Medical Humanities Research Seminar Series
University of Bristol
31 October 2013: Professor Ronald Schleifer (University of Oklahoma): ‘The Fact and Experience of Pain: The Intersection of Science and Culture’ (G16, Cotham House)
26 November 2013: Dr Antonio Casado da Rocha (University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian): ‘Four Concepts of Patient Autonomy in Contemporary Spanish Cinema’ (Verdon-Smith Room, Institute for Advanced Studies)
10 December 2013: Dr Angela Woods (University of Durham): ‘Taxonomies of Voice-Hearing: A Critical Medical Humanities Approach to the Study of Hallucination’ (Verdon-Smith Room, Institute for Advanced Studies)
11 February 2014: Professor Clare Hanson (University of Southampton): ‘Epigenetics, Plasticity and Identity in Jackie Kay’s Red Dust Road’ (Verdon-Smith Room, Institute for Advanced Studies)
18 March 2014: Dr Neil Vickers (King’s Centre for Medical Humanities, University of London): ‘The Psychic Aura of Physical Illness’ (Verdon-Smith Room, Institute for Advanced Studies)
20 May 2014: Professor Sander Gilman (Emory): ‘Imagining Death: Representations as Lived Reality’ (Arts Complex Link Room 1-2)
The seminars will begin at 5pm, with the exception of the 18 March seminar, which will commence at 5:30. All are welcome! For further information about the seminars, please contact the convenors, Ulrika Maude and Havi Carel.