Mad lit.

Date: 17 January 2011
Time: 12:45 – 13:45pm
Venue: MG07, Main Building, The University of Hong Kong

Speaker: Paul Crawford (Professor of Health Humanities at The University of Nottingham )

Prof Crawford will distil his research on madness and literature, exploring ‘Mad Lit.’ in the context of storytelling/narrative in mental health care and the notion of ‘applied literature’ in medical/ health humanities. Prof Crawford leads the development of the popular AHRC-funded website www.madnessandliterature.org and his most recent co-authored book is Madness in Literature (Palgrave: London, 2010).

For further enquiries, please contact Dr Olga Zayts.