{"id":212,"date":"2025-05-14T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/kulttuurin-ja-terveyden-tutkimusyksikko\/?page_id=212"},"modified":"2026-01-19T21:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:50:04","slug":"research-seminars-in-the-research-centre-for-culture-and-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.utu.fi\/kulttuurin-ja-terveyden-tutkimusyksikko\/en\/research-seminars-in-the-research-centre-for-culture-and-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Seminars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Centre for Culture and Health explores the connections between culture, health, and illness from a multidisciplinary perspective. It is interested in all aspects of research and education relating to health and culture from pedagogical, narrative, artistic, philosophical, and biosocial perspectives (and many more!).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Seminars in Spring 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Programme Spring 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

January 13<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shilpi Rajpal<\/strong>, University of Copenhagen, \u201cDecolonizing Mental Health: The Making of Modern Indian Psychiatry in India\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Burchell<\/strong>, Uppsala University, \u201cChronic Consumers: Patient Organizations, Advertising, and the Negotiation of Diabetes in 20th-century Europe\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maria Teresa Marangoni<\/strong>, University of Exeter, \u201cCultures of Health and the Shape of Local Governance\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mikko Kemppainen<\/strong>, Tampere University, \u201cRunni Spa as a Scene of Natural Health Culture in Early 20th-century Finland\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 31<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garima Shrivastava<\/strong>, Uppsala University, \u201cBeyond Access: Understanding Self-Managed Abortion Through Entanglements of Law, Body, and Technology\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah Howard<\/strong>, University of Bristol, \u201cChildcare and Health in Socialist Ethiopia\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laure Pesquet<\/strong>, Sorbonne University, \u201cThe Medicalization of Maternity in Colonial and Postcolonial Egypt: State Politics and Women\u2019s Healthcare\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sara Villamar\u00edn-Freire<\/strong>, University of Santiago de Compostela, \u201cCan Illness Cure the Disembodied Father? Writing the Vulnerable Paternal Body in Contemporary Literature\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 12<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ivana Ze\u010devi\u0107<\/strong>, University of Groningen, \u201cExploring the Multiplicity of Childbirth Practices in Villa Maria (Uganda) and Mua (Malawi) Missions, 1900s-1980s\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesper Vaczy Kragh<\/strong>, University of Southern Denmark, \u201cChild Psychiatry in the Clinic and Beyond\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Seminars in Autumn 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Centre for Culture and Health at the University of Turku will also be organising a research seminar programme for Autumn-Winter 2026. If you are interested in presenting your research in the future, please get in touch with Avril Tynan<\/a> (aatyna@utu.fi<\/a>) and Ranjana Saha<\/a> (ranjana.saha@utu.fi<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are interested in hearing from researchers at all career stages, whose work intersects with culture, health and illness. Whether your research is in its early stages or already advanced, come and present in a relaxed and friendly environment. Presentation languages are English and Finnish. All welcome! <\/p>\n\n\n