Emerging from conversations held in the UCR Medical Narratives Colloquium, this conference facilities diverse approaches to disease and a multitude of imaginaries that come with suffering and health seeking. From the social condemnation of disease to bodily and psychological manifestations, states of illness and pain invite a certain weaving in, out, and through various states of telling, silencing, denying, and confronting. Emergent forms of care and community are investigated through a range of genres and embrace a variety of topics from therapy to isolation. This conference invites and celebrates multiplicity and morphing forms as a venue for scholars, practitioners, artists, and community members to be in a dialogue through an array of media. With graphic novels, illustrations, research forums, paper presentations, performances, and an original play on Saturday evening, this coming together of expressions and interrogations promises deeply creative and highly engaging examinations of medical encounters.

Find out more about the conference participants:

Mary-Jo Delvecchio Good                                                   James Luna

Ian Williams                                                                           Arthur Frank

Brian Fies                                                                                Cliff Trafzer

Tiffany Lopez                                                                         Goldberry Long

Rickerby Hinds                                                                      Paul Lyons

Robin DiMatteo                                                                     Susan Zieger

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WE INVITE ALL INTERESTED PERSONS TO PRE-REGISTER AS SPACE IS LIMITED