The Public culture research group in the Department of Anthropology, is hosting a workshop on embodiment entitled: ‘Challenging embodied perceptions: Anthropology in practice’, led by Radharani Pernarcic, of the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Ljubljana. Taking place over 2 days (Monday 30th April & Tuesday Read more…
On Wednesday 21st March the School of Medicine and Health held its annual Postgraduate Research Conference. As well as being a celebration of the achievements of postgraduate students, the event was also a strong reminder of the heterogeneity of topics studied and of methods used by research teams within the Read more…
Bodies in Motion is a series of evening events and exhibitions that explores the relationship between human movement, space and expression. The Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy St, London W1T-5BT 6:30pm-8:30pm Friday 13th April, Tuesday 17th April, Wednesday 18th April, Thursday 26th April, Monday 30th April The way in which Read more…
The Durham University Anthropology department has just announced its Seminar Series 2011-12. The following seminars may be of particular interest to a medical humanities audience: 12th October 2011: Prof Bob Simpson (Durham), “The Gift of the Gift of Life: Rhetorics of Potentiality in Gamete and Egg Donation” 26th October 2011 Read more…
The Centre for Medical Humanities and the Medical Anthropology Research Group present: “Social impact of cultural access and creativity: Urban Cultural Policies in Mexico City” a seminar by Ana Rosas Mantecón, Anthropology Department, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana México and Visiting Fellow, Goldsmiths College, University of London. Wednesday 18thMay, 4 – 6.00 Read more…