Closing date for expressions of interest: midnight on Sunday 30th June 2019 ECR Development Opportunity: NNMHR / Wellcome Trust Discretionary Award The NNMHR call for expressions of interest from ECRs to collaborate on the development of an exciting new project intended to support ECRs from across the Northern Network to engage creatively with the Wellcome… Continue reading
Date:23-24 January 2020 Location:University of Sheffield Closing Date for Abstracts: 01 September 2019 We are delighted to confirm that the 3rd Annual Congress of NNMHR will be hosted by the University of Sheffield, 23-24 January 2020. The theme for the conference is Experience, Medicine and Marginalisation, and the Call for Papers is now open. All… Continue reading
Date:Tuesday 25 June, 17:30-19:00 Location: Durham Town Hall Health Inequalities in Trump’s America and Brexit Britain Tuesday 25 June, 17:30-19:00 Durham Town Hall Why do people vote for politicians and rhetoric which actually puts their own lives at risk and what can be done about it? Join Jonathan Metzl and Danny Dorling to consider how politics… Continue reading
Date: 21 June 2019, 09:30 to 16:30 Location: CA201 Caedmon Building, Durham DH1 1SZ Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University 1 day workshop Experience and the Past: Access, Value and Retrospection through Pre-modern Narratives 21st June 2019, 09:30 to 16:30, CA201 Caedmon Building, Durham DH1 1SZ Experience and the Past is the third in our series on… Continue reading
Date: 7-8 November 2019 Location: Centre for Studies in Practical Knowledge, Södertörn University, Sweden Closing Date for Applications: 15 August 2019 Call for abstracts: Existential Medical Humanities Konferens och möte för det nationella nätverket för medicinsk humaniora och samhällsvetenskap Arranged by Centre for Studies in Practcal Knowledge, Södertörn University, Sweden 7-8th of November 2019 Keynote speakers: … Continue reading
Date: 16-17 December 2019 Location: Goldsmiths, University of London Closing Date for Abstracts: 1 July 2019. Submit here. CFP: ‘Figurations: Persons In/Out of Data’ Conference Keynotes: Professor Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Simon Fraser University Professor Jane Elliot, University of Exeter Professor John Frow, The University of Sydney Professor Susanne Kuechler, University College London Professor AbdouMaliq Simone,… Continue reading
Call for Manuscripts: Medical HumanitiesCriticism & Creativity Series Editors: Maria Vaccarella (University of Bristol)and Kimberly R. Myers (Penn State College of Medicine)ISSN: 2504-5229www.peterlang.com/view/serial/MH This series showcases innovative research, creativity and pedagogy in the interdisciplinary field of medical humanities. Books in the series explore the complexities of human bodies, minds, illness and wellbeing through analytical frameworks… Continue reading
Time/Date: 6:30pm – 9pm, 13 June 2019. Location: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow The annual Goodall Symposium, organised by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, celebrates the 140th anniversary of the first successful brain tumour operation performed by Glasgow super-surgeon, Sir William Macewen. Hear the story behind this ground-breaking… Continue reading
First Seminar: Data rituals: Measuring and recording height and weight in baby books in the US, 1872-1940 Speaker: Dr Fenneke Sysling Date: 11am, Wednesday 29 May Location: Seminar Room in Lilybank House Second Seminar: Glass Wombs and Paper Fetuses: Representing the Female Reproductive Body in France, Britain, and the United States, 1880–1900. Speaker: Dr Jessica Dandona… Continue reading
Time/Date: 09:00 – 11:00 BST, Tuesday 4 June 2019 Location: Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA, United Kingdom Wellcome Trust Roadshow Organised by Glasgow School for Business and Society and Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health The Wellcome Trust, who fund research into all aspects of health and medicine, will be in Glasgow on 4 June. Paul Woodgate from the Trust will be running one of their Road Shows at… Continue reading
