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)
Recent Activities
Research Seminar
Date: Tuesday 8 October 2019, 5-6.30pm, HS436
Speaker: Dr Diana Garrisi
Title: Disfigurement, Discrimination and the Media
Introduction
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)
Recent Activities
Research Seminar
Date: Tuesday 8 October 2019, 5-6.30pm, HS436
Speaker: Dr Diana Garrisi
Title: Disfigurement, Discrimination and the Media
Reading Group
Date: Wednesday 6 November 2019, 5-6.30pm, HS436
Text: Susan Sontag, Illness as Metaphor
Research Seminar
Date: Wednesday 27 November 2019, 5-6.30pm, HS436
Speaker: Michelle Ives
Title: Communication Issues in Medical Encounters
Future Activities
More information to appear
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