'HEALTH, HISTORY AND CULTURE: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE'

A Conference to Launch the Research Group for Health, History and Culture

Wednesday 20 April 2011 at Singleton Park Campus,
Digital Technium, Room 104

PROGRAMME
09.30 Registration
10.00 Welcome and Introduction: ‘Health, history and culture: The origins of medical humanities in Britain’ – Anne Borsay
10.15 Disability, Trauma and the Body: Julie Anderson, University of Kent – ‘Public faces, intimate emotions: Disability and trauma after the First World War ’
11.00 Coffee/tea
11.30 Power, Knowledge and Healthcare: Brian Brown, De Montfort University – ‘Power and responsibility: Devolving risk to patients in an age of neoliberalism’
12.15 Disability, Power and Narrative: Three postgraduate presentations Mike Mantin, College of Human and Health Sciences/College of Arts and Humanities – ‘Oralism in Wales, 1850-1914: A contest for deaf education’
Rebecca George, College of Arts and Humanities – ‘Values in healthcare: The language of NHS reform after devolution’
Susanne Darra, College of Human and Health Sciences – ‘Normal birth in hospital: Stories of new mothers and their midwives’
13.15 Lunch
14.15 Patients, Professionals and Narratives: Havi Carel, University of the West of England – ‘Written in the flesh: Illness, embodiment, and being (a) patient’
15.00 Health, Humanities and Arts: Mike Layward, Disability Arts Shropshire – ‘Disability arts: The Shropshire experience’
15.30 Health, History and Culture: ‘Ways forward – A discussion over tea’
16.00 Close

REGISTRATION
There is no registration fee, but if you wish to attend this conference, please register with the conference administrator - Mike Manton, by Friday 1 April 2011: email him at 563747@swan.ac.uk