Tag Archives: interdisciplinary

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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The Default Mode Network in Aesthetics & Creativity (Neuroscience Symposium, New York City, 6–7 February 2014)

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Felicity Callard

  Thursday–Friday, February 6–7, 2014 The Default Mode Network in Aesthetics and Creativity: Neuroscience Symposium The Italian Academy, Columbia University Free and open to the public. Space is limited; please reserve seats Keynote speech by Marcus Raichle (Washington U. School of Medicine). With Randy Buckner (Harvard), Felicity … Continue reading →

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Pathological Bodies / Science, Medicine & the Arts Research Group (Launches, Exeter, 11 December 2013)

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities
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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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‘Gifts of life, gifts of love’: Inaugural Lecture, Prof Ludmilla Jordanova (5 December, Durham 2013)

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Inaugural Lecture: Gifts of life, gifts of love   Professor Ludmilla Jordanova 18.00-19.00, Trevelyan College, Durham University Ludmilla Jordanova will draw on her recent and current work on visual culture in both contemporary and historical settings to explore the complicated … 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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London Conference in Critical Thought 2014 (CFP, Conference, London, 27–28 June 2014)

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

London Conference in Critical Thought 27-28 June 2014 Goldsmiths, University of London We’re pleased to announce that the third annual London Conference in Critical Thought will be hosted by the Centre for Arts and Learning in the Department of Educational … 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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