Monthly Archives: June 2012

International Summer School in Medical Anthropology (CfP, Summerschool, July 2013, Berlin)

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

This is the Call for Papers for an international summer school in medical anthropology, taking place at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin, from July 22 – July 26, 2013. Full CFP can be downloaded here, on Freie Universität Berlin’s website: … Continue reading →

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Bad Vibrations: The History of the Idea of Music as a Cause of Disease – A New Book by James Kennaway

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

Can music make you ill? Can it make listeners hysterical or brainwash them? James Kennaway’s new book examines the history of medical fears about the potential effect of music on health. Music has been used as a cure for disease … Continue reading →

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‘The Hardest Hit’: Disability research and welfare reform — an early career/postgraduate policy symposium (CfP, Conference, Leeds, 20 September 2012)

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

Final Call for Abstracts Thursday 20th September 2012, University of Leeds Keynote speaker: Prof Paul Gregg, University of Bath An event supported by the Social Policy Association Among the many groups affected by UK welfare reform and benefit cuts, sick … Continue reading →

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The Art of Caring: dwelling, affective relationality and the organization of hospital work (Colloquium, 12 July 2012, Swansea)

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

The Art of Caring: dwelling, affective relationality and the organization of hospital work   A colloquium Hosted by the People, Organizations and Work Research Group, Swansea University Business School Thursday 12th of July 2012 Swansea University Sponsored by the Older … Continue reading →

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Research Associate to work on ‘Men in Sheds’ project (Lancaster University, Closing Date July 2 2012)

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

Division of Health Research, Lancaster University The Universities of Liverpool and Lancaster Collaboration for Public Health Research (LiLaC) Research Associate Grade 6 Part Time 0.60 fte (3 x days per week) We are seeking a highly motivated individual to provide … Continue reading →

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Selling Sickness: People Before Profits (Conference Announcement, Washington DC, 20-22 February 2013)

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

Selling Sickness, 2013: People Before Profits Washington, D.C. Hyatt Capitol Hill February 20-22, 2013 http://www.sellingsickness.com The goal of this innovative international conference is to increase collaboration and dialog among consumer health advocates, academic and clinical reformers, and health journalists to examine and … Continue reading →

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From the Classroom to the Clinic: Humanities and Education in Bioethics (CfP, Colloquium, 8 October, 2012, Windsor Great Park)

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

Call for Abstracts Abstract submissions are invited for oral presentations and posters for the upcoming colloquium “From the Classroom to the Clinic: Humanities and Education in Bioethics”, to be held at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, on 8 October, 2012. … Continue reading →

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Beckett and Brain Science (Second Symposium, Birkbeck, June 22 2012)

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

Beckett and Brain Science A One day Symposium at Birkbeck, University of London Friday 22 June 2012 This AHRC-funded project brings together literary scholars, psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, cognitive neuroscientists, neuropsychologists, and philosophers to explore the ways in which historical and contemporary … Continue reading →

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Our Encounters with Self-Harm (CfP, Deadline 30 Sept 2012, Book Commissioned with PCCS Books, eds Charley Baker, Fran Biley and Clare Shaw)

Posted on June 17, 2012 by

This book will form part of a series with PCCS books. The first of these books, ‘Our Encounters with Madness’, has been well reviewed. Fran Biley is now working ‘Our Encounters with Suicide’. Both of these are collections of individuals’ … Continue reading →

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Do people diagnosed with schizophrenia deserve organs?

Posted on June 17, 2012 by

A breath-taking state of affairs Like most people working in the field of mental health, I am well aware of the stigma associated with schizophrenia as well as the appalling 15-20 year reduction in life expectancy that people with this … Continue reading →

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