Researching past and present health and wellbeing communication at the British Library: A study-day and workshop

On Friday 8 November at 9 a.m. the British Library in London will host an event organised in partnership with the University of Insubria, the University of Eastern Piedmont, and the Comet Society, showcasing the multidisciplinary scope of health and wellbeing communication. 

The meeting, entitled «Researching past and present health and wellbeing communication at the British Library: A study-day and workshop», brings together academics, independent researchers and the public to highlight how fields ranging from linguistics to patient-centred communication offer theoretical and practical insights.

Programme

• 9-9.30: Registration
• 9.30-10: Welcome and official opening
  Simone Bacchini, the British Library, subject specialist, arts & humanities
  Michelangelo Staffolani, the British Library, head of content strategy and services, research services
• 10-13: Morning session / Coffee break / Lunch
  Chairs: Simone Bacchini, the British Library, Alessandra Vicentini, University of Insubria
  Medicine and wellbeing in late modern reference works: data mining and the materiality of the book
  Elisabetta Lonati, University of Eastern Piedmont
  Using historical data in social science research: digitisation and applications
  Samuel Baker and Stephanie von Hinke, University of Bristol
  Seeing through media images: a multimodal critical discourse analysis of popular representations of ageing and dementia
  Kevin Harvey, Nottingham University)
  What does she need: magic velvet beans or nettle? intersections of food, science and gender in magazine ads
  Sylvia Jaworska, University of Reading
• 13.00-15.50: Afternoon session / Coffee break
  Chairs: Anna Anselmo, University of Milan, Simone Bacchini, the British Library
  Voices of our national health service: building a national collection of the NHS and Covid-19
  Angela Whitecross, Manchester University
  The British Library resources: an overview
  Simone Bacchini, the British Library
• 15.50-16.30: Closing remarks
  Simone Bacchini, the British Library

Scientific and organising committee: Simone Bacchini, Anna Anselmo, Elisabetta Lonati, Laura Tommaso, Alessandra Vicentini

Information and registration: [email protected]; [email protected]