Posts Tagged ‘health humanities’
(Critical) blindness studies
From June 30 to July 5, the international conference “(Critical) blindness studies: Current debates and future directions” takes place online. In this conference, Anglo-American Disability Studies and Francophone studies of…
Read MoreFat bodies in the early modern world
On June 28-30, the conference “Fat bodies in the early modern world” takes place onsite in Frankfurt and Edinburgh as well as online. In the emerging field of Fat Studies,…
Read MorePurity, pollution, purification and defilement
On June 28-30, 2022, the University of Haifa and Tel Aviv University are organising the conference “Purity, pollution, purification and defilement in the premodern Mediterranean”. Purity and purification were key…
Read MorePhD defense Jon Verriet
On June 22, 2022, Jon Verriet will defend his dissertation Representing the healthy lifestyle: Contested ideas about nutrition and physical exercise in the Netherlands, 1940-2020 at Radboud University. Time: Wednesday…
Read MoreSummer school Health inequalities: Approaches from the humanities
From June 20-24, the summer school “Health inequalities: Approaches from the humanities” takes place at the University of Groningen. This summer school has been designed for graduate students and researchers…
Read MoreContagion and calculus: Histories of modelling epidemics
On 16-17 June 2022, the ERC-funded project The Epidemy, A History of Epidemiological Reasoning holds a workshop in Edinburgh called “Contagion and calculus: Histories of modelling epidemics”. Models have guided…
Read MoreHacking the brain? Histories of technology and mind control
The Centre for Health and Humanities at the University of Groningen holds the conference “Hacking the brain? Histories of technology and mind control” on 16-17 June 2022. The world today…
Read MoreGlobal-historical and intersectional approaches to the emergence of reproductive rights after 1945
The conference “Whose choice, whose rights? Global-historical and intersectional approaches to the emergence of reproductive rights after 1945” takes place on April 9 and 10 in Glasgow and online. The…
Read MorePush: Childbirth in global screen culture
Editors Amy C. Chambers, Xi W. Liu, and Kate Taylor-Jones are inviting proposals for contributions to the edited volume “Push, Childbirth in global screen culture”. The act of childbirth is…
Read MoreOpen now: HHH expo “The history of medicine in seven objects”
Open now on the HHH website: the expo “The history of medicine in seven objects”! This online exhibition was curated by research master students and PhD candidates who participated in…
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