Kimberly Myers, Ph.D., associate professor of Humanities and English at Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, and member at the Doctors Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine, will visit the University of Utah in conjunction with the opening of the traveling art exhibit, “Edges of Light: Images of Breast Transformation. The exhibit includes photographs by Wendy Palmer and verbal reflections by Kimberly Myers and will be shown at the Spencer S. Eccles Health Science Library, April 13-May 15, 2015.
OPENING LECTURE: An Aesthetic of Illness: De/Re- Constructing Breast Cancer through Lens and Ink. Monday, April 13, 2015, 3:30-5:00 pm, Tanner Humanities Building, the Jewel Box (Rm 143)
OPENING RECEPTION: Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 4:00-6:00 pm
Upper Level, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (EHSL)
EXHIBIT: April 13-May 15, 2015, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (EHSL)
Library Hours & Directions: http://tinyurl.com/EHSLhours-directions
Due to the subject matter of this exhibit, it may not be appropriate for all audiences. Parental guidance is suggested.
ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS: http://medicine.utah.edu/internalmedicine/medicalethics/
Dr. Myers is the author of Illness in the Academy: A Collection of Pathographies by Academics (Purdue University Press, 2007). A book signing will be held at both the Opening Tanner Humanities Lecture and the Evening Ethics Discussion.
