Medical Humanities Research Centre (MHRC)

Gender and Medicine: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Half-day workshop event, bringing members of the University of Greifswald (Germany)’s Inclusive Excellence in Medicine (InkE) project in conversation with the MHRC around the topics of gender-sensitive approaches to medicine and the practicalities of collaboration with STEM colleagues around the topics of gender and medicine.

Room 202,

4 University Gardens

Conversations about Arts, Humanities and Health

Jürgen Pieters and Arthur Frank

Online webinar

MHRC Work in Progress (WIP): Elliot Douglas

“Scotland’s Body Politic: The Reproductive Body and Scottish Postcolonial Nationhood in Devolutionary and Post-Devolution Novels”

MHRC WIPS are organized ad hoc. They are an informal opportunity for people to share work that is relevant to medical humanities broadly conceived, including presentations, written work, funding applications or current reading.
If you would like to propose a WIP session, please contact Dieter.Declercq@Glasgow.ac.uk.

Room 101,

5 University Gardens

Conversations about Arts, Humanities and Health

Suze Berkhout and Darian Stahl

Online webinar

Register here

1.30 -

3 pm

Working with Objects and Human Remains in Anatomical Museums

Medical Humanities Training Programme (joint initiative with CSHHH, University of Strathclyde)

Hunterian Anatomy Musuem, Thomson Building, University of Glasgow

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MHTP Working with Objects Workshop – Fill out form

 MHRC WIP: Dieter Declercq

 “Humanities as Helping Work”

Room 101,

5 University Gardens

1.30 -

3 pm

An Introduction to the Archive and Museum Collections at the RCPSG

Medical Humanities Training Programme (joint initiative with CSHHH, University of Strathclyde)

Training programme open to all postgraduate students (PGT and PGR), ECRs, and members of staff at the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, and Glasgow Caledonian.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, 232-242 St Vincent Street

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MHTP RCPSG Workshop – Fill out form

 Guest Lecture: Avril Tynan (University of Turku)

 "Recovery: Concepts, Contexts and Challenges in Literature and Film"

Room 101,

5 University Gardens

10 am -

12 pm

Wellcome Trust Discovery Event

Funding support session, in collaboration with ArtsLab

The MHRC and ArtsLab are delighted to invite you to this rare opportunity to gain an insider perspective about the Wellcome Trust Discovery award. Following an overview of the scheme by CoAH research office team, we will hold an interview with current award holder, Professor Chris Pearson (Professor of Environmental History and Chaddock Chair of Economic and Social History, University of Liverpool) about his experience of the application process, followed by plenty of time for discussion and Q&A from the audience.

TBC

The Design Process

Medical Humanities Training Programme (joint initiative with CSHHH, University of Strathclyde)

Training programme open to all postgraduate students (PGT and PGR), ECRs, and members of staff at the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, and Glasgow Caledonian.

University of Strathclyde, room TBC (registration link to come)

1.30 -

3 pm

An Introduction to Medical Humanities Archival Collections at the University of Strathclyde

Medical Humanities Training Programme (joint initiative with CSHHH, University of Strathclyde)

Training programme open to all postgraduate students (PGT and PGR), ECRs, and members of staff at the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, and Glasgow Caledonian.

Archives and Special Collections, University of Strathclyde Library (registration link to come)

Guest Lecture: Stefano Serafini (Georgetown University and the University of Padua)

“Invisible Wounds: Mental Health and Violence in Interwar Britain and Italy”

Room 101,

5 University Gardens