We warmly invite applications to our Medical Humanities International Summer School (9-11 September 2024, Vadstena, Sweden) coordinated by the Centre for Medical Humanities and Bioethics at Linköping University in collaboration with Durham's Institute for Medical Humanities.
Medical Humanities International Summer School 20249 - 11 September 2024, Vadstena, Sweden
Interdisciplinarity: Medical Humanities and Research at the intersections of the Humanities, the Social Sciences, Clinical Practice and Biomedicine
What does interdisciplinarity in medical humanities mean? What are the epistemological underpinnings of different interdisciplinary ways of engaging in medical humanities research? What are the challenges and possibilities in interdisciplinary research at the intersection between the humanities, the social sciences, clinical research, and biomedicine?
These are some of the questions that will be explored in this Medical Humanities Summer School aimed at PhD students in medical humanities, social sciences, and medicine, and with an interest in interdisciplinary research.
The Summer School will be held between 9 - 11 September 2024, in beautiful Vadstena, close to Linköping, Sweden. It is coordinated by the Centre for Medical Humanities and Bioethics at Linköping University, in collaboration with the Institute for Medical Humanities at Durham University.
Please see the attached course plan for further details: Med Hums Summer School Course plan.
The Summer School is funded by:
Accreditation (3 ECTS credits):
Accreditation is optional for all students. All participating students (both accredited and non-accredited) are expected to have completed preparatory work (equal to approximately 5 days full-time work) before the onsite course days.
Practical details:
The Summer School is free of charge for all PhD student participants, and includes the bus trip between Linköping and Vadstena, two nights’ hotel accommodation in Vadstena on 9th and 10th September, and meals (from lunch on the 9th of September through lunch on the 11th of September). Teaching will be in English.
Twenty places are available for the summer school:
For PhD students applying for the five open places or from Swedish Universities:
As stated above, the Summer School is free of charge. However, PhD students applying for these open places, or from Swedish universities other than Linköping, will need to cover their own travel costs to and from Linköping.
Financial support for PhD students from universities in lower- and middle-income countries and the UK:
Through the Wellcome-funded Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities (DRP-MH) at Durham University, the Institute for Medical Humanities is able to offer the following bursaries to support attendance at this Summer School:
For PhD students from universities in lower- and middle-income countries:
Five bursaries of up to £2,000 GBP in total are available to support air travel to Sweden, internal travel within Sweden, accommodation, subsistence (receipted to a maximum for £40 per day), and, where necessary, up to £80 in visa costs. Bursaries will cover:
A full list of lower- and middle-income countries is available here: Wellcome Guidance - Low and Middle Income Countries. Please note, you must be both ordinarily resident in, and studying in, a lower- or middle-income country to be eligible for this bursary. Students ordinarily resident in a lower- or middle-income country but currently undertaking their PhD in a higher income country are not eligible for this award.
For UK-based PhD students:
Five bursaries of up to £700 in total are available to support travel to Sweden, airport transfers, accommodation and subsistence (receipted to a maximum for £40 per day).
Bursaries will cover:
Please note that candidates not in receipt of a bursary will need to cover their own travel costs to and from Linköping.
If you have any queries about bursaries for PhD students from lower- and middle-income countries or for UK-based PhD students, please contact Fiona Johnstone.
How to apply:
Please send, as a single PDF document, the following information:
Submit your application to summerschool.medhum@liu.se by the 12th of March.
Applications will be assessed by a selection committee of academics from Linköping University and Durham University. All candidates will be notified by mid-April 2024.