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Registration: Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities Conference, Glasgow

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Date: Monday 4th July 2016, 9am to 6pm  Location: Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8SU (View Map) Organizing Committee: Gavin Miller and Anna McFarlane Keynote Speakers: Dr Luna Dolezal, University of Durham & Trinity College Dublin Professor Daniel Pick, Birkbeck, University of London Professor Patrick Parrinder, University of Reading The Wellcome Trust-funded Science Fiction… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Discourses of Care: Care in Media, Medicine and Society’, Glasgow

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Location: Gilmorehill Halls, 9 University Avenue, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ Date: Monday 5th – Wednesday 7th September 2016 Deadline for proposals: Friday 3rd June 2016 Keynote speakers: Eva Feder Kittay, Stony Brook University NY Andrew Kötting, artist and filmmaker, University for the Creative Arts This Wellcome-funded interdisciplinary conference aims to support and foster collaborative… Continue reading →

Workshop, University of Edinburgh: ‘Wellcome Trust Humanities and Social Science funding event’

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Tuesday 3rd May 2016, 10.30am – 12.30pm Teviot Row House, Bristo Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9AJ The University of Edinburgh is hosting a visit from the Wellcome Trust to discuss their Humanities and Social Science funding. The event will focus on the Trust’s HSS strategy, funding schemes and Provision for Public Engagement. Agenda: 10.30 – 11.00… Continue reading →

Registration Open: ‘The Politics of Science-Fiction Medicine’, Glasgow

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Date: Friday 15th April 2016 from 09:30 to 15:30 (BST) Location: Gannochy Room, Wolfson Medical Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ (View Map) Registration: Visit the Eventbrite page here. The Wellcome Trust-funded Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities project at the University of Glasgow has opened registration for the third and final workshop of 2016. Previous workshops discussed the… Continue reading →

CFP: ‘Discourses of Care: Care in Media, Medicine and Society’, Glasgow

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Location: Gilmorehill Halls, 9 University Avenue, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ Date: Monday 5th – Wednesday 7th September 2016 Deadline for proposals: Friday 3rd June 2016 Keynote speakers: Eva Feder Kittay, Stony Brook University NY Andrew Kötting, artist and filmmaker, University for the Creative Arts This Wellcome-funded interdisciplinary conference aims to support and foster collaborative… Continue reading →

Symposium: ‘Artists’ Books and the Medical Humanities’, Canterbury

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The University of Kent is delighted to announce an interdisciplinary workshop and symposium on Artists’ Books and the Medical Humanities, taking place in Canterbury on 21st-22nd April 2016 and funded by the Wellcome Trust.  The events are accompanied by Prescriptions, an exhibition of artists’ books by Martha A. Hall and other artists from 21st April –… Continue reading →

Glasgow University Medical Humanities Network Website

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Glasgow University Medical Humanities Network Website Address: http://www.medical-humanities.glasgow.ac.uk Friday 22nd January saw the launch of the new Glasgow University Medical Humanities Network Website. With the site now live and fully functioning, we would like to cordially invite you to use it as a resource to engage with the range of medical humanities research taking place… Continue reading →

Launch of GU Medical Humanities Network Website

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Thanks to funding from the Wellcome Trust, the Glasgow University medical humanities network website is now live and ready for use, at http://medical-humanities.glasgow.ac.uk/. You can use it to find out about everything medical humanities-related at Glasgow, including scholars, projects, teaching materials, collections, and events. The website is a capacity-building initiative for the medical humanities at… Continue reading →

Workshop: ‘Science Fiction, Medicine, and Utopia’, Glasgow

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Location: Sir Alwyn Williams Building, University of Glasgow Date: Friday 26th February 2016 Registration: free via our Eventbrite page This workshop seeks to explore the links between science fiction, utopia, and medicine. Utopian literature and philosophy contributed immensely to the establishment of science fiction as a genre and as a social discourse. We will be… Continue reading →

Wellcome Trust Seed Awards: ‘Social Media and Health: Meeting the Ethical Challenges’

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The new Wellcome Trust Themed Seed Awards are now live, providing flexible funding that will enable researchers to develop an innovative research response to a strategic challenge defined by the Wellcome Trust. In this themed Seed Award round, the Wellcome invite applications that directly address the ethical challenges surrounding social media and health. Areas of… Continue reading →