The second CHCI Summer Institute in the Health Humanities will take place at King’s College London on Sunday 26 and Monday 27 June 2016. The Summer Institute aims to gather scholars and practitioners from all over the world in the burgeoning field of the health humanities. The focus of this year’s sessions will be on the Health Humanities Now and aims to showcase some of the most innovative and pioneering work taking place in the health humanities today. We will include sessions on what the humanities might have to say about the recent outbreak of Ebola and the continuing impact of health emergencies in the developing world and in the Middle East. What do humanities disciplines have to contribute to public discussion of these matters? Papers will also be commissioned on the emerging “critical health humanities” and on mental health. What are the (often conflicting) values that motivate our work? A special session will be set aside for graduate students in the field.
Format
We have constructed this two-day Institute to emphasize conversation and discussion. We have timed the Institute so that delegates may, if they wish, attend the CHCI Annual Meeting which is also being held in London from 28 June to 1 July 2016. The Health Humanities Summer Institute is limited to 100 participants, and our goal is to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and views. We want to build upon the structure created by the six humanities centres participating in the Mellon-funded consortial project to include a more extensive network of scholars, researchers, and practitioners in this growing field.
Confirmed Keynote speakers include:
Dr Nils Fietje, World Health Organization
Professor Mark Jackson, Exeter University
Professor Laura Salisbury, Exeter University
Professor Jane Thrailkill, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Dr Angela Woods, Durham University
Further information regarding this event is available, please email or visit Kings College London.