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
The UK Medical Heritage Library is making 68,000 19th century texts relating to the history of medicine freely available to all. We’re working with the Wellcome Library on this three-year project along with nine other UK universities who are all contributing content to this collection. The collection is openly available via the Wellcome Library and the Internet… Continue reading
The Academy of Medical Sciences is launching a new grant scheme for the health social sciences and medical humanities, designed to address the recommendations of its latest report. Last year, the Academy, with the support of the Wellcome Trust, launched a new career-enhancing scheme, Springboard, to support biomedical researchers at their first independent position. The… 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
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 up to 300 words for 20-minute presentations, to be… Continue reading
The Wellcome Trust is looking for a Portfolio Developer: communities and knowledge, which is well suited for candidates who have just completed their PhDs or have undertaken a one-year postdoc. More information can be found at: https://wellcome.ac.uk/jobs/portfolio-developer-communities-and-knowledge. Job location London Closing date Sunday 4 September 2016 Salary Competitive, plus excellent benefits Job description This will be a 12-month fixed-term… 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
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 up to 300 words for 20-minute presentations, to be… Continue reading
