Tag Archives: bodies

Space and Place in the Health Humanities, plus a Masterclass on the Geography of a Dance Intervention – Prof Sarah Atkinson (Seminar, Edinburgh, 23 Jan 2014)

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Centre for Medical Humanities

The sixth Scottish Health Humanities Seminar and Masterclass will be on Thursday 23 January 2014. Prof Sarah Atkinson, Deptartment of Geography, Durham University. Co-Director of Belief, Understanding and Wellbeing, Wolfson Research Institute, and Associate Director, Centre for Medical Humanities Public Seminar: Space and … Continue reading →

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Before and Since (the Wound) – Visualising the Experience of Pain

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Jac Saorsa

In painting the image of a child dying of hunger, my aim is not to make a re-presentation of a child dying of hunger, or to elicit or express what it feels like to watch a child dying of hunger. … Continue reading →

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New Book Available for Review: ‘The Metamorphoses of Fat: A History of Obesity’ by Georges Vigarello

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

We have a new book from Columbia University Press available for review: The Metamorphoses of Fat: A History of Obesity by Georges Vigarello. The publishers describe the book as follows: “Georges Vigarello maps the evolution of Western ideas about fat … Continue reading →

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Cyborg-Ethics Film Festival (Edinburgh, 22 – 24 Nov 2013)

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Cyborg-Ethics Film Festival | Filmhouse, Edinburgh | 22 – 24 Nov 2013 How far can human beings go, when replacing their body parts with that of machines, before they become cyborgs? Will humanity eventually become obsolete? Should individuals download themselves … Continue reading →

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Notes from Galveston (Week 8): Jac Saorsa, Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Jac Saorsa

Week 8! Week 7 disappeared in a visit from a friend, complete with car, and an amazing (for an artist with a passion for the human form) voyage into the world of the University of Texas Medical Branch Anatomy Department! … Continue reading →

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Blindness, Technology, and Multimodal Reading (CfP, Conference, London, 27-28 June 2014)

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Blindness, Technology, and Multimodal Reading 27-28 June 2014 Wellcome Collection, London Closing date for submissions: 1 February 2014 Blindness, Technology, and Multimodal Reading is a two-day conference focusing on the relationship among visual disabilities, reading formats, and multimodal literacy from … Continue reading →

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Re-Configuring the Immune System: Bodies, Words and Worlds (Conference, 14 November 2013, Goldsmiths College)

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

The second event of the Radical Media Forum – Re-Configuring the Immune System: Bodies, Words and Worlds will take place on Thursday 14th of November, 17:00-21:00, at Goldsmiths, University of London, RHB Cinema. This event attempts to open up new … Continue reading →

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A Sense of Anatomy (Dance Theatre, November 29-30 2013, Gulbenkian Centre, University of Hull)

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

A Sense of Anatomy November 29-30 2013 Gulbenkian Centre, University of Hull This piece of dance-theatre explores what it means to possess, move and be a body. The work results from a collaboration between staff and students from the University … Continue reading →

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The Artful Brain (Institute of Philosophy Centre for the Study of the Senses Symposium, 25 October 2013)

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF THE SENSES THE ARTFUL BRAIN Fri 25 October 2013 G22/26, Senate House, University of London From Ghiberti’s development of perspective to Gombrich’s work on illusions in art, the science of perception and … Continue reading →

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The Rage of Caliban: Missing Bodies in Modernist Aesthetics – Michael Davidson (Leeds Centre for Medical Humanities Lecture, 7 November 2013)

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Michael Davidson (University of California, San Diego) ‘The Rage of Caliban: Missing Bodies in Modernist Aesthetics’ Thursday 7 November, 5-6pm Leeds Centre for Medical Humanities Basement, School of English, Cavendish Road, University of Leeds. Abstract: Classical aesthetics depends on an … Continue reading →

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