Category Archives: Conferences

“Science & Society”: History of Science, Medicine, & Technology Postgrad Conference (Oxford, 7 June 2013)

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

The Wellcome Unit for the History Medicine, University of Oxford is pleased to announce the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Postgraduate Conference 2013 Science and Society will take place on  7 June 2013 at 10:00-17:00 At the History Faculty Lecture Theatre, George Street, … Continue reading →

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Illness, Narrative and Phenomenology (CfP & Workshop Announcement, University of Bristol, 9 July 2013)

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Illness, Narrative and Phenomenology Tuesday 9 July 2013 Verdon-Smith Room, Institute for Advanced Studies Royal Fort House, University of Bristol BS8 1UJ Keynote speaker: Prof Brian Hurwitz (King’s College London) This one-day workshop will inaugurate the Medical Humanities research cluster … Continue reading →

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Shared practice in non-medicalised mental health care (Conference, Birmingham, 16 October 2013)

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Shared practice in non-medicalised mental health care A conference in celebration of 20 years of PCCS Books 16th October 2013, 10.00 am–4.30pm Clarendon Suites, Birmingham Speakers Richard Bentall Mick Cooper Jacqui Dillon Stephen Joseph Joanna Moncrieff Lisbeth Sommerbeck For service users, carers, … Continue reading →

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Case Studies of Medical Portraiture (Workshop, London, July 12, 2013)

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

Case Studies of Medical Portraiture concluding workshop July 12th 2013 King’s College London  Strand Building, room S8.08 Programme 9:00 – Registration 9:30 – Panel 1 Keynote Address: Lucia Dacome (University of Toronto) – ‘The anatomy of the embroiderer: celebrity, domesticity … Continue reading →

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Geography, Art & Dance: Conference of Irish Geographers sessions (Galway, 16-18 May 2013)

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

As part of the Conference of Irish Geographers, and as a collaboration between the Space and Place Research Collaborative and Galway Dance Days, we are hosting a series of performances, workshops, and discussions across the fields of geography, art and … Continue reading →

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Connections and Communities in Health and Medicine (CfP, Conference, Canada, September 12-14 2013)

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

Manitoba-Northwest Ontario-Minnesota-Saskatchewan (MOMS) & Society for the Social History of Medicine Postgraduate/Early Career History of Medicine Conference September 12th-14th, 2013 University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada Connections and Communities in Health and Medicine In September 2013 the University of Saskatchewan will … Continue reading →

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A Narrative Future for Healthcare (International Conference, Guy’s Hospital Campus of King’s College London, June 19-21 2013)

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Prof Brian Hurwitz, Director of the Centre for the Humanities and Health at King’s College London writes: Scholars of the humanities, social scientists and clinicians are converging on the Guy’s campus of King’s College London next month to sharpen and … Continue reading →

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Emotional Objects: Touching Emotions in Europe 1600-1900 (CFP, Conference, London, 11-12 October 2013)

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

Emotional Objects 11th-12th October 2013, Institute of Historical Research, London. Proposals are invited for 20 minute papers for: Emotional Objects: Touching Emotions in Europe 1600-1900, funded by the European Research Council project ‘Spinning in the Era of the Spinning Wheel … Continue reading →

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Mental Health and Dependency (Second Medical Humanities Research Network Scotland Symposium, Glasgow, 18 May)

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

The second MHRNS Symposium, themed on “Mental Health” and “Dependency” will take place on Saturday 18 May, 4 University Gardens, Glasgow. Guest speakers are: Dr Lucy Burke (Manchester Metropolitan University), “Care and Dependency: Keywords in Disability Culture or Why Language … Continue reading →

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Design, the Health Humanities, and the Community (CfP, Symposium, Alberta Canada, May 24-25)

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Join us in Edmonton for this unique interdisciplinary symposium in which we will explore how we can engage the health humanities to help us work collaboratively across disciplines and communities, to imagine and design innovative and transformative processes, communications, products, … Continue reading →

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