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Research Assistant: Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities, University of Glasgow

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School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow Job Purpose This is a 1-year part-time research position to contribute to the Wellcome Trust funded research project investigating the relationship between science fiction and the medical humanities. The project pathfinds for a future large-scale research project by developing a portfolio of exploratory activities and outputs. The Research… Continue reading →

CFP: Special Issue of BMJ Medical Humanities, ‘Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities’

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As part of the Wellcome Trust funded project ‘Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities’, the BMJ Group journal Medical Humanities will be publishing a special issue guest-edited by Dr Gavin Miller, University of Glasgow. We invite papers of broad interest to an international readership of medical humanities scholars and practising clinicians on the topic ‘Science… Continue reading →

Wellcome Trust University Award Competition, Medical Humanities and History, University of Strathclyde

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The University of Strathclyde is planning to support a University Award application to the Wellcome Trust in the Medical Humanities and History. Its Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare (CSHHH Glasgow) is an internationally recognised research environment with a focus on the experiences of health and medicine in the modern period around the… Continue reading →

Wellcome Trust Humanities and Social Science Applicants’ Workshop, Glasgow

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Friday 24 April 2015 Insight Institute, Richmond Street, Glasgow G1 1XQ Your attention is drawn to the Wellcome Trust’s pre-application workshop for the humanities and social sciences, to be held this April in Glasgow. Please apply by Friday 20th March 2015, using this link. The workshop will take place on 24th April 2015 from 10.30… Continue reading →

Medical Humanities Posts (x2)

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Project Manager: The Life of Breath The Centre for Medical Humanities (CMH) at Durham University is looking to appoint a Project Manager to for the Life of Breath, a five-year research project supported by a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award in the Medical Humanities. The ‘Life of Breath’ (LoB) is based in Durham University and… Continue reading →

Medical Humanities Wellcome Trust Research Bursaries Scheme Showcase, University of Glasgow

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You are warmly invited to a Medical Humanities Wellcome Trust Research Bursaries Scheme Showcase, to be held at Glasgow University Library, Special Collections, on 5th March, at any time between 4pm and 6pm. Full details are below. The event is free, but spaces are limited. Interested parties should register here. A sample of archives and… Continue reading →

Wellcome Trust unveils new funding framework

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The Wellcome Trust has announced exciting changes to its funding framework. The most significant changes are: A new scheme for collaborative research, to support groups of researchers to pursue key questions. This scheme is to enable team projects, led by multiple researchers, which can only succeed through working together. A new scheme for seed funding… Continue reading →