Tag Archives: IAS

Light and the Poetics of Ambivalence (Symposium, 23 November, Durham University)

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Light and the Poetics of Ambivalence A One-Day Symposium organised by the Romantic Dialogues and Legacies Research Group, English Studies Saturday, 23rd November 2013 Lecture Room 20, Pemberton Lecture Theatre, Palace Green 9:50-10:00: Welcome 10:00-11:15: Victorians Panel Elizabeth Barrett Browning … Continue reading →

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Homeric Epic and the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – Jonathan Shay (Public Lecture, Durham, Tuesday 18 June 2013)

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Homeric Epic and the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Jonathan Shay Tuesday 18 June 2013, 5.30 pm (please note correct date) Room CG60 Department of Chemistry, Lower Mountjoy, Durham University (please note changed location) Slide from the 2002 Documentary Achilles … Continue reading →

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Homeric Epic and the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – Jonathan Shay (Public Lecture, Durham, 18 June 2013)

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Homeric Epic and the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Jonathan Shay Tuesday 18 June 2013, 5.30 pm Hogan Lovells Lecture Theatre, Durham Law School, Palatine Centre, Durham University Slide from the 2002 Documentary Achilles in Vietnam http://www.achillesinvietnam.com/ Dr Jonathan Shay … Continue reading →

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Lynn Bothelo: Keeping Time at Bay: old age, medicine, and money in early modern England (IAS Public Lecture, Durham University, 1 May 2013)

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Institute of Advanced Study ‘About Time’ Public Lecture Series Professor Lynn Bothelo, Indiana University of Pennsylvania ‘Keeping Time at Bay: old age, medicine, and money in early modern England’ 1 May 2013, 6.15 – 7.15pm Kingsley Barrett Room, Calman Learning … Continue reading →

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States of Rest (IAS Experiencing Time Workshop, 7 Feb 2013, 2-5pm St Mary’s College, Durham University)

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Durham’s Institute of Advanced Study and Centre for Medical Humanities present: States of Rest An “Experiencing Time” Workshop 7th February 2013 2-5pm Kenworthy Hall, St Mary’s College Time is often studied and conceptualised in ways which emphasise dynamism, flow and … Continue reading →

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Festivals: Time for Wellbeing? Prof Chris Cook (Public Lecture, Durham, 21 November 2012)

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Festivals: Time for Wellbeing? Presented by Prof. Chris Cook 21 November 2012 18:15 in Elvet Riverside 140 Recent research has explored various aspects of spirituality in relation to health and wellbeing, but festivals are conspicuously absent from this research. The … Continue reading →

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Rhythm, time experience and the body: Re-thinking musical time – Professor Udo Will (IAS Public Lecture, 6 November 2012)

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Rhythm, time experience and the body: Re-thinking musical time Professor Udo Will, Ohio State University, USA Institute of Advanced Study Fellows’ Public Lecture 06 November 2012, 8.00 – 9.00pm Senate Suite, University College, Durham University Abstract: In Western Music one … Continue reading →

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Times of Transition (Workshop, Durham, 14 November 2012)

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

The Institute of Advanced Study and Centre for Medical Humanities present: Times of Transition A workshop held under the ‘Experiencing Time’ IAS sub-theme 14 November 2012, 2 – 5pm Kenworthy Hall, St Mary’s College, Durham University Ritually celebrated yet sometimes … Continue reading →

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Professor Roger Scruton – On Beauty (The Recovery of Beauty Public Lecture 30 April 2012)

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

For the final lecture in the IAS The Recovery of Beauty programme, CMH directors Jane Macnaughton and Corinne Saunders are very pleased to welcome Professor Roger Scruton, Research Professor for the Institute for the Psychological Sciences, Washington and Oxford: Professor Roger … Continue reading →

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My GeneSpace: Personalised Genetics – Are you ready to know your future? (Public Lecture, Durham University 3 May 2012)

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

The Institute of Advanced Study, Durham Forum for Health and the Wolfson Reseach Institute are delighted to invite you to attend a joint public lecture My GeneSpace: Personalised Genetics: Are you ready to know your future? Thursday 3rd May 2012, 18:00 Kenworthy Hall, St. … Continue reading →

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