Latest Past Events

The Doctors Are In with Dr. Sneha Mantri & Dr. Deborah Jenson

Trent Hall Room 037A - Health Humanities Lab 310 Trent Dr., Durham

Topic: Narrative Medicine What is narrative medicine, and how does it transform clinical and literary spaces? Neurologist and narrative medicine specialist Sneha Mantri dialogues with Deborah Jenson about her training in narrative medicine, how[...]

Dementia and Caring: Arts Performance and Panel Discussion

White Lecture Hall 1308 Campus Dr, Durham

An Arts Performance on Dementia, “Vamping,” by Kali Quinn, followed by panel presentations and discussion with U. of Toronto  Medical Anthropologist Janelle Taylor, Jessica Ruhle (Director of Education and Public Programs at[...]

Metagnosis: Retrospective Revelations from Blade Runner to ADHD and Beyond

Alumni Memorial Common Room, 152 Langford Building, Divinity School 407 Chapel Dr, Durham

What is the connection between Aristotle and Blade Runner? What do belated diagnoses of ADHD have to do with unexpected genetic test results? Danielle Spencer proposes the term metagnosis to describe the[...]