Category Archives: CMH Publications

International perspectives on the development of research-guided practice in community-based arts in health

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

  Mike White writes: Volume 3 Issue 3 of this international UNESCO e-journal is a special issue edited by Mike White and Sarah Atkinson of the Centre for Medical Humanities and Margret Meagher of Arts and Health Australia on international approaches … Continue reading →

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Stephen Pattison introduces his new book ‘Saving Face: Enfacement, Shame, Theology’

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Stephen Pattison, Professor of Religion, Ethics and Practice at the University of Birmingham, writes: We live in what might be called a ‘facist’ era!  Faces are all around us, and form an important part of our everyday and clinical encounters.  … Continue reading →

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Launch of “Frissure”: a collaboration between Kathleen Jamie, Brigid Collins and CMH

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Jane Macnaughton

On 6th August 2013, on a bright, August evening, I took part in the launch of Frissure, a book collaboration between the writer Kathleen Jamie and the artist Brigid Collins.  CMH had been involved from the very early stages in … Continue reading →

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Spirituality, Theology and Mental Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (New Book edited by Prof Chris Cook

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Spirituality, Theology and Mental Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives edited by Professor Chris Cook is now available for pre-order (£45.00). In 2010 a Durham conference on Spirituality, Theology & Mental Health was made possible by support from the Guild of Health. The conference was attended by more … Continue reading →

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“Reimagining Birth”: An International Research Symposium on the Visual Culture/Art/History/Design of Childbirth in the 21st Century (CFP, Conference, Dublin, 2–3 July 2013)

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Call for Papers  ‘Reimagining Birth’: An International Research Symposium on the Visual Culture/Art/History/Design of Childbirth in the 21st century  University College Dublin  2nd-3rd July 2013  Developed and hosted by UCD PhD Candidates Doreen Balabanoff and Martina Hynan  How has childbirth been portrayed/represented/imagined … Continue reading →

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Medical Humanities in Europe (Special Issue, Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology on Medical Humanities, 2012))

Posted on March 6, 2013 by sarahatkinson2013

Medical Humanities in Europe In March last year (2012), Professor Roberto Malacrida secured funding to invite scholars from a number of European countries and aligned with the medical humanities to meet to collaborate on a writing project. Roberto has been … Continue reading →

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Health Illness and Disease: Announcing a new collection of philosophical essays

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

 Health, Illness and Disease: Philosophical Essays Edited by Havi Carel and Rachel Cooper Published by Acumen in 2012 What counts as health or ill health? How do we deal with the fallibility of our own bodies? Should illness and disease … Continue reading →

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Neurocritiques? Neuroentanglements? Thinking through collaboration with cognitive neuro-sciences/scientists

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Felicity Callard

On November 29, a group of us gathered at the Culture and Mental Health Research Unit at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal – on a day that felt very cold to me (-15 degrees C), but probably far from cold … Continue reading →

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‘Two by Two: A Timeline of Twins’ – New Article by William Viney, Cabinet 47, 2012.

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

One of CMH’s Postdoctoral Research Fellows has had an article published in Cabinet, a quarterly journal of arts and culture based in New York. The piece revives the idea of the timeline but takes a subject that is rarely thought to be simply chronological: twins. … Continue reading →

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