Following on from a fantastic session in Liverpool last month, we are pleased to announce that the preliminary schedule for the next in the series of Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research workshops has just been released. This workshop will take place on Friday 16th January 2015 at the University of Newcastle, and will be a joint session between the universities of Newcastle and Northumbria. The day will run from 10.30 till 5 and will include lunch and coffee breaks.
There will also be an open forum for postgraduate/early career research that is currently in process, and PG/ECR members of the network are warmly invited to submit proposals for 10 minute provocation papers for this part of the day. If you would like to share some of your research at this forum, please email Harriet Ryder with a brief proposal.
Preliminary Schedule:
Arrival and coffee: 10.30-11
Workshop 1: 11-12.15 – Mind, body, affect: Medical Humanities and Voice
To include presentations by Professor Jennifer Richards, Sue Bradley, Dr Helen Limon
Lunch: 12.15-1
Workshop 2: 1-2.15 – Communities of interest: Fashionable Diseases
To include presentations by Professor Clark Lawlor, Professor Allan Ingram, Dr James Kennaway
Coffee break: 2.15-2.30
Workshop 3: 2.30-3.45 – Critical Medical Humanities: Health, Care, Citizenship
To include presentations by Dr Shahaduz Zaman, Dr Samiksha Sehrawat, Dr Anne Whitehead
3.45-5pm – Plenary: Open Forum for research in progress by PGR/ECR researchers across the NNMHR network
Registration is free, but places may be limited. Please email Harriet Ryder to secure a place. There will be a number of postgraduate travel bursaries for any postgraduate students wishing to either present at the forum, or to attend the event – you can apply for one of these at the point of registration. The workshop will take place in the Armstrong Building, Newcastle University, room 1.06. The Armstrong Building is number 22 on the campus map.