Tag Archives: anthropology

Death in Scotland, from the medieval to the modern: beliefs, attitudes and practices (Conference, Edinburgh, 31 Jan – 2 Feb 2014)

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Download the Death in Scotland Conference 2014 programme

Posted in Conferences | Tagged anthropology, art history, death, history of medicine, material culture, medical humanities, theology, visual culture | Leave a comment

Justice, Genes and Welfare: Are Intergenerational relationships toxic?

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Francis Thirlway reports on the BSA Family Studies Group and Youth Studies Group Seminar “Justice, Genes and Welfare: Are Intergenerational relationships toxic?” (28 Nov 2013): Intergenerational relations increasingly seem to be called into question in contemporary society, highlighted as centrally … Continue reading →

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New cartographies of health in a globalizing world – Ted Schrecker (Seminar, Durham University, 29 Nov 2013)

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

New cartographies of health in a globalizing world Prof. Ted Schrecker Anthropology Seminar Room, Dawson Building, Durham University Thursday 28 November – 13.00 – 15.00 All Welcome Anthropologists have been distinctively effective in tracing linkages between the macro-scale economic processes … Continue reading →

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Introducing ‘Commonplaces’ – Somatosphere’s New Archive of Classical & Contemporary Sites in Medicine and Science

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Somatosphere and the Science, Technology, and Medicine Interest Group of the SMA are pleased to present a new online project — “Commonplaces,” developed and curated by Tomas Matza and Harris Solomon. “Commonplaces” will draw together a series of short entries (approximately 500-1000 words) from scholars on … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | Tagged anthropology, commonplaces, curiosity, history of medicine, medical humanities, medicine, science, Somatosphere, STS | Leave a comment

New Explorations of Inner Experience – Andrew Irving and Janis H Jenkins (Seminars Wednesday 18 September 2013, Durham University)

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

The Hearing the Voice project is hosting talks by two visiting anthropologists this Wednesday 18 September: Andrew Irving (University of Manchester), will be speaking on ‘Everyday (Ad)ventures in Ekphrastic Ethnography’ in the Henry Dyson Room (Hild-Bede) from 3.30 to 5pm. … Continue reading →

Posted in Seminar | Tagged anthropology, Hearing the Voice, inner experience, inner speech, Janis H Jenkins, phenomenology, psychosis, seminar | 1 Comment

“The Jewish Body”: Sander Gilman & Yulia Egorova in dialogue (London, 16 May 2013)

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

THE JEWISH BODY Sander Gilman and Yulia Egorova in dialogue Thursday, May 16th 2013, 6.00pm, RHB Small Cinema, Goldsmiths Sander Gilman is a social, cultural and literary historian, specialising amongst many areas in the history of science, psychoanalysis and Jewish Studies. He … Continue reading →

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Transnational Bodies (Symposium, Amsterdam, 6 June 2013)

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Transnational Bodies Thursday 6 June 2013, 10-17 h. Amsterdam, Roeterstraat 11, REC-E 0.20 This symposium takes a look at recent developments in critical scholarship on the body. The body has always occupied a secure place in the theoretical agenda of … Continue reading →

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Playing cards: A bridge between worlds

Posted on March 3, 2013 by ben kasstan

Ben Kasstan writes: Having been my family’s Uno champion for the last six years running, I fulfilled my 2013 resolution to play Bridge – tutored by Holocaust survivors and refugees of the Nazi regime. I smugly turned up to my … Continue reading →

Posted in Ideas | Tagged anthropology, arts, bridge, health, holocaust, imagination and creativity, memory, survivors | 3 Comments

Medical Anthropology Research Group Seminar Series (Durham, 2013)

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Medical Anthropology Research Group Seminar Series Epiphany and Easter Terms 2012-13 Interdisciplinary Seminars in Medical Anthropology Department of Anthropology, Dawson Building, Science Site, Durham, DH1 3LE The MARG seminars take place fortnightly on Tuesdays from 1-2, in the Dawson Building … 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 →