Lisa Diedrich, “Illness as Metaphor”
The following article has been reprinted from Lisa Diedrich’s personal blog. In case you missed it: at a rally in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump made fun of Hillary Clinton’s recent bout of pneumonia, imitating her stumbling into her car at the … Read more
Job Posting: Lecturer in Humanities & Health, Emory University
The Center for the Study of Human Health (CSHH) at Emory University seeks a Lecturer in Humanities and Health to begin fall semester of 2017. CSHH is an interdisciplinary liberal arts program that supports a BA in human health through … Read more
CFP: Health Humanities Exchange (HHEX): Student Research Workshop
CALL FOR PROPOSALS Health Humanities Exchange (HHEX): Student Research Workshop November 11, 2016; 1:30-2:30pm Hyde Hall at UNC-CH Proposal Deadline: October 7, 2016 Are you an undergraduate or graduate student who wants to do research? Are you interested in the … Read more
Representing Bipolar Disorder through Bollywood-Fusion Dance
This past weekend, I spent my time bustling around North Carolina State University with my Bollywood-fusion dance team, Chapel Hill Chalkaa. For those that don’t know about the Indian dance circuit, Bollywood-fusion dance is a type of Indian dance that … Read more
CFP: Mind, Body, Behavior: Health, Illness, and Representation
51st Annual Comparative Literature Conference: Mind, Body, Behavior: Health, Illness, and Representation April 27-28, 2016 California State University, Long Beach Health has been a concern of representation from the earliest known images and narratives, and remains a topical subject. Representations … Read more
“TEDxUNC Extends the Meaning of Health”
By: Kaitlin Cruz For most people, the first thoughts when hearing the word “health” relate to medicine, doctors, and science. At TEDxUNC Bodies: Being Human on February 27th, attendees heard from presenters who gave entirely different perspectives on what it … Read more
Reflections on the Interprofessional Education Training
In early February, undergraduate students in this semester’s English 695 course attended and observed an interdisciplinary event aimed at fostering collaboration between different types of health professionals. Sam Weeks sat down with three of the students to interview them on their experiences … Read more

