Category Archives: News

New Publication! Approaching Facial Difference: Past and Present

Posted on May 10, 2018 by effacedblog

The blog may have been a little quiet, but we have by no means been idle! We are thrilled to announce the release of our first major Effaced team publication: Approaching Facial Difference: Past and Present (Bloomsbury 2018). This is also the … Continue reading →

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Free Event! ‘Making Faces: Beauty Lost and Found’

Posted on November 5, 2017 by effacedblog

As part of the Being Human Festival of the Humanities, the Effaced team is hosting a public event at Swansea University on 22 November 2017. Making Faces: Beauty Lost and Found will introduce members of the public to the fascinating world of … Continue reading →

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A familiar face: wartime facial wounds and William Kearsey

Posted on August 16, 2017 by effacedblog

Dr Kerry Neale works in the Military Heraldry and Technology Section of the Australian War Memorial. She completed her PhD thesis through the University of New South Wales on the experiences of disfigured Great War veterans in Britain and the … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: ‘THE ALL-SEEING EYE’: Vision and Eyesight Across Time and Cultures Workshop

Posted on August 1, 2017 by effacedblog

The Effaced from History? group is happy to be co-hosting a workshop at Swansea University with the Research Group for Health, History and Culture on 11 April 2018. The All-Seeing Eye: Vision and Eyesight Across Time and Cultures will explore medical, social, and … Continue reading →

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From ‘staring’ to ‘not caring’: the experiences of living with facial difference among adults with cleft lip and palate

Posted on July 31, 2017 by effacedblog

Patricia Neville is Lecturer in Social Sciences in the School of Oral and Dental Sciences at the University of Bristol. She has published numerous articles on the intersection between the social sciences and dental health and education. Andrea Waylen is Senior … Continue reading →

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Conference Alert: Chronic Pain in the Middle Ages

Posted on July 7, 2017 by effacedblog

Sorry to have missed the CFP, but followers with an interest in medieval bodies may like to know about this fascinating-sounding conference at UCL on September 29. ‘Why is my pain perpetual?’ (Jer 15:18): Chronic Pain in the Middle Ages … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Ask That: Facial Difference

Posted on May 13, 2017 by effacedblog

In case you missed it, the ABC series You Can’t Ask That recently interviewed a number of people with facial differences about their experiences. The series has become highly acclaimed in Australia for giving a wide range of marginalised groups … Continue reading →

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New Effaced Team Publication

Posted on April 19, 2017 by effacedblog

Many congratulations to Effaced member Suzannah Biernoff, whose latest book, Portraits of Violence: War and the Aesthetics of Disfigurement is now out with University of Michigan Press. Suzannah provided a fascinating keynote on this material for our conference, so we’ll look … Continue reading →

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