The Medical Humanities Research Group takes an interdisciplinary approach to topics such as the representation of health and illness in texts, the semiotics of health and illness, the interaction between health, culture and religion, and the language of health and illness. The group additionally hosts research seminars, talks and reading groups. For more information please contact one of the convenors: Yuexi Liu (Yuexi.Liu@xjtlu.edu.cn) and Penelope Scott (Penelope.Scott@xjtlu.edu.cn)
Date: Tuesday 8 October 2019, 5-6.30pm, HS436
Speaker: Dr Diana Garrisi
Title: Disfigurement, Discrimination and the Media
Date: Wednesday 6 November 2019, 5-6.30pm, HS436
Text: Susan Sontag, Illness as Metaphor
Date: Wednesday 27 November 2019, 5-6.30pm, HS436
Speaker: Michelle Ives
Title: Communication Issues in Medical Encounters
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