The Medical Anthropology Forum is a forum for researchers, students and all those interested in the study of health and illness in different cultural and social settings. In the forum senior students and scholars present their current research projects. The aim is to discuss and analyze new theories and themes of Medical Anthropology and to learn more about international developments in the area of culture, health and health care. Everybody who is interested is welcome!
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For announcements of upcoming lectures and other information about Medical Anthropology in Heidelberg, please subscribe to our mailing list by sending an email to Christoph Cyranski: cyranski@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de.
TUESDAYS 13.15 - 14.45, South Asia Institute, Room 317
23.04.13
Dr. Katarina Greifeld, Frankfurt
On Malaria and Illness Concepts in West-Papua/Indonesia
07.05.13
Dr. Anthony Cerully, Paris and New York
Ayurveda and Education in India
21.05.13
Dr. David Griffith, Heidelberg
Can (or Should) Public Health Doctors Listen to Anthropologists?
11.06.13
Julia Thiesbonenkamp-Maag M.A., Heidelberg
And Where Are the 'Savages'? Doing Medical Anthropology at Home
25.06.13
Dr. Jane Derges, London
Beyond the Senses: Perceptions of 'Pain' and Religious Rituals in Northern Sri Lanka
02.07.13
Walid Zam Zam, Bradford
Islamic Healing: A Practitioner's Perspective
09.07.13
Franziska Herbst M.A., Heidelberg
Agentive and Creative: Giri (Papua New Guinea) Women's Engagement with Reproductive Health Care Services
23.07.13
Dr. Sumeet Jain, Edinburgh
Is There a 'Global' Mental Health? Ethnographic Perspectives from Northern India
Lectures of previous terms can be found under:
Archive Medical Anthropology Forum
