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The S Factor (A Poem by Sandy Jeffs)

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

The S Factor For Heidi Sometimes Craziness creates a Heightened Illumination of the Zeitgeist Originality its Privilege Humour its Revenge Every outsider Nonconformist work of art is an Ingenious Act of lunacy. © Sandy Jeffs 2013 Sandy Jeffs is an … Continue reading →

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Altered Consciousness, 1918-1980 (CfP, Conference, Queen Mary, London, 16-17 November)

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

Altered Consciousness, 1918-1980 16-17 November 2013 Queen Mary, University of London, E1 4NS Closing date for submissions: 14 June 2013 Keynote speaker: Jeffrey Kripal (Rice University) This meeting will explore the theme of altered consciousness in relation to popular culture, … Continue reading →

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Voicewalks: A Collaboration between Hearing the Voice and Stepaway Magazine (Call for creative submissions, 1 August 2013)

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

How do we experience the voices in our minds? How do voices help or hinder our navigation of familiar and unfamiliar spaces, when wandering alone or when moving through a crowd? Where do ‘hallucinated’ voices come from and how are … Continue reading →

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Visual and Literary Representations of Suffering (Research Double Bill, Leeds, Tuesday 16 April)

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

Painful Bodies: Visual and Literary Representations of Suffering Tuesday 16 April, 4pm-6pm Leeds Centre for Medical Humanities (enter via the School of English foyer) A double bill of research presentations co-hosted by the School of English Critical and Cultural Theory … Continue reading →

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Medical Humanities and Literary Medicine: Guest Post by Brandy Schillace

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

Medical Humanities and Literary Medicine Brandy Schillace, PhD Managing Editor, Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry The designation “medical humanities” is a relatively new one. The British Medical Journal began its run 38 volumes ago, followed closely by The Journal of Medical … Continue reading →

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Healing Words: A Meditation on Poetry and Recovery from Mental Illness

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

This is a brief extract from an essay by Sandy Jeffs and Susan Pepper entitled “Healing Words: A Meditation on Poetry and Recovery from Mental Illness” published in The Arts in Psychotherapy (2005). Sandy Jeffs is an Australian poet and … Continue reading →

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The Madwoman in This Poem (A Poem by Sandy Jeffs)

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

The Madwoman in This Poem After Bronwen Wallace The Madwoman in this poem Lives on the twenty-second floor Of a block of flats Her husband and children gone Each day she waits for a letter That never comes Her wrists … Continue reading →

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Distant Voices, Still Lives: Revealing the Experience of Illness through the Narratives of Others Past and Present – Dr Claire McKechnie (Lecture, Edinburgh, 3 April 2013)

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

Distant Voices, Still Lives: Revealing the Experience of Illness through the Narratives of Others Past and Present Wed 3rd April 5.30pm – 6.30pm Jordanburn lecture theatre, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital Free but ticketed. Booking essential. A talk which reveals … Continue reading →

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Disability and Culture: Whose Tragedy? Podcasts Now Available

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

Disability and Culture: Whose Tragedy? Podcasts now available A workshop held on Thursday March 21st, 2013 at the Centre for Creative Collaboration (c4cc) 16 Acton Street, London WC1X 9NG as Part of Royal Holloway’s Trauma, Fiction, History Series, jointly sponsored … Continue reading →

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The Transformative Power of Diagnosis

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

Annemarie Goldstein Jutel writes: Diagnosis is a fascinating topic of reflection for critical, creative and cultural scholars.  Putting a name to a disorder (“Putting a Name to It” is also, not so coincidentally, the title of my book on the … Continue reading →

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