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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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Book Announcement: Towards a Pre-Modern Psychiatry

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Jenifer Booth writes: Psychiatry is a field where a lot of attention is focussed on scientific knowledge and scientific solutions. But how does this emphasis on science relate to the caring practice of medicine? In my book Towards a Pre-Modern … Continue reading →

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Narrative Knowing/ Récit et Savoir (CfP, Conference, University of Paris Diderot, 23-27 June, 2014)

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Narrative Matters 2014, the 7th Narrative Matters conference, will be held from 23rd June to 27th June 2014 at the University of Paris Diderot and the American University of Paris. The conference will address the theme of Narrative Knowing/Récit et Savoir. This … 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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Understanding Epistemic Injustice (CfP, Conference, 26-27 June 2014, University of Bristol)

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Understanding Epistemic Injustice 26-27 June 2014 University of Bristol Confirmed keynotes: Prof Simon Caney (Oxford), Prof Miranda Fricker (Sheffield), Prof Tamar Gendler (Yale), and Prof Rae Langton (Cambridge). The concept of epistemic injustice was introduced by Miranda Fricker and refers … 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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Notes from Galveston (Week 3): Jac Saorsa, Visiting scholar at the University of Texas

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Jac Saorsa

The air is cooler now in Galveston, there are clouds in the sky and the seabirds are not so bothered by swimmers and surfers in their territory. We even had rain the other day, hard, even torrential, somebody said we caught the … Continue reading →

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The Artful Brain (Institute of Philosophy Centre for the Study of the Senses Symposium, 25 October 2013)

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF THE SENSES THE ARTFUL BRAIN Fri 25 October 2013 G22/26, Senate House, University of London From Ghiberti’s development of perspective to Gombrich’s work on illusions in art, the science of perception and … Continue reading →

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Feminism, Materialism, Critical Theory: A Symposium in Honour of Gillian Howie (1965–2013) (Conference, Liverpool, 16 December 2013)

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

As many of you know, Prof Gill Howie was, right up until the moment of her untimely and deeply mourned death earlier this year, an inspirational contributor to the medical humanities, philosophy, feminist theory, and many other fields. Please find below … Continue reading →

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“Deliberating Policy: Where morals and methods mix – and not always for the best” Nancy Cartwright Inaugural Lecture (28 October 2013, 6pm)

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Professor Nancy Cartwright’s Inaugural Lecture is entitled “Deliberating Policy: Where morals and methods mix – and not always for the best” It will take place at St Mary’s College, Durham University on Monday 28th October 2013 from 6pm to 7pm. The … Continue reading →

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