The Remains of Emily Shore: Illness Experience in the Archive

Lecture by Virginia Langum, Professor of English literature at Umeå University.

One recurring feature of how both medical humanities and literary scholars think about illness writing is its specificity to late twentieth century and twenty-first century. This talk will explore what historical sources can contribute to discussions about the writing of illness experience.

Moderator: Irina Hron

Bio

Virginia Langum is professor of English literature at Umeå University, Sweden. Her research concerns medicine, literature and culture, particularly the connections between the body and religious experience, as well as medicine and ethics, extending from the Middle Ages to our own period. She is currently working on illness experience and historical medical tourism in the 19th century.