Tag Archives: Nursing

Passages from Empire (Staged reading of an original play, King’s College London, 13 Dec 2013))

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

The King’s College Centre for the Humanities and Health warmly invite you to a staged reading of an original play, “Passages from Empire”, based on the lives and letters of overseas nurses. This play is part of the Centre for … Continue reading →

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The Things They Carried: Thinking about Objects in Colonial Nursing – Elaine Freedgood (Seminar, King’s College, 16 October 2013)

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

The Things They Carried: Thinking about Objects in Colonial Nursing Elaine Freedgood The first Centre for the Humanities & Health seminar of the academic year kicks off on Wednesday 16thOctober at 6.00pm in room K1.28 at the Strand Campus. In this seminar, we will think about the … Continue reading →

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White Shoes and Kimonos: Nursing In the Middle East during the First World War – Nadia Atia (Seminar, London, 25 June 2013)

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Nadia Atia, Lecturer in World Literature at Queen Mary, University of London, will be giving the Centre for the Humanities and Health Seminar on 25th June, 17:30-19:00 on the topic ‘White Shoes and Kimonos: Nursing in the Middle East during … Continue reading →

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‘Nursing the nation’ by Molly Case

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

A stunning poem performed my Molly Case at the Royal College of Nursing Congress 2013

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‘Attentive Writers’: Healthcare, Authorship, and Authority (CfP, Conference, Medical Humanities Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 23-25 August 2013)

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

‘Attentive Writers’: Healthcare, Authorship, and Authority Medical Humanities Research Centre, University of Glasgow 23-25 August 2013 From nurses, physicians and surgeons to administrators, caregivers, physiotherapists, technicians, veterinarians and voluntary sector workers, this conference adopts the term ‘attentive writers’ as evocative … Continue reading →

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Good Nurse, Bad Nurse (Public Event, Edinburgh, 2 October 2012)

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

As part of her year as Leverhulme Writer in Residence at Nursing Studies, Nicola White will be giving a free public lecture entitled ‘Good Nurse, Bad Nurse.’ Featuring a cast of drunkards, saints, harridans, angels, sexpots, wimps and mavericks, the … Continue reading →

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Where are the Nurses?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Nicola White, Writer-in-Residence at the Nursing Studies department at the University of Edinburgh writes: I’ve been at two Medical Humanities events recently where, when it came to question time, the same query arose, though from two different plaintiffs: “What about … Continue reading →