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Co-Producing Knowledge on Health, Wellbeing and Place through Participatory Research (CfP session at the RGS 2014 Conference, London 26-29 August 2014)

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Royal Geographic Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference Geographies of co-production London, Tuesday 26 to Friday 29 August 2014 Call for Papers for a session entitled: Co-Producing Knowledge on Health, Wellbeing and Place through Participatory Research Session Sponsor: Geography of … Continue reading →

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Belief and Health (Half-Day Workshop, Durham, 11 January 2014)

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Wolfson Institute’s Special Interest Group ‘Belief and Health’ Saturday 11th of January, 14:00-17:00. St. Chad’s College, 18 North Bailey, Durham, County Durham DH1 3RH. Buffet lunch, tea and coffee will be served. All are welcome, but registration via email to Ivana … Continue reading →

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Transspecies Entanglements: Animal Assistants in Narratives about the Intellectually Disabled – David Herman (Seminar, Durham, 10th December 2013)

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

A seminar presented by the Centre for Medical Humanities to be held at Williams Library, St Chad’s College, 5.15—7pm. After surveying work on the definition, history, possible mechanisms, and relative efficacy of Animal-Assisted Activities (AAA) and Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT), this … Continue reading →

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Spirituality, Theology & Health Seminar Programme (2013, Durham University)

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Spirituality, Theology & Health seminar programme (Michaelmas 2013) These seminars are open to all staff and students of Durham University and to the general public. However, please be aware that they are aimed at a postgraduate level and are therefore … Continue reading →

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Notes from Galveston (week 4): Jac Saorsa, Visiting Scholar, University of Texas

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Jac Saorsa

Just up from Murdoch’s on the Seawall is a structure that may at first seem strange to the uninitiated eye. It is the only piece that remains of the famous Balinese Room Pier. Four timber struts and a slatted roof … Continue reading →

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Landscapes & Health Special Issue (CFP, Landscape Research Journal Special Issue)

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Landscape Research Call for Papers: Landscapes and Health Special Issue Guest Editor: Catharine Ward Thompson Director, OPENspace Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, UK This special issue aims to explore topics related to the relationship between landscape and human health. Whilst … Continue reading →

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Paul Moloney, The Therapy Industry – Review by Jenny Laws

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Jenny Laws, post-doctoral research fellow at the Centre for Medical Humanities and Department of Geography, Durham University, reviews Paul Moloney, The Therapy Industry: The Irresistible Rise Of The Talking Cure, And Why It Doesn’t Work (London: Pluto Press, 2013). You … Continue reading →

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Attentive Writers’: Healthcare, Authorship, and Authority. Conference Review by Jac Saorsa

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Jac Saorsa

I have powerful memories of Glasgow. I studied philosophy in the cloistered halls of the fourth oldest University in the English-speaking world as my children developed a slight, yet resonant Scottish ‘burr’ in their accents. It was a joy therefore … Continue reading →

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Symposium on Reading & Health in Early Modern Europe, 1500–1800 (Conference, Newcastle, 5–6 July 2013)

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Symposium on Reading and Health in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800 Medieval and Early Modern Research Group, Newcastle University 05-06 July 2013 Keynote speakers: Katharine Craik Helen Smith Richard Wistreich Josie Billington Phil Davies All details about the programme, registration etc., … Continue reading →

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‘Attentive Writers’: Healthcare, Authorship, and Authority (Registration Now Open, University of Glasgow, 23-­25 August 2013)

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

We’re delighted to announce that registration for the conference, ‘Attentive Writers’: Healthcare, Authorship, and Authority, has opened. The conference will be hosted by the Medical Humanities Research Centre at the University of Glasgow from 23-25 August 2013. The plenary speakers … Continue reading →

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