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Pain, Illness, Trauma and Death in Childhood (CfP, Conference, London, 1 February 2014)

The University of Greenwich, Centre for the Study of Play and Recreation, with the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past and the London Network for the History of Children present: Pain, Illness, Trauma and Death in Childhood … Continue reading

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Testimony Memory, Trauma, Truth, Engagement (CfP, Conference, Oxford, 29-31 July 2014)

Testimony Memory, Trauma, Truth, Engagement Tuesday 29th July  – Thursday 31st July 2014 Mansfield College, Oxford   This inaugural conference aims to examine the evolving genres and emerging contexts of testimonial production Testimony: Memory, Trauma, Truth, and Engagement. Broadly understood, … Continue reading

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“Absent Presences & Present Absences” (Reflections on the International & Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies)

Absent Presences and Present Absences Dr Cheryl Mcgeachan (Geography, Glasgow University) writes: Returning this week from the fourth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies at the University of Groningen, I am truly inspired by the range of wonderful people … Continue reading

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Affect, memory, and the transmission of trauma (CFP, Conference, London, 15 March 2013)

Call For Papers: Affect, memory, and the transmission of trauma 15 March 2013 Goldsmiths College, London Keynote speakers: Professor Valerie Walkerdine, Cardiff University and Dr. Lisa Blackman, Goldsmiths College This interdisciplinary conference explores the connections between affect, memory, and trauma, and examines … Continue reading

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Shared Traumas, Silent Loss, Public and Private Mourning (Psychoanalysis and Politics Conference, London, October 2012)

Psychoanalysis and Politics: Shared Traumas, Silent Loss, Public and Private Mourning Autumn Symposium, 19 and 20 October British Psychoanalytical Society, 112a Shirland Road, London The symposium questions the junctions of the private and the public when it comes to trauma, … Continue reading

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Trauma: Theory and Practice (3rd Global Conference) (CfP, Conference, Lisbon, 19-22 March 2013)

This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to examine and explore issues surrounding individual and collective trauma  in terms of practice, theory and lived reality. Trauma studies has emerged from its foundation in psychoanalysis to be a dominant methodology for understanding … Continue reading

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Bloody Sunday and Poetry

Reflecting on the role of poetry in helping a traumatized community to flourish, Clara Dawson writes: In the last week, Derry commemorated the fortieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday by holding their annual march through the streets, and with the performance … Continue reading

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Interrogating Trauma in the Humanities (CFP, Interdisciplinary International Conference, Lincoln, August 2012)

Interrogating Trauma in the Humanities An International Interdisciplinary Conference, 20-23 August 2012 University of Lincoln, UK Since 9/11 and the so called ‘terror attacks’, questions surrounding the nature of traumatic experience and how that experience may be presented/represented have dominated … Continue reading

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Three October Arts in Health Events

Touching the Soul:  An Exhibition of the Arts: October 7th, 8th & 9th 2011, Sheffield This is an arts exhibition being staged at the Jessop West exhibition space to mark World Mental Health Day. All exhibits are produced by users … Continue reading

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CFP – Understanding and Working with the Consequences of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Nottingham, 8-10 November 2011

Asylum Associates & MMU Present a Three Day Congress Understanding and Working with the Consequences of Childhood Sexual Abuse 8th, 9th & 10th November 2011 Center Parcs, Sherwood Forest, Nottingham NG22 9DN Child sexual abuse is a global problem that … Continue reading

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