Tag Archives: time

“Shifting Temporalities in Biomedicine” (CFP, International Summer School, Roscoff, France, 5–10 October 2013)

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Call for Proposals International Summer School, 5-10 October 2013 in Roscoff (France) *Shifting Temporalities in Biomedicine* The meaning of medicine has been transformed over the course of the 20th century: it has become biomedicine on a molecular basis. Based on … Continue reading →

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Lynn Bothelo: Keeping Time at Bay: old age, medicine, and money in early modern England (IAS Public Lecture, Durham University, 1 May 2013)

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Institute of Advanced Study ‘About Time’ Public Lecture Series Professor Lynn Bothelo, Indiana University of Pennsylvania ‘Keeping Time at Bay: old age, medicine, and money in early modern England’ 1 May 2013, 6.15 – 7.15pm Kingsley Barrett Room, Calman Learning … Continue reading →

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Mary Manjikian: ‘Emergency Time, Crisis and the Role of the State: Reflections on the Past, Present and the Future’ (Public Lecture, Durham, 28 Feb 2013)

Posted on February 21, 2013 by William Viney

Institute of Advanced Study Fellows’ Public Lecture Mary Manjikian:’Emergency Time, Crisis and the Role of the State: Reflections on the Past, Present and the Future’ 28 February 2013, 5.30 – 6.30pm, Howlands Hall, Ustinov College, Durham University Attendance to this … Continue reading →

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Greg Atkinson “The human body: a journey round the clock” (Café Scientifique, Stockton, 15 January 2013)

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Greg Atkinson: “The human body: a journey round the clock” Arc: Dovecot Street Stockton on Tees Tuesday 15 January at 8pm Greg will take the audience on a journey through time to see how various functions in the body are … Continue reading →

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Festivals: Time for Wellbeing? Prof Chris Cook (Public Lecture, Durham, 21 November 2012)

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Festivals: Time for Wellbeing? Presented by Prof. Chris Cook 21 November 2012 18:15 in Elvet Riverside 140 Recent research has explored various aspects of spirituality in relation to health and wellbeing, but festivals are conspicuously absent from this research. The … Continue reading →

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Rhythm, time experience and the body: Re-thinking musical time – Professor Udo Will (IAS Public Lecture, 6 November 2012)

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Rhythm, time experience and the body: Re-thinking musical time Professor Udo Will, Ohio State University, USA Institute of Advanced Study Fellows’ Public Lecture 06 November 2012, 8.00 – 9.00pm Senate Suite, University College, Durham University Abstract: In Western Music one … Continue reading →

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Times of Transition (Workshop, Durham, 14 November 2012)

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

The Institute of Advanced Study and Centre for Medical Humanities present: Times of Transition A workshop held under the ‘Experiencing Time’ IAS sub-theme 14 November 2012, 2 – 5pm Kenworthy Hall, St Mary’s College, Durham University Ritually celebrated yet sometimes … 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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Memory & Time Research Symposium & Postgraduate Workshop (Symposium, Durham, 9-10 November 2012)

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Memory and Time research symposium and postgraduate workshop Research symposium 10th November 2012 Senate Room, Durham Castle This interdisciplinary symposium will showcase new research focusing on questions of memory and time, in line with Durham University’s IAS theme. The event … Continue reading →

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The Power of Hesitation: Bergson, Merleau-Ponty, and seeing differently – Prof Alia Al-Saji (IAS Public Lecture, Durham, 25 October 2012)

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Centre for Medical Humanities

The Power of Hesitation: Bergson, Merleau-Ponty, and seeing differently Professor Alia Al-Saji McGill University, Canada 25 October 2012, 5.30—6.30pm Pemberton Building, Palace Green, Durham University Abstract:  This paper asks how perception becomes racializing and seeks the means for its critical … Continue reading →

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