Tag Archives: humanities

Avoidance and/in the Academy: International Conference on Disability, Culture, & Education (CFP, Conference, Liverpool, 11–12 Sept 2013)

Avoidance and/in the Academy The International Conference on Disability, Culture, and Education   11th-12th September 2013 Centre for Culture and Disability Studies Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom Planned Keynotes: Sharon Snyder, Brenda Brueggemann, and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson It has been nearly … Continue reading

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Beyond Science Communication: “HumSci Workshop” for PhDs & Early Career Researchers (London, 28-29 May 2013)

HumSci Workshop for PhDs and ECRs – Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th May 2013. Is it possible to think about the connections between the sciences and humanities which goes beyond science communication (ie how can the ‘soft skills’ of the … Continue reading

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‘On Violence’: Re-thinking Humanities and Social Sciences (CfP, 4th International Conference, Croatia, September 5-7 2013)

4th International Re-Thinking Humanities and Social Sciences Conference is to be held at the University of Zadar, Croatia, September 5-7, 2013. Since 2010 the conference offers an invaluable opportunity to meet, exchange ideas and debate on current topics in humanities … Continue reading

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University of Leeds: Postdoctoral Opportunities in Medical Humanities

There are 2 postdoctoral opportunities of relevance to medical humanities scholars currently advertised at the University of Leeds: 1. An eighteen-month postdoctoral position in the New Humanities, advertised in the School of English. 2. The University of Leeds Humanities Research Institute (LHRI) has put … Continue reading

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Are you or your students thinking of a doctorate in medical humanities? Apply to study at the Centre for Medical Humanities!

ARE YOU OR YOUR STUDENTS THINKING OF A DOCTORATE IN MEDICAL HUMANITIES?   The Durham Centre for Medical Humanities is keen to support applications to the University’s various sources of funding for students holding, or expecting to hold, a first degree … Continue reading

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Experimental entanglements in cognitive neuroscience (Workshop, Twitter #EECN, Update)

Please click here for all updated information regarding this conference (including, now, full abstracts from all speakers), and here for the previous blog post about this event. Many of the Centre for Medical Humanities team (core members and affiliates) will … Continue reading

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What is Old Age? New perspectives from the humanities (CfP, Conference, Warwick, 23 Feb 2013)

Abstracts are invited from scholars from any area of the humanities, for this one-day interdisciplinary conference, taking place on Saturday 23 February 2013 at the University of Warwick. This one-day conference will draw on the expertise of scholars from across the humanities to offer new … Continue reading

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Cultivating Common Ground: Biology & the Humanities (Workshop, Reading, 18 July 2012)

Cultivating Common Ground: Biology & the Humanities What do biologists know and think of the humanities? And what do they make of those humanities scholars – literary critics and historians – who have made biology their area of study? University … Continue reading

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Nomadic concepts in the social sciences (Seminar, 15-16 June 2012, Newcastle University)

‘Nomadic concepts in the social sciences’ 15-16 June 2012 School of Historical Studies, Newcastle University Project leader: Prof. Olivier Christin (Neuchâtel) Host: Dr Luc Racaut (Newcastle). Many expressions that designate social groups, ideologies, chronological markers or simply summarize the organization … Continue reading

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Job opportunity: AHRC-funded Research Fellow in Biology and the Humanities (University of Reading)

Job title : Research Fellow Job reference : RS12015 Application closing date : 11/04/2012 Location : Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading Salary : Grade 6 £27,578 to £30,122 pro-rata, per annum Package : School of Biological Sciences, part-time 0.5 FTE, … Continue reading

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