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CFP: “Crystal Queer” Graduate Conference at IU

November 10, 2015

Call For Papers: Department of Comparative Literature, Indiana University Bloomington Graduate Conference April 1-2, 2016; Crystal Queer Clarity and understanding, sight and knowledge, are so intimately linked in contemporary discourse that we rarely find ourselves interrogating why this connection is made, … Read more

Project Narrative Summer Institute: July 4 – July 15, 2016

November 4, 2015

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

Travel Grant Program at Duke University

November 3, 2015

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

CFP: Storytelling, Illness and Medicine

November 3, 2015

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

“Patho/Graphics” Research Project

October 27, 2015

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

CFP: Pre-Health Humanities

October 23, 2015

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