray’s monographRepresenting Autism: Culture, Narrative,… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Cultural contexts of health in the European Region’, Public Health Panorama

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Deadline for proposals: 30th September 2016 Public Health Panorama (March 2017 Issue) calls for submission of papers for a special issue on the “cultural contexts of health (CCH) in the European Region”. This issue will be published in March 2017 in conjunction with the third WHO Expert Advisory Group meeting on CCH. Culture and health… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Dementia Lab: the Role of Design 2016’, Essen, Germany

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Call for participation: Dementia Lab: the Role of Design 2016 Essen, Germany 14 and 15 September, 2016 Design educators of all disciplines, design researchers and designers are invited to attend this two-day event on designing together with people with dementia. Design in all of its forms, from graphic and product design to industrial design and… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Other Psychotherapies – across time, space, and cultures’, Glasgow

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Monday 3rd April – Tues 4th April 2017 University of Glasgow The Wellcome Trust-funded Conference ‘Other Psychotherapies – across time, space, and cultures’ brings contemporary Western expertise into dialogue with psychotherapeutic approaches from ‘other’ spatially, historically or otherwise ‘distant’ cultures. The Conference Committee invites abstracts of up to 300 words for 20-minute presentations, to be… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Discourses of Care: Care in Media, Medicine and Society’, Glasgow

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Location: Gilmorehill Halls, 9 University Avenue, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ Date: Monday 5th – Wednesday 7th September 2016 Deadline for proposals: Friday 3rd June 2016 Keynote speakers: Eva Feder Kittay, Stony Brook University NY Andrew Kötting, artist and filmmaker, University for the Creative Arts This Wellcome-funded interdisciplinary conference aims to support and foster collaborative… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Culture, Health and Wellbeing Conference’, Bristol

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Conference date: Mon 19th – Wed 21st June 2017 Deadline for abstracts: Sun 20th November 2016 The Culture, Health and Wellbeing conference will showcase inspirational practice, policy and the latest research in culture and arts in health and wellbeing. It will discuss the role of arts and creativity in healing, care and wellbeing across the life course.… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Morbid Laughter: Exploring the Comic Dimensions of Disease in Classical Antiquity’, Patras, Greece

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Call for Papers: Morbid Laughter: Exploring the Comic Dimensions of Disease in Classical Antiquity Location: Department of Classics, University of Patras (Greece) Dates: Monday 12th – Tuesday 13th September 2016 Confirmed speakers include: Edith Hall (King’s College, London), Georgia Petridou (Erfurt University), Ian Ruffell (University of Glasgow), Dimos Spatharas (University of Crete), Chiara Thumiger (Warwick University). We welcome abstracts for papers… Continue reading →

CFP, edited collection: ‘Matters of the Mind: The Materialities of Mental Ill-Health and Distress’

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Matters of the Mind: The Materialities of Mental Ill-Health and Distress Deadline: 22nd May 2016 From medications to diagnostic manuals, somatic sensations to brain images, the landscape of mental health and illness is replete with diverse materialities. Against the background of a wider ‘material turn’ across the social sciences and humanities, this edited collection will… Continue reading →