Dissecting the Page: Medical Paratexts Sir Alwyn Williams Building, Lilybank Gardens University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ 9am-6pm, Friday 11 September 2015 This interdisciplinary conference draws together two emerging and complementary areas of research in the medical humanities: book history (as it pertains to medical texts), and the study of medical paratexts. We understand paratext… 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
The AMH 2015 annual conference will be held at Dartington Hall, Devon, 23rd-25th June. This year’s theme is ‘Risk and Regulation at the Interface of Medicine and the Arts’. The deadline for the call for presentations has been extended to 20th March 2015. The CFP is available here, and the draft programme outline is available to… Continue reading
