The Man Whose Mind Exploded Documentary film by Toby Amies Succulent Pictures This affectionate, unflinching gonzo documentary sees arts and travel presenter Toby Amies go further than his original Radio 4 programme from 2008 with the same title. (https://soundcloud.com/toby-amies/the-man-whose-mind-exploded). In doing so and by bringing to screen this portrait of an eccentric, extraordinary man who […]
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Widening the Lens: Guest Post by Brandy Schillace
Widening the Lens | Medical Humanities Brandy Schillace Author, Historian and Adventurer at the Intersection (http://brandyschillace.com) Recently, I read and reviewed Identity and Difference: John Locke and the Invention of Consciousness by Etienne Balibar. One of the points brought up in the lengthy introduction by Stella Sanford is that the reception of the work […]
Sleeping with the Enemy: Arab Doctors Struggling with Personal and Professional Dilemmas
A review of “The Attack” and “The Last Man” showing at the “Discover Arab cinema”- British Film Institute- London 2014 “The Attack”, National Film Theatre (‘NFT’) London 23rd and 25th February 2014 “The Last Man”, NFT London 3rd and 8th March London is expanding its cinematic and cultural horizons and the British Film Institute (BFI) […]
The Wolf of Dallas: Money, Stigma and HIV – Guest Review by Shehzad Kunwar
A Review of “Dallas Buyers Club” (USA 2013, directed by Jean-Marc Vallee). Released in the UK on Friday 7th February 2014 Say hello to Ron Woodroof, a ‘typical’ Texan. He loves the rodeo. He wears a white t-shirt, boots, a large belt buckle and, of course, a classic Stetson hat. He is a […]
Psychosis and the Arts: Conference
Psychosis and the Arts – Thursday 27th March, 2014 Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre 17-25 New Inn Yard, London, EC2A 3EA Speakers include: Bobby Baker, Martin Gayford, David Bell, Wiebke Trunk, Nanna Luth & Meg Harris-Williams. About the Conference: The use of the arts in personalised recovery journeys, as well as in psychological treatment […]
Troubling Narratives: Identity Matters – Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
First Call for Papers ‘Troubling Narratives: Identity Matters’ The Institute for Research in Citizenship and Applied Human Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Thursday 19th and Friday 20th of June 2014. Confirmed keynote speakers for the conference are: Ann Phoenix, University of London Ken Plummer, University of Essex This conference builds on the University of Huddersfield’s long […]
“The Reading Room”: Book Editor Role at Medical Humanities
It is an exciting time for Medical Humanities and, as part of its evolution, the Book Section is changing and expanding. After the next issue, the Book Section will become “The Reading Room” and appear in both in the hard copy of the journal and on the Blog. Claire Elliott, who has looked after the Book Section […]
To Have Been What I Always Am, So Changed From What I Was: Reflections on Altered States and Beckett
London is currently home to productions of four Samuel Beckett plays. A trilogy – Not I, Footfalls and Rockaby – performed by the extraordinary Lisa Dwan, is at the Royal Court Theatre in advance of a transfer to the Duchess Theatre. Across town, Juliet Stevenson takes on the role of Winnie in Happy Days […]
Call for Papers: Fashionable Diseases: Medicine, Literature and Culture, ca. 1660-1832
An International Interdisciplinary Conference Newcastle and Northumbria Universities 3rd – 5th July 2014 Keynote speakers include: Professor Helen Deutsch, ‘Diseases of Writing’ University of California, Los Angeles Author of Resemblance and Disgrace: Alexander Pope and the Deformation of Culture Dr David Shuttleton, ‘The Fashioning of Fashionable Diseases in the Eighteenth Century’ University of Glasgow Author of Smallpox […]
Guest Piece: Joseph Ting: “Medicine Now, at the Wellcome Collection London: Obesity, The Body, Malaria and Genomes”.
Medicine Now, a permanent exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London, presents a range of ideas about science and medicine since Sir Henry Wellcome’s death in 1936. Designed to broaden engagement with medical science beyond the narrow confines of the laboratory or clinic, Medicine Now presents a cogent multidisciplinary view of four topics, Obesity, The […]