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Time out of Mind Conference

16th Oct, 2009

Surrey's unique contribution to mental health history. 

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Friday 16 October 10.00am - 4.00pm at Surrey History Centre
This one-day international conference will bring together a wide range of people working with the heritage of mental health.  It will cover the buildings, landscapes, archives, images and memories created in the identification, treatment and management of mental ill-health throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Speakers will include

• Claudia Hammond from BBC Radio 4’s All in the Mind;
• Hans Looijen, director of Het Dolhuys, the national museum for psychiatry in the Netherlands,
• Tim Edensor of Manchester Metropolitan University,
• Diana Walters of the University of Gothenberg
• Rachel Gadsden, an artist who has worked closely with patients of former mental hospitals.

The conference will explore the many uses that can be made of mental health heritage, raising awareness of the innovative work now being done by the heritage sector in this field. It will also discuss ways in which mental health heritage can inspire creative works and break down barriers of stigma that continue to affect those suffering from mental distress.

Tickets cost £50 (£20 students)

To book, log on to http://timeoutofmind.eventbrite.com/ or telephone 01483 518737

Venue: Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, GU21 6ND.