Join us on Saturday, May 19 for the Asian Health Humanities Conference. This event is sponsored by the CCK Foundation, Humanities Futures, Global Health Humanities and Duke's Health Humanities Lab.
Come visit the Franklin Humanities Institute to learn about opportunities for Duke undergraduates. The Health Humanities Lab will be there presenting as will other FHI-sponsored programs such as the Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute, and the Story+ program! There will be brief presentations, and you will have the chance to speak[...]
DUE TO THE THREAT OF HURRICANE FLORENCE, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. WE WILL SHARE THE FUTURE DATE ONCE IT HAS BEEN DECIDED. THANK YOU. The Mellon Humanities Futures “Ancient Mind: Neuroarcheology” Working Group and the DIBS/FHI Neurohumanities Research Group Present: Mind, Art, Artifact: A Workshop with Lambros Malfouris and Semir Zeki Followed by[...]
Join us for a narrative medicine workshop led by Dr. Sneha Mantri, a neurologist trained in movement disorders and narrative medicine. Narrative medicine is an approach to medical humanities that centers the importance of storytelling in the clinical encounter. The workshop will start with an overview of the foundational principles of narrative medicine—attention, representation, and[...]
The Health Humanities Lab's artist-in-residence, Kali Quinn - in partnership with FOCUS - will perform "Dreams of Loss and Light." She hopes the event will bring joy, create community and open the heart to challenging conversations about grief, love, loss, dreams, and self-care. The original album is played live by singer/songwriter Jacob Sapon. The visual[...]
What makes a good physician? A person who properly diagnoses and then cures their patients? What if we told you that there’s a third vital characteristic of good physicians – physicians who listen to – and attempt to understand – their patients’ stories. Education philosopher Paolo Freire noted back in 1963, that: “A careful analysis[...]
In our first monthly "Doctors Are In Event" of the semester, we bring in radiologist and dream researcher, Larry Burk, and historian, Thomas Robisheaux, to discuss symptoms and dreams of physical illness as sacred messages from the body. Robisheaux will discuss his study of the spirit-seeing Seeress of Prevorst while Burk will talk about his[...]
How inclusive is our democracy? Who gets access to the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship, and on what basis? We welcome you to a guest lecture by Kathy McMahon-Klosterman, where we will explore these pressing issues. McMahon-Klosterman is Professor Emerita of Educational Psychology, Women’s Studies, Disability Studies, and Interdisciplinary Studies at Miami University Ohio. Drawing[...]
Please join us for a lunchtime seminar with guest speaker Kathy McMahon-Klosterman, Professor Emerita of Educational Psychology, Women’s Studies, Disability Studies, and Interdisciplinary Studies at Miami University Ohio. We will learn from McMahon-Klosterman’s experiences designing a successful Minor in Disability Studies, and from her innovative approaches to community engagement, which were recognized with the US[...]
This month's theme: Narratives Patients Tell in the Face of Life-Threatening News What makes a good physician? A person who properly diagnoses and then cures their patients? What if we told you that there’s a third vital characteristic of good physicians – physicians who listen to – and attempt to understand – their patients’ stories. Education[...]