Critical Medical Humanities: A Cross Disciplinary Research Group
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Critical Medical Humanities is a cross-disciplinary research group supported by the Simpson Humanities Center, bringing together scholars at UW and in the Seattle area with shared interests in critical and interdisciplinary perspectives on health, illness, and medicine. In its fourth year, Critical Medical Humanities will focus on the theme of "placing" global health, that is, considering global health issues in local context in order to better understand them and to implement just solutions. In particular, we aim to highlight the importance of situating responsibilities for and solutions to ill health in a manner sensitive to histories and power dynamics in particular settings, and in equitable consultation with local peoples. We will invite three outside speakers to give public lectures and participate in classroom discussions and reading groups with faculty and graduate students. Audiences at each event are invited to attend receptions, a primary goal of which is to build community among scholars with shared interests at the University of Washington. The group also maintains a listserv for sharing notice of local events of interest. In the previous three years, we have been honored to present lectures by Adrienne Asch, Gregg Mitman, Arthur Kleinman, Annette Dula, Carl Elliott, Annemarie Mol, Vicente Navarro, Linda Whiteford, Adriana Petryna, and Warwick Anderson. |
Whither Bioethics? From Feminist Bioethics to Public Ethics in an Era of Global Threats 4 p.m., Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Not Dead Yet: The Disability Angle Jerome Bickenbach, PhD |