Posts Tagged ‘medical humanities’
Histories of surgical training, skills and knowledge in early modern Europe
On September 23 and 24, 2022, the workshop “Learning to cut, bandage and cure. Histories of surgical training, skills and knowledge in early modern Europe” is held at the École…
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 MoreNarrative agency, autism and recognition in the age of neurodiversity
On May 22, Anne Stenning holds her lecture “Narrative agency, autism and recognition in the age of neurodiversity“. The lecture is part of the KU Leuven Health Humanities Lecture Series…
Read MorePandemic pasts, pandemic futures
The postponed conference “Pandemic pasts, pandemic futures. Sources, histories, imaginations” has been finally scheduled for 5-7 May 2022, to be held – as originally planned – in the premises of…
Read MoreMapping bodies
On April 22-24, 2022, the International Association for the Study of Environment, Space, and Place (IASESP) holds an interdisciplinary conference in Chicago entitled “Mapping bodies”. The global pandemic highlights already…
Read MoreActing out disease: How patient organizations shaped modern medicine
On April 21, Ylva Söderfeldt holds her lecture “Acting out disease: How patient organizations shaped modern medicine“. The lecture is part of the KU Leuven Health Humanities Lecture Series 2021-2022,…
Read MoreYouth sexuality in postwar Britain
In the online seminar series of the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare (Glasgow), on March 22 from 5-6.30 (CET) Caroline Rusterholz (University of Cambridge) holds a…
Read MoreDisability history, objects and heritage
On March 22 and 23, the conference Invisible and underrepresented, Disability history, objects and heritage is organised online. The experiences and histories of disabled people, like other marginalised groups, are…
Read MoreProtecting epistemic agency in healthcare
On March 17, Lisa Bortolotti holds her lecture “Protecting epistemic agency in healthcare“. The lecture is part of the KU Leuven Health Humanities Lecture Series 2021-2022, which has patient agency…
Read MoreWhat does it mean to be just?
In the History of Medicine and Health seminar series entitled “Poverty and health inequalities: Perspectives from the humanities”, hosted by the Groningen Centre for Health and Humanities and the Centre…
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