The Psychopolitics of Surplus Populations Date: 1-2pm, Wednesday 30th November Location: Room 311 in the East Quadrangle, in the Main Building at Glasgow University (directions here). The last of meeting of the GU medical humanities discussion group is this Wednesday (30th Nov), with Dr. Ian Shaw (School of Geographical and Earth Sciences) speaking on ‘The Psychopolitics… Continue reading
Job Details: Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Research Fellow History of Armed Conflict and Trauma Reference Number: 015279 Department: School of Humanities, University of Glasgow Salary Range: £33,943 – £38,813 / £41,709 – £48,327 per annum Introduction To support the growth of its global reputation for world-changing research, the University of Glasgow is investing in the recruitment… Continue reading
Discovering Medical Humanities Collections, staff from Archives and Special Collections, University of Glasgow Date: 1-2pm, Wednesday 16th November Venue: Special Collections, Level 12 of the University of Glasgow Library Please join Archives and Special Collection staff to discuss the discovery of Medical Humanities collections. Questions raised include; How effectively are we promoting the University’s medical… Continue reading
Professor Jane Taylor (University of Leeds): “Newes From the Dead: An Unnatural Moment from the History of Natural Philosophy” Date: Thursday 10 Nov at 5.30pm, Location: Room 408, Gilmorehill Hall (9 University Avenue), Theatre Studies, University of Glasgow In 1650 (the year of Descartes’ death) a young woman was hanged in Oxford for infanticide. Rather remarkably, she… Continue reading
Our Glasgow medical humanities discussion group meets regularly throughout the year. In the academic year 2016-2017, this group is organised and convened by Dr Cheryl McGeachan, a Lecturer in the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences. The discussion group is a forum for work-in-progress presentations and friendly discussion. All are welcome. If you would like further information,… Continue reading
The Leverhulme Trust Collections research group at the University of Glasgow invite you to attend the first annual public event of the Human Constellations project, showcasing developments in collaborations across our group’s research on collections and collecting practices. Join us for our first annual public event with guest speaker Professor Hayden Lorimer (University of Glasgow) and… Continue reading
R. D. Laing’s Version of Asylum and its Cultural Appeal Dr Adrian Chapman Florida Sate University, London Centre The Wellcome Collection’s fascinating new London exhibition, Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond, offers several versions of the asylum: a place of incarceration and therapy, an object of voyeuristic fascination, and a source of artistic inspiration to patient-artists… Continue reading
CFP EXTENDED – new deadline FRIDAY 16th SEPTEMBER 2016 Monday 3rd April – Tues 4th April 2017 University of Glasgow The Wellcome Trust-funded Conference ‘Other Psychotherapies – across time, space, and cultures’ brings contemporary Western expertise into dialogue with psychotherapeutic approaches from ‘other’ spatially, historically or otherwise ‘distant’ cultures. The Conference Committee invites abstracts of… Continue reading
The University of Glasgow Library has secured funding from the Wellcome Trust for a project to transcribe the 18th century catalogues of William Hunter’ s library using our new collections management system, EMu, and need a Project Manager. This twelve month grade 6 post will manage the digital humanities /medical humanities project “William Hunter’s Library: a… Continue reading
At the start of April I left London, where I teach British Literature to students from Florida State University, and moved up to Scotland. Thanks to a Wellcome Trust Research Bursary (https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/research-bursaries), I’ve been able to take up a position as a Visiting Fellow at the University of Glasgow’s University’s Medical Humanities Research Centre. In… Continue reading
