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Notes from Galveston 2014: Jac Saorsa, Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Jac Saorsa

Back in Galveston! Invited again by the wonderful folk at the University of Texas Centre for Medical Humanities to spend another month working here on the Drawing Women’s Cancer project (drawingcancer.wordpress.com). I am delighted to be back on the island … Continue reading →

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Before and Since (the Wound) – Visualising the Experience of Pain

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Jac Saorsa

In painting the image of a child dying of hunger, my aim is not to make a re-presentation of a child dying of hunger, or to elicit or express what it feels like to watch a child dying of hunger. … Continue reading →

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Inaugural Conference ‘Beyond Crisis: Visions for the New Humanities’

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Originally posted on Centre for Humanities Innovation:
Inaugural Conference Centre for Humanities Innovation (CHI), Durham University, UK Beyond Crisis: Visions for the New Humanities July 7-8, 2014 Call for Manifestos Most people agree that the humanities are going through transition, even…

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Notes from Glaveston (Final Post): Jac Saorsa, Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Jac Saorsa

Week 9. This will be my final post in this series as my time in Galveston is coming to an end. My work in the anatomy department over the last couple of weeks reminded me however how much my visual … Continue reading →

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Notes from Galveston (Week 8): Jac Saorsa, Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Jac Saorsa

Week 8! Week 7 disappeared in a visit from a friend, complete with car, and an amazing (for an artist with a passion for the human form) voyage into the world of the University of Texas Medical Branch Anatomy Department! … Continue reading →

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Science in Culture Innovation Awards (AHRC Science in Culture Call)

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Innovation Awards under the Science in Culture theme are now available. Successful proposals under the Innovation Awards call are expected to expand and explore the Science in Culture theme in new and innovative ways.  Proposals may address any aspect of … Continue reading →

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Pedagogic Criticism (Workshops 2013-14, London)

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Pedagogic Criticism Workshops 2013-14 Institute of English Studies, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU In the study of English, bodies of knowledge and pedagogic practices are inextricably linked. Subjects are produced in the dialogues of the corridor and classroom … Continue reading →

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Notes from Galveston (week 6), Jac Saorsa, Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Jac Saorsa

Scratch everything I said last week about 70,000 biking incomers to the island this week… word is that there were over 400,000 extra people here over this last weekend! It would not surprise me at all if this were indeed … Continue reading →

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Notes from Galveston (week 5), Jac Saorsa, Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Jac Saorsa

Galveston is gearing up for this year’s Lone Star Rally which is a four day ‘bikers’ festival beginning on Thursday this week. Over 70,000 people are expected to roll into this small island and party all weekend. I love on … Continue reading →

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Working together? STS, collaboration and (multi)disciplinarity (CfP, Conference, 2 December 2013, Sheffield)

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Researchers are warmly invited to the first conference supported by the British Sociological Association’s Science and Technology Studies (STS) Study Group, which will be held at the University of Sheffield on the 2nd December 2013. The aim of the event is … Continue reading →

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