Steering Group

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A small core Steering Group is presently responsible for the oversight and development of the project. It is anticipated that the Steering Group will expand in light of the conference conversations and dialogues.

Members

  • Gonzalo Araoz
    Research Fellow, Centre for Health Research and Practice Development, Faculty of Health, Medical Sciences and Social Care, Universityof Cumbria, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • Rob Fisher
    Network Founder and Network Leader, Inter-Disciplinary.Net, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
    is interested in the relationship between madness and creativity
  • Nahed Khairy
    Psychiatrist; Department of Psychiatry, Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Egypt
    is interested in the project as it provides a most engaging platform for the synthesis I  need to deliver my service
  • Johnathan Sunley
    is qualifying to work as a psychodynamic counsellor and has a particular interest in the conceptualization and treatment of mental disorder’
  • Katarzyna Szmigiero
    is an Assistant Professor at the English Department of University of Jan Kochanowski in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland and Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz, Poland.
    Her research interests concentrate on cultural representations of psychiatry and mental illness as well as writing as a form of therapy.
  • Maria Vaccerella
    Hub Leader (MSO), Inter-Disciplinary.Net
    Marie-Curie Research Fellow, King’s College, London

We anticipate adding further members to the Steering Group after each meeting of the project.

Contact Info
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United Kingdom

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E-mail: office@inter-disciplinary.net

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Upcoming Events
2011 New Hubs
2011 will see three new Hubs come into existence. The Gender and Sexuality Hub will launch in May 2011 with 2 new projects "Queer Sexualities" and "Femininity and Masculinity". The Horror Hub will launch in July with new projects in "K-Horror" and "The Fear Inside". And there will be a new Monsters Hub building on and expanding the work of the existing project.

Interdisciplinary Schools
We are pleased to announce that for 2011 we will be launching a series of schools for Easter and Summer, initially in Oxford and then in Europe. There will be a Horror School, a Gender and Sexuality School, a Monsters School, and at least 2 more to be confirmed. Further details will be available at the end of September.

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