The Project Narrative Summer Institute (PNSI) is a two-week workshop at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH that offers faculty and advanced graduate students in any discipline, from institutions worldwide, the opportunity for an intensive study of core concepts and issues in … Read more

The History of Medicine Collections in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University is accepting applications for our travel grant program. Research grants of up to $1,000 will be offered to researchers whose work would … Read more

Storytelling, Illness and Medicine: 11th Global Meeting of the Health project Monday 14th March – Wednesday 16th March 2016 Budapest, Hungary Telling stories help us wrestle with and make sense of the things which happen in our lives. When illness or … Read more

Graphic medicine and literary pathographies: The aesthetics and politics of illness narratives in contemporary comics and literature Narratives in the genres known as graphic medicine and literary pathographies both address liminal experiences such as illness, chronic disease, and disability, offering individual … Read more

Special Issue of the Journal of Medical Humanities: “Pre-Health Humanities” Guest Editors:  Sarah Berry and Erin Lamb We invite submissions for a special issue of the Journal of Medical Humanities that will explore the expanding field of Pre-Health Humanities or … Read more

Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Full Professor Campus/Location: College of Medicine at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Date Announced: 10/16/2015 Job Number: 60230 Classification: Exempt Work Unit: Penn State College of Medicine Department: Humanities The Department of Humanities at the Penn State … Read more

By: Sadiyya Ingawa ’17 Last Wednesday, Carolina Performing Arts held a special discussion for health affairs and medical students and faculty, on the topic of their recent production of Antigone. The discussion covered many points, focusing on the performance from a … Read more