CFP: Circuits: Open Screen and Lightning Talks
The 2016 CHAT Festival welcomes undergraduates working in the areas of digital arts and humanities to submit a proposal for short open screenings/lightning talks. The talks will take place on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 from 1:00-4:00 pm as part of the Collaboration, … Read more
CFP: Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media
“Critical Invention: Media, Engagement, Practice” March 19-20th, 2016 “Before there is ‘thought,’ there must have been ‘invention.’” – Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power, p. 293. “Building is, for us, a new kind of hermeneutic — one that is quite … Read more
CFP: “Health’s Borders”, Health Tomorrow, Volume 4 (May 2016)
CFP: “Health’s Borders”, Health Tomorrow, Volume 4 (2016) Health Tomorrow: Interdisciplinarity and Internationality York University, Toronto, Canada http://ht.journals.yorku.ca Submission Deadline: May 15th, 2016 Borders are constructed to regulate the movement of people, resources, and information, as well as to structure and … Read more
CFP: Critical Distance in Bioethics and Medical Humanities (ASBH 2016)
The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities seeks proposals for its 2016 annual conference on October 6-9, 2015 in Washington, D.C. Where Do We Stand? Critical Distance in Bioethics and Medical Humanities After over half a century of work, and as ASBH celebrates its … Read more
Reflections on TMC Lectures at Duke University
By: Ashley Werlinich & Rachel Warner As part of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture seminar series at Duke University, two divinity students, Peter Gunderman and Laura Johnson, presented their research on biblical exegesis and literary theory last Friday, January 15th. … Read more
Improving health outcomes through narrative intervention
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
Upcoming Medical Humanities Event at Appalachian State
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