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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
Pain, Illness, Trauma and Death in Childhood (CfP, Conference, London, 1 February 2014)
The University of Greenwich, Centre for the Study of Play and Recreation, with the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past and the London Network for the History of Children present: Pain, Illness, Trauma and Death in Childhood … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences
Tagged bioethics, childhood, death, health geography, illness, medical humanities, pain, trauma
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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
Translating Happiness: Medicine, Culture & Social Progress (CFP, Special Issue, Health, Culture & Society)
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Health, Culture and Society: Translating Happiness: Medicine, Culture and Social Progress This year the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) proclaimed March 20th the International Day of Happiness. This day is … Continue reading
Diagnosis and disputation: “archiving” DSM–5
Diagnosis and disputation: “archiving” DSM–5 I have spent the last few months gorging on DSM–5 media discussions. (All too often I have felt as though I have been ingesting too many empty, sugar-spiked calories.) I had promised myself, then, that I … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas
Tagged anti-psychiatry, archives, big data, DSM, DSM-5, health geography, history of psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Debate, medical humanities, psychiatry, sociology, Storify, Twitter
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Drinking Dilemmas: Space, Culture & Identity (CFP, Conference, Cardiff, 12–13 December 2013)
Drinking Dilemmas: Space, Culture & Identity Keynote Speakers: Prof. Gill Valentine (University of Sheffield) Dr. Mark Jayne (University of Manchester) Prof. Robert Hollands (Newcastle University) Call for Papers Despite recent advances, academic studies of alcohol still frequently … Continue reading