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New Research in the History of Medicine and Science (Workshop, Durham, 22 June 2018)

The Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease (CHMD) is a Research Centre that provides a focus for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research and postgraduate education in the history of medicine, health, disease, and medical ethics.  Its forthcoming workshop, New Research Read more…

By mdiclhumanities, 3 years2 years ago
Announcements

Farewell to the CMH Blog

Founding Editor Angela Woods writes… It’s the end of era! Eight years and over 2500 posts later, the Centre for Medical Humanities blog is shutting up shop. In it’s place and launching tomorrow, Thursday 14 September, a new site called Read more…

By mdiclhumanities, 2 years ago
Announcements

New MedHealthHums mailing list

On 13 September 2018 the Centre for Medical Humanities blog will be relaunching with a new name, a new look and fresh content. This sharper focus on original content means we will no longer post general announcements like job opportunities, Read more…

By mdiclhumanities, 2 years ago
Conferences and Symposiums

Get Well Soon! Recovering a Healthier History

Hannah Newton – keynote speaker at this year’s Congress of Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research – gives readers a taste of what to expect from her upcoming talk: Horrible histories are not just for young readers: adult historians also seem to Read more…

By mdiclhumanities, 2 years2 years ago
Events

Medical Humanities Event: Chaplaincy Workshop (5 September)

Medical Humanities Event: Chaplaincy Workshop On “meaning”, “value”, and training in the context of illness and caring for those who are ill. A knowledge exchange event funded by Wellcome designed to promote dialogue between multi-faith chaplains working at Oxford University Read more…

By mdiclhumanities, 2 years2 years ago
Exhibition Review

Risk, Childbirth and Women’s Choices in the Museum

Risk, Childbirth and Women’s Choices in the Museum Caitlin Stobie writes: From Call the Midwife and The Handmaid’s Tale to One Born Every Minute, pregnancy and childbirth – and related risks like miscarriage or stillbirth – are currently popular topics Read more…

By mdiclhumanities, 2 years ago
Exhibition Review

‘Loud and tender’: exhibition review of John Walter’s Alien Sex Club, (Wellcome Collection, London, until 27th August) by Theo Gordon

Theo Gordon writes: What is the pedagogical function of art? How can art communicate complicated information about, for example, developments in HIV treatment, or changes in sexual behaviour and epidemiology, to the public? And, perhaps more importantly, why might art Read more…

By mdiclhumanities, 2 years2 years ago
Events

Curating the Medical Humanities: a one-day workshop at Birkbeck, University of London (13 September 2018)

Thursday 13th September, 9.30am – 6pm Curating the Medical Humanities considers some of the key ethical, intellectual and practical challenges involved in curating medical humanities exhibitions, particularly in relation to questions of audience, accessibility, participation and public engagement. The workshop developed out Read more…

By mdiclhumanities, 3 years2 years ago
Conference Review

‘Found Performance’: Reflections on an undisciplinary symposium exploring aesthetic methodologies in health care and medicine

‘Found Performance’: An undisciplinary symposium exploring aesthetic methodologies in health care and medicine. Studio Theatre, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, June 15th 2018. Report by co-chairs Alex Mermikides and Stuart Wood What happens if we approach sites of medicine or Read more…

By mdiclhumanities, 3 years3 years ago
Conference Review

On Knowledge in the Medical Humanities: Reflections from the Association of Medical Humanities Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria (27-29 June, 2018)

Maryam Golafshani writes: Last week I attended the Association of Medical Humanities’ annual conference. The conference was hosted at the Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria with the theme of ‘Shadows and Ashes’ derived from the Roman poet Horace’s famous description Read more…

By mdiclhumanities, 3 years3 years ago
Conferences and Symposiums

Epistemic Petrification Conference (Bristol, 2-3 July 2018)

Last chance to register for this conference, organised by Havi Carel (Bristol) and Robbie Duschinsky (Cambridge), which brings together philosophers, psychologists, and health professionals to explore epistemic failure and petrification. Against an idealised and de-contextualised image of human epistemology, the conference will examine Read more…

By mdiclhumanities, 3 years ago

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