Tag Archives: psychology

The Cultural History of Exhaustion – Review

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

This review of the Exhaustion conference appeared on the fantastic Sleep Cultures blog: “On 25 October 2013, the University of Kent hosted a one-day interdisciplinary conference on exhaustion, organized by Anna Katharina Schaffner (Comparative Literature, Kent) and funded by the … Continue reading →

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Whistle While You Work (For Nothing): Positive Affect as Coercive Strategy – The Case of Workfare

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

In this post, Lynne Friedli and Robert Stearn look at the role of  psychological coercion, notably through the imposition of positive affect,  in UK Government workfare programmes. There has been little or no debate about the recruitment of psychology/psychologists into monitoring,  … 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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Special Issue on Narrative Health Psychology (CfP, Deadline: 31st March 2014)

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Narrative Health Psychology for the Journal of Health Psychology Guest editors: Michael Murray, Anneke Sools, and Gerben Westerhof Although stories and storytelling have been an intrinsic part of psychology since the emergence of the … Continue reading →

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Exhaustion (One day workshop, University of Kent, Friday 25 October 2013)

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Exhaustion Friday, 25 October, Cathedral Lodge, Canterbury Funded by the Wellcome Trust Organised by Anna Katharina Schaffner This interdisciplinary conference explores different medical, psychological and socio-political narratives on the origins of and cures for exhaustion. Experts from diverse disciplines (including … Continue reading →

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Paul Moloney, The Therapy Industry – Review by Jenny Laws

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Jenny Laws, post-doctoral research fellow at the Centre for Medical Humanities and Department of Geography, Durham University, reviews Paul Moloney, The Therapy Industry: The Irresistible Rise Of The Talking Cure, And Why It Doesn’t Work (London: Pluto Press, 2013). You … 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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Words and what they say about us: Professor Jamie Pennebaker (Public Lecture, Durham Queen’s Campus, 24 June 2013)

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Words and what they say about us Professor Jamie Pennebaker Monday 24 June 2013, 11am-12pm Durham University Queen’s Campus, Ebsworth Building (D010) Pastries and coffee/tea available from 10.30am Jamie Pennebaker is an internationally recognized social psychologist who’s endlessly curious about … Continue reading →

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“It’s a Pain Series”: “Every Move you Make” – The Normal Psychology of Chronic Pain” (Lecture, Stockton, 6 December 2012)

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

“It’s a Pain Series” 6th December 2012, Stockton Arts Centre, 7.00-8.15pm Free entry and no booking required ‘EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE’- THE NORMAL PSYCHOLOGY OF CHRONIC PAIN Professor Stephen Morley, University of Leeds What’s this lecture about? What has psychology got … Continue reading →

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Industriousness and Daydreaming: Cognitive Neuroscience’s Revaluation of Rest – Felicity Callard (Seminar, Glasgow, November 2 2012)

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Industriousness and Daydreaming: Cognitive Neuroscience’s Revaluation of Rest Dr Felicity Callard Senior Lecturer in Social Science for Medical Humanities, Durham University Friday 2nd of November, 3:30pm East Quadrangle Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow Wine Reception to follow Abstract: How might … Continue reading →

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