Tag Archives: Fat Studies

Beyond evidence: theorising arts and health (ESRC Seminar, Glasgow University, 24 April 2014)

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Beyond evidence: theorising arts and health ESRC Seminar 24 April 2014 Glasgow University In a deliberately provocative intervention to the emerging health-and-arts field, this day seminar engages social theoretical resources in order to help elaborate how researchers and practitioners might … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences | Tagged arts and health, epistemologies, ESRC, evidence, experimentation, Fat Studies | 1 Comment

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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Weight Stigma & Health: Whose Problem Is It? (CFP, Conference, Birmingham, 16 May 2013)

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

CONFERENCE: ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Weight stigma and health: whose problem is it? University of Birmingham Thursday 16th May, 2013 You are invited to attend a multidisciplinary conference focusing on the subject of Weight Stigma and Health, featuring presentations … Continue reading →

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Free Extract! – Louise Foxcroft, Calories and Corsets: A History of Dieting Over 2000 Years

Posted on December 3, 2012 by William Viney

Those nice folk at Profile Books have allowed us to reproduce the first chapter of Louise Foxcroft‘s fantastic book on the history of dieting, published earlier this year. Calories and Corsets: A History of Dieting Over 2000 Years (Profile, 2012) gives … Continue reading →

Posted in Ideas | Tagged Calories and Corsets, Dieting, Fat, Fat Studies, Hippocrates, Louise Foxcroft, Profile Books | 1 Comment

Shame

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Originally posted on A Better NHS:
Masaccio: The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden 1425 Through the concrete physicality of the two figures and the arid landscape around them, Masaccio makes believable the first dolorous steps of human beings…

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Problematising ‘problematic’ pregnancies (Workshop, Durham, 22 November 2012)

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Workshop: Problematising ‘problematic’ pregnancies Thursday 22nd November 2012 Time: 9.30am- 12noon (coffee/tea available at 9.30am; workshop starts at 10am) Location: Room W215 (Department of Geography, Durham University) Presenters: Dr Sally Brown (Wolfson Research Institute, Durham University) ‘What’s the problem with teenage … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Seminar | Tagged body, Fat Studies, medical humanities, pregnancy, seminar, social sciences, sociology of health & illness | Leave a comment

Special issue of Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society on Visual Representation (CFP)

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Special issue of Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society on Visual Representation, edited by Stefanie Snider, PhD Visual representations of and/or by fat people are powerful tools of both oppression and empowerment. This special issue of … Continue reading →

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Body & Society – Free Access to Highly Cited (Medical Humanities) Articles Until October 31 2011

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Centre for Medical Humanities

The editors of Body & Society are offering free online access to the most highly-cited papers from the journal until October 31 2011. The abstracts of articles which have a special relevance to work in the Centre for Medical Humanities … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements | Tagged bodies, Fat Studies, feminism, Hearing the Voice, Madness and psychopathology, medical humanities, medicine, mind body affect, policy politics and the collective | Leave a comment

Call for papers – Health at Every Size UK Fat Studies Seminar – 7-8 November 2011

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Health at Every Size UK [HAES UK] Fat Studies Seminar Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 November 2011 Call for Papers The School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, is pleased to host a Fat Studies seminar on behalf … Continue reading →

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CFP: ‘Fat Materialities: From Substance to Experience’ (Edited Collection)

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Centre for Medical Humanities

‘Fat Materialities: From Substance to Experience’ Edited by Christopher E. Forth, Alison Leitch, and Samantha Murray In today’s world, where warnings of the ‘obesity epidemic’ are regular front-page news, it is impossible to escape the ways in which ‘fat’ is … Continue reading →