1st International Health Humanities Conference

On the 6th – 8th August 2010, The Institute of Mental Health Nottingham will be hosting The 1st International Health Humanities Conference at The University of Nottingham, UK. The conference has been funded by a generous award from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and is part of the Madness and Literature Network research project.

The theme of the conference, Madness and Literature, seeks to bring critical focus to the three areas of Literature, Psychiatry and Philosophy. There will be presentations from Professor Elaine Showalter, Emeritus Professor of English, Princeton University and Professor Kay Redfield Jamison, Johns Hopkins University.

Paul Crawford, the world’s first Professor of Health Humanities and conference organiser said: “I am delighted that the University of Nottingham is leading the way internationally in developing a more inclusive approach to how the arts and humanities disciplines can inform healthcare.  This approach, which we have called Health Humanities, is the evolution of Medical Humanities.  It seeks to bring the insights, value and benefits for well-being from non-science disciplines to a wider community of health professionals, carers and self-carers.  This is the dynamic driving the success of the Madness and Literature Network which is rapidly becoming a key resource globally in this field.”

Further information on the Madness and Literature Network can be found on the web at www.madnessandliterature.org , alternatively please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

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