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PhD Scholarship: Performance, Disability, ‘Wilderness’, University of Glasgow

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Kelvin Smith PhD Scholarship, University of Glasgow “Geodiversity and human difference: disability, landscape form and process” This PhD project works across ecological performance, geomorphology, human geographies of exclusion, and sociologies of disability to develop new understanding and accounts of the relationships between humans and environments. Using empirical testimony of people with a range of disabilities… Continue reading →

Symposium, ‘Glasgow Encounters with Tropical Disease’, 8th January 2016

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Glasgow Encounters with Tropical Disease Friday 8th January 2016 Many of the diseases that are endemic to developing countries in the tropics are caused by parasites. An extraordinary number of these parasites were first discovered by Scottish scientists and doctors, many of whom were graduates of the University of Glasgow. This symposium, organised by the… Continue reading →

Seminar, Jane Coutts: ‘Illustrating microorganisms: Sir William Watson Cheyne and early bacteriology in British medicine’, University of Glasgow

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Illustrating microorganisms: Sir William Watson Cheyne and early bacteriology in British medicine Seminar by Jane Coutts, co-hosted by the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine (Tiziana Lembo) and Institute of Health and Wellbeing (Malcolm Nicolson) Monday 30th November 2015, 16:00 – 17:00 Yudowitz Seminar Room 1, Wolfson Medical Building, University of Glasgow Sir… Continue reading →

Guest Lecture, Dörte Bemme (McGill): ‘The re-configuration of “Mental Health” into a global object of care’, University of Glasgow

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Dörte Bemme, ‘The re-configuration of ‘Mental Health’ into a global object of care’ Date: Thursday 3rd December 2015 Time:12.30pm Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Seminar Room A/B, 1 University Ave, G12 8NN Chair: Dr Ross White Register: DörteBemme.eventbrite.co.uk Visiting lecture by Dörte Bemme, a PhD candidate at McGill University. Her research involves multi-sited fieldwork within the institutional assemblage of… Continue reading →

Glasgow MHRC discussion group, Wed 25th Nov 2015

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1-2pm, Wednesday 25th November 2015 Arden Hegele (Columbia University), ‘Pathography and Romanticism’ Discussant: Professor Deborah Dixon (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences) In this talk, I investigate the relationship between lifewriting and the medical case study by considering their intersection in the 19th-century genre of the ‘pathography’ — the autobiographical narrative of illness. I argue that… Continue reading →

Guest Lecture, Professor Murthy (Bangalore): ‘Addiction treatment services in India – bridging chasms, not just gaps’, University of Glasgow

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Professor Pratima Murthy, ‘Addiction treatment services in India – bridging chasms, not just gaps’ Date: Thursday 26th November 2015 Time: 1-2pm, lunch will be served 30mins beforehand Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Seminar Room A/B – lower level Chair: Dr Kenneth Mullen  REGISTER: visit Pratima Murthy.eventbrite.co.uk Visiting lecture by Professor Pratima Murthy, Professor of Psychiatry, National Institute… Continue reading →

CFP: Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities Conference, Glasgow

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University of Glasgow Monday 4th July 2016 The Wellcome Trust-funded Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities project invites abstracts for its concluding conference. Science fiction is a fertile ground for the imagining of biomedical advances: technologies such as cloning, prosthetics, and rejuvenation are frequently encountered in science-fiction storytelling. Science fiction also offers alternative ideals of… Continue reading →

Dissecting the Page, University of Glasgow: Conference Reflections, Harry Newman and Louise Powell

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Following ‘Dissecting the Page: Medical Paratexts’, Harry Newman and Louise Powell have written short conference reflections (published below). As conference organisers, we would like to thank everyone who participated in the event, and added to what we found to be diverse and wide-ranging discussion. Thank you! Best, Hannah, Diane, Johanna and Francesca medicalparatexts@gmail.com   Conference… Continue reading →

CFP: Disability and Shakespearean Theatre Symposium, Glasgow

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Sir Alwyn Williams Building, Lilybank Gardens University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ 9.45am-5pm, Wednesday 20th April 2016 Attendance: £25 full, £15 concession, free for BSA members This symposium draws together growing research interest in disability studies and Shakespearean theatre. In discussing the depiction, treatment, and uses of disability in Shakespeare’s work (and that of his contemporaries)… Continue reading →

Glasgow MHRC discussion group, Wed 11th Nov 2015

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1-2pm, Wednesday 11th November 2015 Dr Mia Spiro (School of Critical Studies), ‘Between two Worlds: The Possessing Spirit of The Dybbuk in Interwar Jewish Theatre’ Discussant: Prof. Chris Philo (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences) In the preface to his play script, The Dybbuk (1914) S. Ansky writes ‘throughout the play there is a battle between …… Continue reading →