Dear Blog,<\/p>\n
The final ever LitSciMed programme event will take place at Leicester and Keele Universities this Thursday and Friday. It\u2019ll be the end of a year and a half programme, which began with a very memorable event in St Deinol\u2019s in January 2010. So much has happened since then and so many students have taken part in events! I\u2019m planning to write a final report on the programme and reflect on its successes and challenges. I\u2019ll certainly post something on this on this blog in the coming months.<\/p>\n
I spent a very enjoyable and immensely useful three days in Aberdeen University last week with a select group who were called together by Ralph O\u2019Connor (author of The Earth on Show, 2007) to consider \u2018new directions\u2019 in \u2018science and literature\u2019. The event brought together a lovely group of people from both history of science and literary studies to thrash out some important issues concerning our\u2026 what shall I call it\u2026 sub-discipline, field, \u2018dynamic zone\u2019 (this last was one of the delegate\u2019s suggestions)? It was a great opportunity to think about what it is that we do, what is needed now, and hear others\u2019 ideas on this. Personally, I shall be mulling these ideas over for some time and thinking far more carefully about my own methods and their justification in my work.<\/p>\n
I really hope that the LitSciMed programme, which is officially titled \u2018Theories and Methods: Literature, Science, and Medicine\u2019 has also helped students to think about their methods and whether there really is such a thing as \u2018LitSciMed\u2019 or whatever we want to call it.<\/p>\n
Next time I write, I shall include a report on our final event. Please can students who are coming along to the event make sure to give their opinions on the discussion group set up for this event \u2013 there\u2019s only a few days to go\u2026 (http:\/\/litscimed.org\/groups\/event-6\/forum). Thanks to Joanna and Darren for starting things off. I hope to see everyone\u2019s name there over the next few days.<\/p>\n
All best,<\/p>\n
Sharon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dear Blog, The final ever LitSciMed programme event will take place at Leicester and Keele Universities this Thursday and Friday. It\u2019ll be the end of a year and a half programme, which began with a very memorable event in St … Continue reading