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Medical Horror Film Season

Posted on 10th May 2016 by uble293

Four films exploring our darkest fears about objectification, fragmentation and intersection: Weds 11 May: Coma (Michael Crichton, 1978) Tues 24…

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Embarrassing Bodies: Feeling Self-Conscious in the Nineteenth Century

Posted on 9th May 201610th May 2016 by uble293

Friday 17 June 2016 09.30 – 17.30 Keynes Library, School of Arts Why were the Victorians so keenly aware of…

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Medical Objects: An interdisciplinary enquiry

Posted on 9th May 20169th May 2016 by uble293

Current cultural debates in the fields of object theory and affect theory offer valuable perspectives on how medical equipment complicates…

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Reading Group, Summer 2016: Medicine and Care

Posted on 6th May 201624th May 2016 by uble293

The Birkbeck Medical Humanities Reading Group aims to create a space in which academics, clinicians and students can come together…

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Conceiving Histories: launch event 16 May 2016

Posted on 6th May 20166th May 2016 by uble293

Details: Day – 16th May 2016; Time – 6-7.30; Place – 43 Gordon Square. Sign up for a free place…

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CHASE Medical Humanities Network inaugural workshop: 13 May 2016

Posted on 6th May 20166th May 2016 by uble293

Across the CHASE Consortium institutions, radical and innovative research within the burgeoning field of Medical Humanities is being undertaken. The…

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Zoë Playdon, ‘Mind the Gap: Traditional Indigenous Knowledge, Heterotopias, and Apocalyptic Desire’

Posted on 6th May 201616th July 2019 by uble293

We are pleased to publish here a paper by Zoë Playdon, Emeritus Professor of Medical Humanities, University of London, which…

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