CfP: 'Reading Bodies, Writing Minds' one-day conference

One-day conference exploring mental health topics in the medical humanities. This event will be held 13 April 2017 at Highfield House, The University of Nottingham’s University Park campus. The organising committee invites applications from all colleagues and graduate researchers who wish to take part in the interdisciplinary discussion of modern or historical aspects of mental health in the medical humanities. The Call for Papers attached to this email further outlines suggested themes for presentations.

To be considered to present a twenty-minute paper please submit by 1 February 2017 an abstract of no more than 250 words which outlines the paper and the area of research. Submissions should be sent to MedicalHumanities2017@Gmail.com

All accepted papers will be considered for peer-review and potential publication in an edited volume of conference proceedings.


This event is supported by funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Midlands 3 Cities organisation