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Sneak Preview: 8th AMH Conference: The Drama of Medicine – All the Ward’s a Stage – 11-13 July 2011

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Research Summary: 8th AMH Conference 2011

Category: Medical Humanities Conference
Conference Theme: The Drama of Medicine – All the Ward's a Stage
Dates: 11-13 July 2011
Key Plenary Topics: Movies and human meaning; Renaissance medicine and charlatanism; Shakespeare's health perspectives; the anti-hero physician; evolution of medical humanities
Primary Speakers: Matthew Alexander, Jacopo Coppa, David Gentilcore, Laurie Maguire, Jed Mercurio, Paul Crawford
Conference Structure: Five plenary presentations complemented by workshops and parallel sessions
Educational Focus: Interdisciplinary exploration of medicine through humanities, drama, and cultural perspectives on medical practice and meaning.

The 2011 AMH Conference Programme is taking shape and details will be published here as they become available. Complementing a terrific lineup of workshops and parallel sessions are the following five plenary presentations:

  • Teaching Us What It Means To Be Human: Why Movies Move Us, Matthew Alexander
  • Jacopo Coppa, ‘maker of entertainments’, and the paradox of the licensed charlatan in Renaissance Italy, David Gentilcore
  • The Shakespeare Guide to Health and Illness, Laurie Maguire
  • The Doctor as Anti-Hero, Jed Mercurio
  • Health Humanities: The Evolution of Medical Humanities, Paul Crawford

Download the rest of the 2011 AMH Conference Programme and watch this space for more detail.

Update August 2011: You can now read Paul Lazarus’ Review of the Conference here.

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