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

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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Medical Humanities Summer School in Padua and Venice (September 8-13 2013)

Fondazione Lanza, a Center of Advanced Studies in Ethics (Padua, Italy), in collaboration with the Chair of History of Medicine at the University of Padua and the Chair of Medical Humanities at the Marmara University in Istanbul, is pleased to … Continue reading

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Qualitative Health Group Postgraduate Methods Challenge (Wolfson Research Institute, Durham University, Thursday 6th June)

Qualitative Health Research Group Postgraduate Methods Challenge Thursday 6th June, 12-2pm (lunch from 12) Wolfson Research Institute, F009 Building on the success of last year’s postgraduate methods challenge, we are holding another challenge seminar. Three PhD students will present and … Continue reading

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Centre for Sex, Gender and Sexualities’ Summer PG/ECR Workshop (CfP, Durham University, 5 June 2013).

The workshop, which has limited space, is designed specifically for postgraduates, advanced students and staff who research in the area of sex, gender and sexualities, who are interested in spending a day participating in a truly interdisciplinary workshop and who … Continue reading

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Lord Kelvin Adam Smith PhD Studentship, University of Glasgow: T. Ferguson Rodger: ‘social psychiatry’, ‘mad dreaming’, and ‘rethinking mental health’

Lord Kelvin Adam Smith PhD Studentship, University of Glasgow: T. Ferguson Rodger: ‘social psychiatry’, ‘mad dreaming’, and ‘rethinking mental health’ Professor of Psychological Medicine at Glasgow University (1948-1973) and consultant psychiatrist at Glasgow hospitals, Thomas Ferguson Rodger (1907-1978) straddled a … Continue reading

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Fully Funded medical humanities PhD Studentship in English Studies in conjunction with Hearing the Voice

A fully funded three-year doctoral studentship commencing on 1 May 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter is available to work with Professor Patricia Waugh and Professor Corinne Saunders (Department of English Studies) and members of the Hearing the Voice … Continue reading

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Concepts of Mental Health (Call for Participants, British Postgraduate Philosophy Association Masterclass, April 2013)

BPPA Masterclass 2013 April 12th-13th University College London A unique opportunity for graduate researchers within the field of philosophy and mental health has just been announced. This year’s British Postgraduate Philosophy Association masterclass will be on concepts of mental health. A masterclass involves a … Continue reading

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Life-writing at the limits: dementia in contemporary autobiographies and life-writing projects – Rebecca Bitenc (Seminar, Durham, 13 February 2013)

Life-writing at the limits: dementia in contemporary autobiographies and life-writing projects Rebecca Bitenc An Inventions of the Text seminar Wednesday, 13th February 2013 5:30 – 7:00 pm Department of English Studies, Hallgarth House Seminar Room, Durham University Dementia, due to … Continue reading

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Unity and autonomy in the philosophy of medical science: International Advanced Seminar in the Philosophy of Medicine (Call for Contributions by 15 March 2013)

Context Philosophy of medicine is a growing, widely investigated field whose foundations as a discipline are still under construction. Apart from the International Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable, some less topic-specific seminars such as the Advanced Seminar in the Life Sciences, … Continue reading

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Fully funded PhD studentship (Geography/Medical Humanities) to work on Hearing the Voice

A fully funded three-year doctoral studentship commencing in January 2013 (providing a £13590 tax-free stipend p.a. plus payment of full-time tuition fees at home/EU rate), is available to work with Dr Felicity Callard (Department of Geography/Centre for Medical Humanities) and … Continue reading

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