The Health Humanities Working Seminar: Developing a Comprehensive Mission and Structure for Cross-Disciplinary Instruction at UNC-Chapel Hill This Carolina Seminar will bring together influential faculty from across the University with the goal of issuing a Provost-level set of recommendations for … Read more

“Have you worked with a faculty mentor on a research project? Have you created a work of art under the direction of a faculty mentor? Have you written a research essay that you would like to publish in an undergraduate … Read more

Medical Humanities: Health and Disease in Popular Culture (CfP, Seattle WA, 21-25 March 2016) DEADLINE: October 1, 2015 The “Medical Humanities: Health and Disease in Culture” area for the 2016 Popular and American Culture Association meeting in Seattle invites proposals … Read more

Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal Special Forum on Disability & Aging Call for Papers Empirically, we need to remember these facts: barring sudden death, those who are aging and those who have a disability can be only artificially … Read more

Call for Papers: “Violent Bodies”- Graduate Student Conference- The Ohio State University- Friday 10/30-Saturday 10/31, 2015 Violent bodies pervade literature and cultural history and remain a topic of profound importance in current events. Bodies both commit acts of violence — … Read more

The Rhetoric Society of America gives an annual book award for the best work in rhetorical study. Autism and Gender: From Refrigerator Mothers to Computer Geeks, Dr. Jordynn Jack‘s latest book, was selected as the 2015 recipient of the RSA … Read more

Writing Diabetes: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration Explaining the Significance of Illness Essays for Patients, Clinicians, and Researchers was recently awarded a Fostering Interdisciplinary Research Explorations (FIRE) Grant through the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. The FIRE Grant is a … Read more