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Out of Darkness Comes Light – mysteriously beautiful photographs from a bedbound sufferer
Out of Darkness Comes Light – mysteriously beautiful photographs from a bedbound sufferer By Penny Clare “I was mostly confined to bed in a dark room – for years, and years, and years. At some point, in this isolated sea, … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, arts in health, exhaustion, first person account, illness narrative, ME, photography, visual cultures
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The Cultural History of Exhaustion – Review
This review of the Exhaustion conference appeared on the fantastic Sleep Cultures blog: “On 25 October 2013, the University of Kent hosted a one-day interdisciplinary conference on exhaustion, organized by Anna Katharina Schaffner (Comparative Literature, Kent) and funded by the … Continue reading
Exhaustion (One day workshop, University of Kent, Friday 25 October 2013)
Exhaustion Friday, 25 October, Cathedral Lodge, Canterbury Funded by the Wellcome Trust Organised by Anna Katharina Schaffner This interdisciplinary conference explores different medical, psychological and socio-political narratives on the origins of and cures for exhaustion. Experts from diverse disciplines (including … Continue reading
‘Exhaustion’ (CfP – University of Kent, Friday, 25 October 2013)
Subscribers to this site might remember Anna Katharina Schaffner‘s fantastic guest-post on the cultural history of exhaustion. It turned out to be one of the most frequently read pieces we have published this year. And so it’s great to see … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Woods, Anna Katharina Schaffner, Burn out, Chronic fatique, exhaustion, Simon Wessley
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Towards a Cultural History of Exhaustion
Anna Katharina Schaffner writes: In the age of burn-out, in which even the pope – traditionally a beacon of unwavering faith and indefatigable service until death – has cited both physical and spiritual exhaustion as one of his official reasons … Continue reading
Towards a Cultural History of Exhaustion: Anna Katharina Schaffner (Public Lecture, Durham, 25 April 2013)
The School of Modern Languages and Cultures Literature, History, Theory Research Group presents Towards a Cultural History of Exhaustion Dr Anna Katharina Schaffner (Comparative Literature, University of Kent) Thursday 25 April, 5.00-7.00 pm A56 Elvet Riverside, Durham University This paper … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, exhaustion, medical humanities, mind body affect
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