We are excited to announce this upcoming event on "Access as Aesthetic: Disability and Intersectionality in the Arts."
The discussion will take place on Wednesday June 30, 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST. Register here: https://t.co/LdxiSLBTz7. ASL interpretation and captioning provided!
Come join us at the HHL for a round table discussion on health humanities and disability studies programs at various universities! The event will be during Disability Pride Week, on April 5 at 3 PM. Register at https://t.co/7FHAU29Tdr! Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Today we had another suicide in our medical school. The third student suicide in my fours years since being here. Feeling saddened today. A reminder of the work that needs to be needs to be done systemically by the medical education system.
The Health Humanities Lab is happy to announce an upcoming event! We are hosting a book talk by Dr. Liat Ben-Moshe on her new book, Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition, followed by discussion with participants. We would love to see you there!
Chronic Health Conditions Storytelling Group at Duke
We invite students managing chronic health conditions, ranging from depression and anxiety to IBS and chronic pain to lupus and diabetes, to process your experiences in a supportive, storytelling-based environment.
For Grand Rounds yesterday, we welcomed Neil Prose of @DukeDermatology, 1 of the creators of @DukeHHL's moving & thought-provoking film, "Keepers of the House," re: the relationships @DukeHealth environmental svc workers build w/patients. Watch it here: https://t.co/1Cjv1J1CYs
Check out this new @Palgrave volume featuring essays from @DukeU and @DukeKunshan faculty on the coronavirus. This book arose from a conference hosted by FHI and the DKU Humanities Research Center in early March 2020. Read more: https://t.co/DhJZ6PnVmb #DukeHumanities
Creativity and Mental Health
- A discussion marking the 30th anniversary of William Styron's _Darkness Visible_, a memoir of his depression & recovery.
-> Video recording available here:
https://t.co/c7tnriKbG2
Celebrate art, community, and giving at Alliance of Disability Advocates @nc_alliance's first virtual auction!
Please help us support the disability community and donate now!
https://t.co/5VOhFfrwEP
Coming up next Friday morning! Join us for @DukeAAAS Professor and @DukeSlaveryLab co-director @jasminecobbphd's #tgiFHI presentation, "Tactility and the Texture of Racial Capitalism"! Description and registration here ➡️ https://t.co/RvkISvXAvh
This is a crisis: Let's build a community devoted to humanity and health care.
Disability Studies & Health Humanities Interest Group
Come to a drop-in introduction and Q&A Session!
(Today, 9/20, at 1pm eastern)
https://t.co/3Gvq2mjT5N
In honor of #HousekeepingWeek we are thankful for our @DukeU and @DukeHealth housekeepers who bring empathy, humility and connection to patients that are away from home
Watch this @DukeHHL video highlighting the important role housekeepers play at Duke
https://t.co/8fQsEvSLin