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Research Summary: Leeds Centre for Medical Humanities Events Programme

Topic: Medical Humanities—Material Culture, Disability Studies, and Literary Criticism
Key Event Series: Four seminars (Nov 5, 12, 20, 26) addressing museum collections, disability representation in romance literature, disability aesthetics in Morrison's work, and interdisciplinary collaboration
Featured Scholars: Claire Jones (Museum of History of Science, Technology and Medicine), Ria Cheyne (Education Studies, Liverpool Hope), Alice Hall (English and Related Literatures, University of York)
Venue: LCMH basement, School of English, Cavendish Road, Leeds; associated Salon event at White Cloth Gallery, 24–26 Aire Street
Access: All events open to public; contact Stuart Murray or visit Leeds Centre for Medical Humanities Blog for details
Intellectual Focus: Explores intersections between medical history, material culture, disability representation, and narrative aesthetics within humanities framework
Collaborative Element: Includes workshop with Durham University Medical Humanities Centre (Nov 20)

The Leeds Centre for Medical Humanities is delighted to announce the following programme of events, to which all are welcome:

Monday November 5th, 5.00-6.00: Claire Jones (Director, Museum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Leeds) – ‘From Mancles to Microscopes: Exploring and Accessing the Material Culture of Medicine at Leeds’.

Monday November 12th, 5.00-6.00: Ria Cheyne (Education Studies, Liverpool Hope University) – ‘Can Love Heal All Wounds? Disability and Cure in Popular Romance Novels’.

Tuesday November 20th, 4.00-6.00: Collaboration workshop with Medical Humanities Centre, Durham University.

Monday November 26th, 5.00-6.00: Alice Hall (English and Related Literatures, University of York) ‘Disability Aesthetics: “Shameless Beauty” in Toni Morrison’s Fiction and Criticism’.

All events will take place in the LCMH, basement, School of English, Cavendish Road.

Please see here for details of an associated Leeds Salon event, Autism and Human Variation, taking place as part of the 2012 Leeds Love Arts Festival, White Cloth Gallery, 24-26 Aire Street, on Monday October 22nd, 6.30.8.30.

For more details on any of these events, contact Stuart Murray or visit the Leeds Centre for Medical Humanities Blog

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