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Seminars and Lectures

Life-writing at the limits: dementia in contemporary autobiographies and life-writing projects – Rebecca Bitenc (Seminar, Durham, 13 February 2013)

Life-writing at the limits: dementia in contemporary autobiographies and life-writing projects Rebecca Bitenc An Inventions of the Text seminar Wednesday, 13th February 2013 5:30 – 7:00 pm Department of English Studies, Hallgarth House Seminar Room, Durham University Dementia, due to world-wide increasing incidence rates, has come to the fore of Read more…

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Seminars and Lectures

Narrative Psychiatry and the Little Red Alfa – Dr Philip Thomas (Medical Humanities Research Network Scotland Public Lecture, Edinburgh, 11 March 2013)

The Medical Humanities Research Network Scotland is delighted to announce its second public lecture: Narrative Psychiatry and the Little Red Alfa Dr Philip Thomas 11 March 2013 Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Teviot Lecture Theatre, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh Narrative Psychiatry and the Little Red Alfa: Read more…

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Seminars and Lectures

King’s College Philosophy and Medicine Seminar Series (London, 2013)

2012/13 PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE SEMINAR SERIES Department of Philosophy/Centre for Humanities and Health, King’s College London Tuesday 22 January 2013, 2.00-3.30 Silvia Camporesi (Centre for Humanities and Health, King’s College London): Adult ADHD: Self-Diagnosis, Self Deception and the Ethics of Cognitive Enhancement Tuesday 5 February 2013, 2.00-3.30 Ilina Singh (Department Read more…

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Seminars and Lectures

Voice-Hearing in the Middle Ages: Hilary Powell and Corinne Saunders at the Joint Special Interest Group for Psychosis (Durham University, 30 January 2013)

Durham University and Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust Joint Special Interest Group for Psychosis is open to all staff working in either the Trust or University and will be of particular interest to those working in ‘psychosis services’ or psychosis research. A warm welcome is also extended Read more…

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Seminars and Lectures

Meaning and Mindedness: Encounters between Philosophy and Psychoanalysis (Tavistock Seminar Series, 2013)

Meaning and Mindedness: Encounters between Philosophy and Psychoanalysis Tavistock Centre 120 Belsize Lane, Hampstead, NW3 7pm – 9pm Cost: £15 (some concessions) Seminar 1: Psychosis. 25th January 2013. Speaker: Richard Gipps (Clinical Psychologist; co-editor, The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry). Discussant: tba Seminar 2: Envy. 22nd February 2013. Speaker: Read more…

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Thought Pieces

Passion & Polemics: Six Videos from the Institute of Art and Ideas to provoke a medical humanities audience

The Institute of Art and Ideas (IaI) is committed to fostering a progressive and vibrant intellectual culture in the UK. The IaI is a charitable, not-for-profit organisation engaged in changing the current cultural landscape through the pursuit and promotion of big ideas, boundary-pushing thinkers and challenging debates. Below is a Read more…

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Seminars and Lectures

The Agony & the Ecstasy (Institute of Art & Ideas Video Debate)

The Institute of Art and Ideas presents: The Agony & the Ecstasy The Issue: We take it for granted that eradicating pain is desirable. And since De Quincey remarked that a quarter of human misery was toothache, remarkable strides have indeed been made. But is it possible, and do we Read more…

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Conferences and Symposiums

The Ontology of Emotions (Workshop, Geneva, April 2013)

thumos, the Genevan research group on norms, values and emotions is pleased to announce an international workshop on: THE ONTOLOGY OF EMOTIONS, Geneva, 26th-27th April 2013 Confirmed speakers: MGF Martin, Matthew Soteriou, David Pineda, Joachim Schulte, Clare Mac Cumhaill, Edoardo Zamuner, Agnes Moors and Hitchem Naar. Motivation: It is quite Read more…

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Call for Papers

Cognitive Futures in the Humanities (CfP, Conference, Bangor University, 4-6 April 2013)

COGNITIVE FUTURES IN THE HUMANITIES International Conference 4-6th April 2013 School of Linguistics & English Language, Bangor University We invite 20-minute paper submissions for a major international conference organized on the Cognitive Futures in the Humanities. The conference will take place on 4-6 April 2013, and will be hosted by Read more…

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Seminars and Lectures

Professor Raymond Tallis to visit Durham Wednesday 31 October 7-9pm

Against Biologism: Neuromania and Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Mankind Wednesday 31 October 2012 Café Culture in Durham, The Cafe on the Green, Durham City 7-9pm Increasingly, it is assumed that human beings are best understood in biological terms. That, notwithstanding the apparent differences between humans and their nearest animal Read more…

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