Critical Medical Humanities: A Cross Disciplinary Research Group
Organizers |
Project Overview |
2009-2010 Speaker Series |
Kelly Fryer-Edwards Sara Goering James Pfeiffer Lorna Rhodes Helene Starks Janelle Taylor |
Critical Medical Humanities is a cross-disciplinary research group that brings together scholars at UW and in the Seattle area with shared interests in critical and interdisciplinary perspectives on health, illness, and medicine. In previous years, we have been honored to present lectures by Adrienne Asch, Gregg Mitman, Arthur Kleinman, Annette Dula, Carl Elliott, Annemarie Mol, Linda Whiteford, Adriana Petryna, Warwick Anderson, Steven Epstein, Susan Sherwin, Jerome Bickenbach, and Steven Miles. The impact of these lectures has extended far beyond the date of these scholars’ visits, as their writings have been incorporated into reading groups and course syllabi, and over time a community of students and scholars pursuing critical and interdisciplinary perspectives on medicine and health has emerged as a strong and vibrant presence at UW. The Critical Medical Humanities project was supported by the Simpson Center for Humanities for its first four years (2004-2008). In 2008, the Program on Values and Society in the Department of Philosophy assumed sponsorship and continues to support the program. The theme for the Critical Medical Humanities series of lectures in 2009-2010 will be on the relationship between conceptualizations of human agency and autonomy in bioethics, with a particular emphasis on dementia/memory loss. We are proud to present to the UW community two public events by outstanding scholars from other institutions. We invite you to join us for these stimulating talks, and welcome you to join the listserv that we use to share notice of these and other local events of interest throughout the year. In addition, the Program on Values and Society will sponsor a one-day symposium Friday, April 23, tentatively titled “Caring for and about Dementia.” |
Monday, November 16, 3:30 p.m. Winter Quarter: Spring Quarter: Program on Values Rabinowitz Symposium Peter Whitehouse Agnieszka Jaworska |