From Susan Brison [[log in to unmask]] ________________________________ From: Susan Brison [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 1:38 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: After Shock: Humanities Perspectives on Trauma Hi Andrea, Could you please post this on the FEAST listserve? Thanks! Susan *** This interdisciplinary conference will include several workshops on gender-based violence against women, including Susan Brison's on "Violence and the Remaking of a Self: A Philosophical Perspective on Trauma" and Helen Benedict's on women soldiers who were raped in Iraq: "'You've Gotta Be Twice as Bad as the Boys': The Uses of Narrative to Explore the Experiences and Needs of Women Veterans" "After Shock: Humanities Perspectives on Trauma" A conference for health care professionals who work with veterans, military, and civilians who have experienced trauma, November 12-13, 2010 in Washington, DC Conference website: http://mainehumanities.org/programs/litandmed/aftershock-2010.html Join us for this innovative conference for health care professionals who work with veterans and others who have experienced trauma. Discover literature's ability to provide new insights into trauma's effects on your patients - and to sustain you as you care for them. Conference sessions will address Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Traumatic Brain Injury, Sexual Violence, and other trauma related mental health issues, and will introduce a range of humanities programs that support health care professionals who have vicariously or directly experienced trauma themselves. Literature is invaluable in helping providers better understand and treat the psychic wounds that so many of their patients have suffered – and in healing themselves. Up to 14 CMEs are available through the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. Website link for more information: http://mainehumanities.org/programs/litandmed/aftershock-2010.html (Or www.mainehumanities.org<http://www.mainehumanities.org/>) Contact: Lizz Sinclair, Maine Humanities Council [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 207.773.5051 ext. 210