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Read full articleWe are delighted to welcome two Visiting Scholars to the Shame and Medicine Project. Dr Katharine Cheston and Prof Peter Miller. Read Katharine’s blog for the Shame and Medicine Project. Prof Peter Miller will be speaking on the 16th October,…
Read full articleCongratulations to Arthur Rose, Engaged Research Fellow for the Shame and Medicine Project, whose book ‘Asbestos – The Last Modernist Object’ has received the European Society for the Study of English Book Prize, in its Cultural and Area Studies in…
Read full articleCooper, F., Dolezal, L. & Rose, A. Shame-Sensitive Public Health. J Med Humanit (2024).*~ Open Access. Abstract In this article, we argue that shaming interventions and messages during Covid-19 have drawn the relationship between public health and shame into a heightened state of…
Read full articleCongratulations to Luna Dolezal awarded a James Fellowship in Social Sciences SSSHARC at the University of Sydney for 2025.
Read full articleListen now to the BSP podcasts from The British Society for Phenomenology 2022 Annual Conference hosted by the University of Exeter which featured a special shame panel sponsored by Shame and Medicine Project.
Read full articleCooper, F., Dolezal, L., & Rose, A. (2024). “The shameful dead: Vaccine hesitancy, shame and necropolitics during COVID-19”. In Knowing COVID- 19. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press. chapter, written by the Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19 team, is available now…
Read full article‘Shaming people is hurting, not helping our efforts to build a more equitable world’ Luna Dolezal discusses shame with Philippa Willitts for Now Then magazine Street art by Inksurgeon, on the factory at end of Woodbourn Hill,…
Read full articleThe final schedule for our ‘Researching Shame’ conference on 5th June 2024 is now available. Please visit the event page for further information.
Read full articleDolezal, L. “Shame.” In Kevin Aho, Megan Altman & Hans Pedersen (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Existentialism. London: Routledge Abstract: As a philosophical approach which takes as its starting point the existence of an individual, existentialism has long been…
Read full articleWe are proud to see that the UKRI referenced the Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19 project, via Pandemic and Beyond, for their submission to Module 4 of the COVID-19 Inquiry.
Read full articleOur friends at The Nocturnists are collecting stories for a new podcast series on “Uncertainty in Medicine”, a topic that “goes largely unacknowledged in medical training, as recognizing it can feel taboo or problematic.” See their Call for Stories below….
Read full articleWe are delighted to welcome Dr Fred Cooper, University of Bristol, to the Shame and Medicine Project as an Honorary Research Fellow until January 2025. Fred is a historian of medicine at @BristolUniLaw and is presently working on loneliness and epistemic…
Read full articleLyons B, Dolezal L. Shame, health literacy and consent. Clinical Ethics. 2023;0(0). DOI: 10.1177/14777509231218203 Abstract This paper is particularly concerned with shame, sometimes considered the ‘master emotion’, and its possible role in affecting the consent process, specifically where that shame relates to…
Read full articleDolezal, L., Ratcliffe, M. Emotions of the pandemic: phenomenological perspectives. Phenom Cogn Sci (2023). Open Access. Abstract This article provides an introduction to the special issue “Emotions of the Pandemic: Phenomenological Perspectives”. We begin by outlining how phenomenological research can illuminate various forms…
Read full articleShame, Loneliness, and the Body: Exploring Experiences of Shame and Loneliness in Health and Illness 20th October 2023, University of Bristol Experiences of shame and loneliness are near universal, yet have diverse causes and are experienced differently from person to…
Read full articleWe’re delighted to be part of the 2023 British Festival of Science. We will be at St Pancras Church in the Guildhall Shopping Centre on Friday 8th September – please come along and see us! We will showcase The Nocturnists‘,…
Read full articleWe need your help! VOTE for Shame and Medicine’s ‘Shame and the Pandemic‘ podcast in the British Podcast Listener Choice Awards! Produced by the Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19 project team alongside Develop Audio and hosted by Paul McNally…
Read full articleWe are pleased to see the Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19 project team’s book COVID-19 and Shame: Political Emotions and Public Health in the UK featured in the National Library of Medicine Cooper, F., Dolezal and, L.,…
Read full articleIn The Nocturnists, in collaboration with the Shame and Medicine project, shame podcast series, we were surprised—and even concerned—when only ~20% of submitted stories came from men in medicine. Dr Will Bynum, who has studied and presented widely on shame…
Read full articleShame in Medicine: The Lost Forest, the 10-part audio documentary series produced by The Nocturnists in collaboration with the Shame and Medicine project has been nominated for a Webby Award! The podcast series is nominated in the category of Best…
Read full articleWe are delighted to welcome two visiting researchers to the Shame and Medicine Project this year. Jenny Cunningham, Midwife and PhD student, Kingston University London. Jenny’s work focuses on weight stigma in maternity services. Read her blog post ‘Maternity care for…
Read full articleDolezal, L and Rose, A., “Shame, Guilt, and Medical Error in Ann Patchett’s State of Wonder,” Literature and Medicine, vol. 40 no. 2, 2022, p. 326-345. Project MUSE Abstract: Through exploring the relation between shame, guilt, and medical error in Ann Patchett’s novel State…
Read full articleWe are so proud that Shame in Medicine: The Lost Forest, the 10-part audio documentary series produced by The Nocturnists in collaboration with the Shame and Medicine project, at the University of Exeter is now award-winning! Awarded a 2022 Sharp…
Read full articleWe are excited to announce the launch of a new podcast series “Shame and the Pandemic”, produced by Develop Audio and hosted by journalist Paul McNally. The 6-episode podcast series showcases the research of the ‘Scenes of Shame and Stigma…
Read full articleWe are excited to announce the publication of a new book: Covid-19 & Shame: Political Emotions & Public Health in the UK, by Fred Cooper, Luna Dolezal & Arthur Rose https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/covid19-and-shame-9781350283404/ Published 9 February, 2023, Bloomsbury Academic. Description This open…
Read full articleLuna Dolezal and Arthur Rose turn to Jean-Paul Sartre to analyse the particular phenomenon of COVID-19 pandemic shaming. Abstract In this paper, we analyse the particular phenomena of COVID-19 pandemic shaming. We examine Sartre’s account of the undifferentiated other in the…
Read full articleLuna Dolezal’s editorial ‘The Effects of Shame and Stigma on Patient Care’ for the British Journal of Hospital Medicine looks at how stigma in healthcare has been associated with a range of negative outcomes, such as delays in seeking treatment, avoiding…
Read full articleThe AHRC funded Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19 research project, part of the Shame and Medicine project, is a featured case study for the Pandemic and Beyond Project. For further details visit The Pandemic and Beyond and read the the…
Read full articleShame and Medicine PI, Luna Dolezal’s article ‘The Horizons of Chronic Shame’ published in the Human Studies Journal is a Husserlian analysis of chronic shame, where shame is often experienced as a present absence. Abstract: Experiences of shame are not…
Read full articleLuna Dolezal and Tanisha Spratt’s article ‘Fat shaming under neoliberalism and COVID-19: Examining the UK’s Tackling Obesity campaign’ published in the Sociology of Health & Illness Journal explores the dynamics between fat shaming, neoliberalism, ideological constructions of health and the ‘obesity…
Read full articleThe Shame and Medicine Project have collaborated with artists and academics to bring the phenomenology of shame to life and create resources that can be used in medical education. The Shame and Medicine Project and The Shame Conversation developed by…
Read full article“Shame in Medicine: The Lost Forest” is a 10-part audio documentary series produced by The Nocturnists in collaboration with the Shame and Medicine project at the University of Exeter. Drawing on the stories of over 200 healthcare workers across the…
Read full articleLuna Dolezal’s latest article “Shame anxiety, stigma and clinical encounters” has been published in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. Read the abstract below and access the full article here. Stigma has been associated with delays in seeking treatment,…
Read full article“Shame has ruled my whole life” – Anonymous, trauma survivor “Trauma leads to shame. Trauma determines the content of shame. Shame pushes the body into a traumatic response. The more I learn about the two, the more I am convinced…
Read full articleThe Scenes of Shame and Stigma in COVID-19 team have prepared a briefing, Shame-Sensitive Public Health and COVID-19, for the WHO Europe’s Behavioural and Cultural Insights Hub. Synthesising research from across the WHO European Region, the briefing makes the case…
Read full articleCongratulations to Will Bynum and Luna Dolezal for their successful Duke-Exeter Accelerator Grant funding bid entitled ‘Shame in Health Professions Education: Integrating Cross-Cultural Perspectives.’ Working closely with Charlotte Wu, Juanita Navarro-Pàez and Siang Hui Lai from Duke-National University of Singapore,…
Read full articleIn his article, ‘Closure and the Critical Epidemic Ending’ published in Centaurus – Journal of the European Society for the History of Science, Shame and Medicine research team member Arthur Rose examines closure and the end of epidemics. “An epidemic has…
Read full articleWe are delighted to announce Luna Dolezal’s successful funding bid to produce, in collaboration with Devon & Cornwall Police, an innovative and evidence-based Shame Competence Training product that will be used to develop individual and organizational shame competence in Devon…
Read full articleIn the Special Issue of Puncta on “Pandemic Politics and Phenomenology”, Luna Dolezal and Gemma Lucas’ article titled “Differential Experiences of Social Distancing: Considering Alienated Embodied Communication and Racism” explores how the public health measures of social distancing—including lockdowns, social isolation,…
Read full articleCall For Papers for special panel for the 2022 British Society for Phenomenology Annual Conference Location: University of Exeter, UK, in-person and virtual (hybrid) Date: Tuesday 30 August – Thursday 1 September 2022 CFP deadline: Thursday 31 March 2022 (midnight UK). …
Read full articleShame, Stigma and HIV – Considering Affective Climates and the Phenomenology of Shame Anxiety The affective climate often associated with HIV prevention and care practices is often dominated by negative emotions such as shame, fear and suspicion which arise because…
Read full articleThe Philosophy Thematic Issue (2022): Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice has put out a Call for Papers for a special section on the topic of ‘Respect and Shame in Healthcare and Bioethics.’ The role of philosophy in discussions of…
Read full articleStigma and shame have been features of past pandemics. The stigma associated with disease can be experienced as shame by those who spread it. In almost all human cultures, there is shame attached to being “contaminated”, to the vulnerability…
Read full articleCALL FOR PAPERS – PHILOSOPHY THEMATIC ISSUE (2022): JOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE Overcoming Stigma in the clinic: identifying, understanding and addressing discrimination, degradation and discreditation in clinical settings. The role of philosophy in discussions of clinical practice…
Read full articleThe Shame and Medicine Project is looking for doctors who have been disciplined by the GMC and feel shame or other self-conscious emotions as a result of it. By shame we mean the emotional experience of feeling bad about yourself,…
Read full articleThe Shame and Medicine Project is excited to be collaborating with The Nocturnists, a medical storytelling podcast and community to create an audio documentary storytelling series about ‘Shame in Medicine’ Shame is everywhere in healthcare. We feel shame in our…
Read full articleCall for comic creator collaborators for paid graphic medicine projects in 2021/2022 We are now searching for comic creators, who want to collaborate with doctors and medical humanities researchers to create graphic medicine comics to illustrate experiences/stories in healthcare,…
Read full articleApplications are invited for a PhD studentship in Art History and Visual Culture as part of the Wellcome-Trust funded Shame and Medicine Project. This fully funded studentship, beginning in July 2021, will be based at the University of Exeter…
Read full articleCALL FOR PAPERS FOR THEME ISSUE OF LITERATURE AND MEDICINE SHAME AND MEDICINE Spring 2025 Issue Editors: Arthur Rose and Luna Dolezal This issue of Literature and Medicine will explore experiences of shame in literary and medical contexts. Characterized…
Read full articleWe are delighted to confirm that the Shame and Medicine project has been funded by a generous Collaborative Award from the Wellcome Trust (£1.46million). This will enable us to continue our research until 2025. Research News from the University of…
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