‘Representing the Medical Body’ took place at the Science Museum, London, on 28thMarch 2019. Words: Fiona Johnstone. Pictures: Lucy Lyons. “Did you notice that everyone was constantly talking about their feelings?” asked a colleague, as we walked to Gloucester Road […]
Isla Jones reviews the ‘Dissecting the Visceral Body, Across Time and Disciplines’ conference, University of London, March 1st 2019. The distinction between outer and inner, body and mind, has long been a point of contention. In recent years, this topic […]
How to collaborate beyond the academy in research in dementia and culture? Working Together, a workshop organised by Sarah Falcus (University of Huddersfield) and Raquel Medina (Aston University) for the Dementia, Narrative and Culture Network, aimed to answer this question. […]
Anna Magdalena Elsner reviews the Cultural Crossings of Care conference held at the University of Oslo 26-27 October 2018 Based on Hyginus’s myth of Cura, Julia Kristeva, together with Marie Rose Moro, John Ødemark and Eivind Engebretsen, argues in a […]
Mary Coaten reviews the second congress of the Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research (NNMHR), 20th and 21st September 2018, hosted by The University of Leeds. As a PhD student at Durham University, working on Dance Movement Psychotherapy in acute […]
