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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Another reminder that the registration for this in-person event closes in less than a week! The full schedule of talks can be found here: padlet.com/juliekane3/p...

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Conference Programme!!!

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Registration closes in just under 2 weeks - please do consider coming if you are interested in interdisciplinary approaches to the topic of mental health and social relationships!

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Please note that registration for this event is free, but due to limitations of the venue it is in-person only.

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

As our Network comes to a close, we're tying up loose ends ✨in style✨ with a very swanky closing event on May 7th 2026! Please join us for a series of talks by Network members and participate in helping forge the future of the Network: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2026/04/netw...

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Network Closing Conference, May 7th, Birmingham

On May 7 2026, The Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health will be hosting a closing event, in person only at Hogarths Hotel...

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Talk topics include: love and existential feeling, mastectomy tattooing, grief and the self, taking play seriously and more! See the list of talks here: padlet.com/juliekane3/p... Schedule to follow soon!

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Current programme...

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Just a reminder that the deadline for our CFP is this Friday (March 20th)!

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Please see the webpage below for the final schedule. Just a reminder that registration closes midday on Friday the 13th of March!

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

There is still time to register for online attendance at our upcoming event! Please follow the link below. Note: the registration form will close at midday on March 13th.

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Hearing Voices at Mind in Camden @hearingvoicesmic.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

EVENT: Hearing voices, suicidality, and 'AI psychosis' A @uobphenomenal.bsky.social seminar drawing on perspectives from philosophy, mental health research, psychology, and lived experience. Friday 20 March, 9am - 4.30pm UK time, online and in person. #HearingVoices #MentalHealthResearch

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Proposals should be submitted by email to phar-aston@outlook.com by 20/3/26. Please write ‘2026 Submission’ in the subject header of your email and attach a Word document containing an abstract, the title for your proposed contribution, and your preferred format. ECRs are encouraged to apply! 🧵3/4

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

We are welcoming proposals for papers, symposia, discussions, workshops or other academic activities which draw upon phenomenological concepts or experiential methods, and which engage with mental health and relationships, or the process of understanding their experience and meaning. 🧵2/4

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

📣CFP: "Relationships and Mental Health", Birmingham, May 12th 2026 We are excited to announce a collaboration with our lovely colleagues in the Phenomenology of Health and Relationships (PHaR) group at Aston University on a one-day conference along the theme: Relationships and Mental Health 🧵1/4

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Kathleen Murphy-Hollies @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Finally out! TLDR: People don't feel shit cause they believe wild conspiracy theories, they believe CTs cause they feel shit. CT beliefs are often confabulations explaining their existential predicament. I drew on LOTS empirical stuff to try & make this defeasible: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Are Conspiracy Theorists Confabulating? - Review of Philosophy and Psychology

In this paper, I outline the mechanisms of confabulation and how these mechanisms facilitate not only the maintenance of belief in conspiracy theories, but also their initial adoption. I argue by infe...

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Spaces for this event are filling up so this is just a reminder that if you would like to come to this event in person, please do register early! You can also register for online attendance and to receive recordings of the events with the same link below:

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Philosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Call for papers: Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction think.taylorandfranc... Guest editor: Lisa Bortolotti. Deadline: 31 July 2026. Submit your work! #philsky #philpsy

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Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction

Can we do philosophy by writing fiction, drawing, designing a game, or telling a story? Submit work to this special issue honouring the legacy of Helen De Cruz.

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Hearing Voices at Mind in Camden @hearingvoicesmic.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Following along with this today! Interesting discussion of metaphor and narrative as 'sensemaking tools' re: unshared beliefs. Reinforces for me the importance of safe, non-judgmental spaces where people can speak about their beliefs and experiences, like a Hearing Voices group -Sarah, HV Team

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Kathleen Murphy-Hollies @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Excited to speak at this! 🤓

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

We are now out of in-person places at our workshop, but there's always plenty of room online! Please sign up below to receive the link before the event. If you are still keen to come in person, you can also sign up to the wait list and we will contact you if there is space.

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

The event will be taking place on Jan 14, 9.30-16.30, at The Studio in central Birmingham and online. Confirmed speakers include Prof. Ray Gibbs, Prof. Francesca Ervas, Dr Kathleen Murphy-Hollies, and Dr Francesca Brencio. In-person places are limited so please do register.

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

📣Announcing our third seminar in the series, titled "Metaphorical Framings of Emotions in Mental Health"! Please join us for a wonderful day discussing language, affect and experience! See schedule and registration details here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/11/netw...

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Network Seminar: "Metaphorical Framings of Emotions in Mental Health", January 14th, Birmingham and Online

Emotions are important drivers of human behaviour. They help shape our goals and desires and endow our lives with meaning. Insights into emo...

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PSYCHLES @psychles.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Great day with rich discussions. The talks all went so well together. #psychedelics #phenomenology #mentalhealth @uobphenomenal.bsky.social

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

We had an absolutely fantastic seminar last Wednesday 🤩 We talked about stigma, oceanic feelings, predictive processing, the importance of community and more!

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

This was great! Ageing is one of those topics where thinking about it even just a little bit and sharing experiences with others goes a long way to making us way more lucid about it. The default usually is to never think about it unless forced! This book club feels safe & sparks interesting convos.

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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Coming soon: Webinar: Evaluating impact in Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE). Join us for this FREE 90-minute session on the different approaches to evaluating PPIE in health research, led by #PPIE experts. 📆Tues 21 Oct 2025, 1-2.30pm Register: tinyurl.com/5xvmpdmw

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Don’t forget to sign up to our new reading group! We’ll be meeting in two weeks to discuss the beginning of section 5: “The Discovery and Assumption of Old Age: The Body’s Experience” (pp.314-345 of the 1985 Penguin Modern Classics edition)

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Seiara Imanova @seiaraimanova.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

This week on Behind the Stigma Podcast🎙️, I spoke to @isernmas.bsky.social on their excellent paper 'Unmasking therapy speak' - what they describe as a superficial use of psychotherapy language. We spoke about what that means & its wider impact. Listen here:🤩 www.buzzsprout.com/1402324/epis...

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British Society for Phenomenology @thebsp.org.uk · 09/10/2025

Monthly Phenomenology, 6th Season (2025–2026) - Online Francesca Forlè - Embodied Affectivity. A Phenomenological Account of the Connection between Affective Phenomena and Bodily Expressions 24 October 2025 From the Network for Phenomenological Research www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/09/m...

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

In-person places are limited so please do sign-up using this form: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/EsTMPqiedZ Online attendance will also be facilitated!

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Speakers include Eirini Argyri (University of Exeter), Joanna Vamvakopoulou (Imperial), Matt Hayler (University of Birmingham) and Amadeus Harte (Princeton University). The full schedule will be announced on our website soon: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/10/netw...

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Network Seminar: "Psychedelics, Phenomenology, & Mental Health", November 5th 2025, Birmingham and Online

The second seminar in the series organised by the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health will be held on 5 November 2025 at ...

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

📣Announcing our Psychedelics, Phenomenology, & Mental Health seminar, 5.11.25, Birmingham and Online Drawing on phenomenological perspectives, the workshop will bring together interdisciplinary scholars to discuss the potential of psychedelic experiences for addressing mental health challenges.

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Philosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

New special issue out on psychedelic treatments! Guest editor Elly Vintiadis, who also authored the introduction: doi.org/10.1080/0951... Free access! Follow this thread to know more about the other contributions #vol38issue7 #psychedelics #philsky #philpsy 1/14

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The promises and perils of the psychedelic turn in psychiatry

Published in Philosophical Psychology (Vol. 38, No. 7, 2025)

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Philosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Call for papers: Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry. Deadline: 1st February 2026. Guest editors: Şerife Tekin and Jonathan Y. Tsou. Submit your work! think.taylorandfranc... #philsky #philpsy #philsci

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Ian Hacking and the Philosophy of Psychiatry

Submit work that examines how Hacking’s historical and pragmatic approach to philosophy has reshaped inquiries into psychiatry.

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Interested in feminist approaches to age and mental health? Join our new reading group starting October 28th where we will be discussing part 2 of Simone de Beauvoir's "Old Age". Sign up and and see the schedule here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/laun...

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Launching: de Beauvoir Reading Group on "Old Age"

Network members Valeria Motta, Andrew Maile and Jodie Russell are excited to announce that start of a new reading group starting October 28t...

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Francesca Brencio @ipazia76.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Great kick off for the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health! Inspiring day, fruitful conversations and great speakers. An heartfelt thanks to all the people who presented and attended (in person and remotely) from us! @matthewbroome.bsky.social @jelliedsours.bsky.social

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haily merritt, phd @h-merritt.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

thank you @uobphenomenal.bsky.social for an excellent workshop today! such a diverse and thought-provoking collection of talks, and lovely conversations with fellow attendees. i’m looking forward to the next event!

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Francesca Brencio @ipazia76.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

"Exploring lived experience in mental health", first workshop of the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health. Happening now, at the Studio (Central Birmingham) @matthewbroome.bsky.social and @jelliedsours.bsky.social delivering the opening remarks

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Federico Parra @federicoparra.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Loving the talks this morning at @uobphenomenal.bsky.social's event. We are learning about really interesting topics with some lovely speakers and great moderation by @jelliedsours.bsky.social

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Registration for our event closes today, so please sign up ASAP if you would like to come along. It’s going to be a fun, jam-packed day!

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Our event is only a week away! Please do register if you haven’t done so already!

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Our event is on September 3rd 2025 at The Studio in central Birmingham but there is an option for online attendance for those who would like to listen to the talks!

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Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health @uobphenomenal.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

🌟Registration for our PhD and ECR Research Day is now open! Click here to register and see the provisional schedule: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/deAH1HLcv2 We will be hearing amazing presentations on the theme of lived experiences in mental health, and talking about career goals and next steps!

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PSYCHLES @psychles.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Delighted to be part of this great new network at Birmingham, and quietly working on putting together a psychedelics and lived experience workshop as part of its activities!

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 18/08/2025

Happy to hear that Why Delusions Matter (Bloomsbury 2023) is a 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title! www.choice360.org/ch... #philsky #philpsy #booksky

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Ros Edwards @rosedwards.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Mobile methods in social research. Watch RuthBartlett talking about walking interviews. @sadierockliffe.bsky.social on swim-along interviews. And GabrielleLynch on shared car journeys. Amazing creative researchers! Thanks @ncrm.ac.uk

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Mobile Methods in Social Research

This webinar was organised by QUEST (Qualitative Expertise at Southampton) in collaboration with the National Centre for Research Methods, the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership and Work Futur

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