Phantom Limb is an interactive exhibition focusing on medicine, memory and the treatment process. It features around twenty works by nine artists, most of whom work from their own personal experiences of operations and illnesses. The exhibition is a partnership project between award-winning artist, Euan Gray, and Dr Daniel Whistler, from Liverpool University’s Centre for Health, Arts and… Continue reading
Friday 8th July 2016, University of Cambridge Online registration is now open to book your place. The standard fee is £30 (includes lunch and teas/coffees). The fee for students/unwaged is £15. The deadline for registration is Friday 1 July 2016 at 12 noon. Patient involvement, participation and empowerment are keywords at the forefront of the politics… Continue reading
Medical Objects: An Interdisciplinary Workshop 13 July 2016 at Birkbeck School of Arts Venue: Keynes Library, Birkbeck School of Arts, 43 Gordon Square, London 10am-6pm 13 July 2015. Lunch and refreshments provided An interdisciplinary enquiry into objects in medicine, featuring papers on medical technologies, texts, therapies and research objects, and the theoretical and disciplinary questions they raise. Registration is free… Continue reading
Date: Thursday 7th July – Saturday 9th July 2016 Location: Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill, Dundee, DD1 5EN (View Map) Registration: £20-£80 (student discounts and single-day tickets available). Register at the Eventbrite page. Keynote Speakers: Lynda Barry, Al Davison, and Elisabeth El Rafaie, with a special workshop run by Lynda Barry & Dan Chaon The theme of this year’s… Continue reading
Date: 5.45pm, Wed 15th June 2016 A free-to-attend evening event in Edinburgh about egg freezing, delaying motherhood and whether women can beat the biological clock, organised by the Progress Educational Trust (PET). The event will begin with refreshments at 5.45pm, followed by a panel discussion at 6.30pm. This event is supported by the Scottish Government,… Continue reading
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
Location: Brooks Building, Manchester Metropolitan University Date: Wed 27th – Thurs 28th July 2016 A two-day workshop hosted by MMU Medical Humanities, Aesthetics and Creativity and Disability Networks Convenors: Dr Lucy Burke (l.burke@mmu.ac.uk) and Dr Anna Bergqvist (a.bergqvist@mmu.ac.uk) Creativity is an area that many research councils and funding bodies recognise as a focal point for… Continue reading
Location: Newcastle University Date: Sat 18th June 2016 ‘Sciences we now retrospectively regard as heterodox or marginal cannot be considered unambiguously to have held that status at a time when no clear orthodoxy existed that could confer that status upon them’ (Alison Winter, 1997). The nineteenth century witnessed the drive to consolidate discrete scientific disciplines,… Continue reading
Tuesday 3rd May 2016, 10.30am – 12.30pm Teviot Row House, Bristo Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9AJ The University of Edinburgh is hosting a visit from the Wellcome Trust to discuss their Humanities and Social Science funding. The event will focus on the Trust’s HSS strategy, funding schemes and Provision for Public Engagement. Agenda: 10.30 – 11.00… Continue reading
Centre for Medical Humanities, University of Leeds Wednesday 18th May 2016, 2-4pm I like now to think of the Obetrol and other subtypes of speed as more of a kind of signpost or directional sign, pointing to what might be possible if I could become more aware and alive in daily life. David Foster Wallace,… Continue reading
