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Exhibition: Dr W. A. F. Browne’s Collection of Patient Art at Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries and Glasgow

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A Hidden Gem: Dr W. A. F. Browne’s Collection of Patient Art at Crichton Royal Institution, 18th July – 22nd August 2015 This exhibition includes more than sixty paintings and drawings by patients confined in Crichton during the mid-nineteenth century, from the collection formed by Dr William Alexander Francis Browne (1805-1885), first Physician Superintendent of Crichton, 1838-1857. It… Continue reading →

3rd Annual Mason Institute Anniversary Event, Edinburgh

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Can We Speculate to Regenerate? Beyond the Hype in the Delivery of Future Medicines The Mason Institute will celebrate its 3rd anniversary on Thursday, 18 June 2015 at Surgeons’ Hall in Edinburgh. The theme of this year’s event will be “Can We Speculate to Regenerate? Beyond the Hype in the Delivery of Futures Medicines” and… Continue reading →

Prof Simon Halliday, Mason Institute, 21st May

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Please join us on Thursday, 21 May 2015 for a special MI Visiting Scholar Lunch with Prof Simon Halliday from the University of York, taking place from 1:00pm – 2:00pm in the Neil MacCormick Room in Old College (University of Edinburgh).   Prof Halliday is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Edinburgh Law School and… Continue reading →

The Lumen: MH Magazine Launch, Edinburgh

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Magazine Launch and Readings – Friday 24th April 2015 All are welcome to celebrate the first edition of The Lumen, a magazine for new literature and visual art that arose from a student-led medical humanities group in Edinburgh. The Lumen intends to provide a forum for the expression of the unique aspects of the medical encounter. The evening will feature:… Continue reading →

“Access to Mental Health Care for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Patients”, Glasgow and Edinburgh

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9th April 2015, Scottish Universities Insight Institute (SUII), Glasgow 10th April 2015, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh   The rising prevalence of mental illness is a growing concern for societies worldwide and access to mental health care is one of the top public health priorities in Scotland, as in many countries. In addition, as more and more… Continue reading →

Association for Medical Humanities 2015 Annual Conference

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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 →

‘Commercialisation of Tissue and Data’, Mason Institute, 26th February

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The Mason Institute invites you to join us for our next MI Roadshow Lunch this Thursday, 26th February from 12:30pm – 2:00pm. This month, we’ll be at Science, Technology and Innovation Studies at the University of Edinburgh, and discussing “The Commercialisation of Tissue and Data” with a presentation by Dr Mark Taylor (Sheffield University) and responses… Continue reading →

Medical Humanities Wellcome Trust Research Bursaries Scheme Showcase, University of Glasgow

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You are warmly invited to a Medical Humanities Wellcome Trust Research Bursaries Scheme Showcase, to be held at Glasgow University Library, Special Collections, on 5th March, at any time between 4pm and 6pm. Full details are below. The event is free, but spaces are limited. Interested parties should register here. A sample of archives and… Continue reading →

Third Hektoen Grand Prix Essay Competition

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The Hektoen Essay Competition invites final contributions. Participants should submit essays of no more than 1,600 words in length by 31st January 2015 for the following contests: The Hektoen Grand Prix – $1,200 Participants should write a Famous Hospitals essay about a historical or current hospital for the Hektoen Briefs section. One prize will be awarded. Please see… Continue reading →

Book Launch: The Naming of Cancer, Tracey S. Rosenberg, Edinburgh

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Book launch: The Naming of Cancer by Tracey S. Rosenberg Thursday 27 November, 6-7.30pm (event starts properly at 6.30pm) Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton’s Close (off Canongate), Edinburgh, ​EH8 8DT The Naming of Cancer begins in a hospital, and from there explores the experience of cancer from a multitude of perspectives, from the person struggling to survive… Continue reading →