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Doctoral Studentship: ‘Representing Communities: Developing the Creative Power of People to Improve Health and Well-being’ at University of Leeds

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Centre for Medical Humanities

A funding opportunity at the University of Leeds for someone wanting to do PhD research on how questions of community health and wellbeing interact with twentieth-century literary fictions. The doctoral researcher will conduct an in-depth study of health and wellbeing … Continue reading →

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Fear and Loathing: Phobia in Literature and Culture (CfP, Conference, Kent, 9-10 May 2014)

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Fear and Loathing: Phobia in Literature and Culture Centre for Gender, Sexuality and Writing, School of English, University of Kent, 9th-10th May 2014 Focusing on the literary and historical representation of irrational emotions or phobias, Fear and Loathing seeks papers … Continue reading →

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Neuroscience and Modern Fiction (CfP, Modern Fiction Studies, Deadline 1 February 2014)

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Modern Fiction Studies Call for Papers: Upcoming Special Issue Neuroscience and Modern Fiction Guest Editor: Stephen J. Burn Deadline for Submissions: 1 February 2014 The Editors of MFS seek essays that consider how modern fiction has evolved in dialogue with … Continue reading →

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The Rage of Caliban: Missing Bodies in Modernist Aesthetics – Michael Davidson (Leeds Centre for Medical Humanities Lecture, 7 November 2013)

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Michael Davidson (University of California, San Diego) ‘The Rage of Caliban: Missing Bodies in Modernist Aesthetics’ Thursday 7 November, 5-6pm Leeds Centre for Medical Humanities Basement, School of English, Cavendish Road, University of Leeds. Abstract: Classical aesthetics depends on an … Continue reading →

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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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Hearing the Voice at Durham Book Festival, October 2013

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities
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British Society for Literature and Science (CfP, 9th Annual Conference, University of Surrey, April 10-12 2014)

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

The ninth annual conference of the British Society for Literature and Science will take place at the University of Surrey, Guildford, on 10-12 April 2014. Keynote speakers will include Professor Bernard Lightman (York University, Toronto) and Professor Mary Orr (University … Continue reading →

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Storytelling and the Sciences of Mind: Toward a Transdisciplinary Approach

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

David Herman writes: I feel very fortunate indeed to be joining the Department of English Studies at Durham University, which is chock full of brilliant scholars doing cutting-edge research and teaching. Equally pathbreaking work is being done under the auspices … 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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Celebrating Our Future: New directions in Medical Humanities Research and Annual Summer Party (Thursday June 20, St Chad’s College)

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Staff at the Centre for Medical Humanities are delighted to invite you to our Annual Affiliates Summer Party Thursday 20 June 3.30 – 5pm St Chad’s SCR St Chad’s College Durham This year we celebrate the new directions in Medical … Continue reading →

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