Seminar Five - Mental illness and the institution in the 21st century

Thursday, March 20^th @ 5pm T1.01, MIC 

For this month’s Contemporary Concepts we will be looking at the idea of madness in the 21^st century. Have our attitudes to mental illness changed? Have we moved on from the ‘institution’? How do we represent this present? And come to terms with the past? 

The discussion will be led by PhD Candidate Michelle Kennedy whose research is on women who touch, are touched and are “touched” in Modern Irish Literature.  

We will be using this book review to inform our discussion.

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n03/jenny-diski/i-havent-been-nearly-mad-enough

All are welcome!