The British Academy – Wellcome Trust Conference
Reframing Endometriosis: Power, Politics and Potential Futures
July 6th & 7th, Birmingham City University, United Kingdom
- The first academic conference to bring together UK and internationally based endometriosis social science and humanities researchers alongside, and in conversation with, prominent (bio)medical researchers, third sector representatives and independent researchers and authors.
- More information on speakers, booking and more: Reframing Endometriosis: Power, Politics and Potential Futures
Programme
Day 1: Thursday, July 6th 2023
Panel 1: Reframing Endometriosis Histories
Chair: Dr Michell Chresfield, Cornell University
- Prof Emeritus Elaine Denny, Birmingham City University
- Dr Elinor Cleghorn, Author of Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine & Myth in a Man-Made World
- Dr Jaipreet Virdi, University of Delaware
- Dr Véronique Griffith, University of Manchester, author of Healers and Patients Talk: Narratives of a Chronic Gynecological Disease
Lunch Break (incl. in ticket)
Panel 2: Experiential & Marginalised Endometriosis Framings
Chair: Dr Véronique Griffith, University of Manchester
- Karen Havelin, Author of Please Read This Leaflet Carefully
- Nikita Aashi Chadha, Writer & Patient Voice Advocate/Speaker, Cysters
- Dr Rizwana Roomaney, Stellenbosch University
Day 2: Friday, July 7th 2023
Panel 3: Reframing Social & Biomedical Divides (via Tech)
Chair: Dr Andrea Ford, University of Edinburgh
- Prof Andrew Horne, University of Edinburgh
- Lone Hummelshøj, founder of Endometriosis.org
- Dr Maria Temmes, Tampere University
- Dr Sharon Dixon, University of Oxford
Lunch Break (incl. in ticket)
Panel 4: Future Endometriosis Framings
Chair: Prof Stacey Missmer, Michigan State University/World Endometriosis Congress
- Dr Hugh Taylor, Yale School of Medicine
- Assoc Prof Kate Seear, La Trobe University, author of The Makings of a Modern Epidemic: Endometriosis, Gender and Politics
- Prof Krina Zondervan, University of Oxford
- Prof Nicky Hudson, De Montfort University
Break
Panel 5: Speaking Differently About Endometriosis
Chair: Dr Stella Bullo, Language of Endometriosis
- Emma Cox, CEO of Endometriosis UK
- Lauren Renee Kornegay, founder of EndoBlack
- Deborah Bush, Principal of World Endometriosis Organisations
- Neelam Heera, founder of Cysters
