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Vulnerable Consumers – Health and Wellbeing (ESRC Seminar with Arthur Frank, Edinburgh, 27 June 2013)
Online sign-up is now open for the 3rd seminar of the ESRC Vulnerable Consumer series at University of Edinburgh Business School. Thursday 27th June, 10am – 4pm The Conference Room, University of Edinburgh Business School Speakers: Arthur W. Frank, Calgary … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Frank, ESRC, health, seminar, vulnerable consumer, wellbeing
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Connections and Communities in Health and Medicine (CfP, Conference, Canada, September 12-14 2013)
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
Andy Burnham Headlines Shared Reading for The Reader Organisation’s Health Communities Conference 16 May 2013
Lizzie Cain, Communications Assistant for The Reader Organisation, writes: Andy Burnham MP, Shadow Health Secretary, will be discussing ‘The Books that Built Me’ at The Reader Organisation’s fourth annual national conference, Shared Reading for Healthy Communities, taking place at the … Continue reading
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Tagged communities, flourishing, medical humanities, press release, The Reader Organisation, wellbeing
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“I Refused to Join the IDF”
Although loosely related to the medical humanities, I think the ‘blob’ is quite interesting for a number of reasons. Firstly, it appropriates one of the most spiritual and holy remnants of Judaism (the Western Wall, ‘Kotel’) and ascribes a completely … Continue reading
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Tagged interdisciplinarity, Israel, military health, narrative, wellbeing
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Hidden influences on health & wellbeing through life course (Public Lecture, Wolfson Research Institute, Durham University, 11 June 2013)
Hidden influences on health & wellbeing through life course Public Lecture 6-9pm, Tuesday 11th June 2013 Wolfson Research Institute Building, Queens Campus, Stockton This event is a joint collaboration between the Institute of Advanced Study / Durham Forum for Health … Continue reading
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Tagged health, intergenerational bodies, wellbeing, Wolfson Research Institute, WRI
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‘What does sociology need to contribute towards or against the wellbeing agenda?’: Sociology of Mental Health Study Group symposium (London, 10 June 2013)
British Sociological Association Sociology of Mental Health Study Group symposium What does sociology need to contribute towards or against the wellbeing agenda? Monday, 10th June 2013, 11.30-4.30 pm BSA Meeting Room, Imperial Wharf, London The purpose of this afternoon symposium … Continue reading
“Quest of the Heart”: International Conference on Affective Knowledge with Philosophers, Artists & Social Scientists (Conference, London, 2–3 June 2013)
An interdisciplinary conference on affective knowledge called “Quest of the Heart” will be held at Birkbeck College London on the 2nd-3rd June 2013. As speakers, we have scholars on history of philosophy, social scientists and artists discussing emotions, imagination, spirituality and … Continue reading
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Tagged affect, History of philosophy, interdisciplinary, medical humanities, philosophy, wellbeing
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The 2013 Bevan Prize for Health & Wellbeing (UK Prize, Nominations due by 30 April 2013)
The 2013 Bevan Prize for Health and Wellbeing The Bevan Foundation is delighted to announce the inaugural Bevan Prize for Health and Wellbeing. The Prize will be awarded in recognition of an individual and group or organisation in any part … Continue reading
The Fourth International Conference on Health, Wellness and Society (CfP; Vancouver, 14-15 March 2014)
The Fourth International Conference on Health, Wellness and Society will be held at the University of British Columbia at Robson Square, Vancouver, Canada, 14-15 March 2014. This interdisciplinary conference is for scholars, teachers, and practitioners from any professional discipline who … Continue reading
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Tagged CFP, conference, health, medical humanities, Qualitative Health Research, wellbeing
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Should universities teach well-being? asks Jules Evans
Jules Evans, philosopher, policy director at the Centre for the History of Emotions at Queen Mary, and author of the fabulous blog Philosophy for Life, visited Durham earlier this week. His just-published essay “Should Universities Teach Well-being?” addresses a question … Continue reading
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