A group of researchers from the departments of English and Comparative Literature, Medicine, and Occupational Therapy have teamed up to study possible connections between writing and health in a new interdisciplinary study called “Writing Diabetes.”   Dr. Jordynn Jack is … Read more

This spring 2016 course is co-taught by UNC moral philosopher Rebecca Walker and visiting Keohane Professor Susan Lederer (U Wisc, historian). Course Description: Human and animal experimentation are frequently discussed separately—each arena is governed by its own regulatory system and scientists … Read more

This call for papers invites submissions from postgraduates, early career researchers and independent researchers on the subject of Science, Society and Civilisation for the eighth edition of HARTS & Minds, an online journal for researchers of the Humanities and Arts, … Read more

In the past decade, the discipline of medical scholarship has been experiencing a paradigm shift away from the strict adherence to biomedical ideology and towards an understanding of the medical experience that acknowledges that medicine is both a science and … Read more

Associate Professor at Appalachian State, Chris Osmond was recently co-published in Et Alia Press’s Scars: An Anthology. Regarding his essay, “The Thousand Natural Shocks,” Chris says: “I am especially interested in the role of personal voice and reflective writing in … Read more

Call for Proposals: Critical Juncture 2016 Emory University, Atlanta, GA April 8-9, 2016 Deadline to submit abstracts: December 15, 2016  

As the culmination of the Health and Humanities class, students presented their research projects at a Works-in-Progress Conference last Monday, November 9th. The projects ranged from empirical studies to literature reviews and encompassed topics from science and technology studies to qualitative and mixed … Read more