On September 3rd, we launched our network with an exciting and inspiring event designed for and led by ECRS across the Midlands. If you missed it, you can read our report here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/birm...

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

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!

"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

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

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!

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

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!

🌟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!

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!

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

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

For the Love of Art Call for abstracts for a 2-Day Art Workshop (13-14 November 2025) convened by the Centre for Phenomenology in South Africa. www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/08/13/c... #phenomenology #philosophy

Charlotte Knowles - Danielle Petherbridge - Aisling Swaine Special Keynote Plenary: “Phenomenological Explorations of Coercive Control & Complicity” #BSP2025UCD: ‘Lifeworlds in Crisis: Applying #Phenomenology’ 27/28/29 August - Dublin Registration Open Now thebsp.org.uk/2025/07/18/k...

Just a reminder that the deadline to submit your abstract is this Friday, August 15th!

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO US!! So excited for this to be out in the world! @annastenning.bsky.social @bergenmar.bsky.social @ainokash.bsky.social @alicehagopian.bsky.social and everyone not on BSky!

Attn: UK based #zine organisers! If you make zines & organise zine events (fairs, workshops, talks, meet ups) & you'd be interested in talking about your experiences of it as part of this study, please do get in touch, would love to include your perspective. #zinefair #zinefest #zineworkshop

🌟Our CFP is now open to all PhDs and ECRs based in and around the Midlands! So if you live or work close by and work on phenomenology, lived experience and mental health, please do submit an abstract!

Want to stay up to date with our activities and help the network grow? Consider signing up for updates here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/xGudWB705P

📣CFP for our launch event for PhD Students and Early Career Researchers at @unibirmingham.bsky.social For this event, we are encouraging ECRS from any discipline to contribute a short presentation for this one-day workshop: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/08/anno...

Call for Papers: Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology Special Issue #Phenomenology in Italy: Historical Perspectives and New Directions Guest Editors: Marco Cavallaro & Sara Dameno Deadline for article: 30 January 2026 www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/07/25/c... JBSP Ed: @posteurope.bsky.social

Philosophy of psychiatry is a rapidly developing field, in April the first dedicated academic event of the field happened in Chile. Organized by the Universidad de Valparaíso School of Psychology and the Valparaíso Institute of Complex Systems. #philsky #philpsy imperfectcognitions....

What our ideal holiday looks like

Planning ahead for summer 2026? Don’t miss the EPIC Summer School in Bertinoro (Italy)! Details and a link to apply here: epistemicinjusticein... #EpistemicInjustice #philsky #MedHum

Call for Papers: Studia Phaenomenologica: “Phenomenological Approaches to Affectivity” Volume 27 (2027) - Guest Editors: Claudia Serban & Anthony Steinbock - Deadline: February 15, 2026. www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/07/24/c... #Phenomenology #Philosophy

Excited to be editing this SI on affective injustice with @alfredarcher.bsky.social and @joelkrueger.com for EPSSE’s open access journal Passion. Submissions open until 30 September, so if you need a break from your summer break, do think about sending us something! #philsky

Currently shopping for books for the @imh-uob.bsky.social library on behalf of @uobphenomenal.bsky.social and totally stacking the deck with my own phenomenological biases

How do neologisms help us to articulate our feelings and experiences? This week, Lina Lissia explores how the language of modern dating shows a development in new terminology which attempts to alleviate hermenutical struggles. #philsky #philpsy imperfectcognitions....

Good afternoon, Phenomenologists! ☀️ We're on our way to adding more content about our network to the new website: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com In the meantime, we would like to share with you some some more information about us, starting with a weekly series on our network members.

Some of the Keynote and Selected speakers, and attendees of the 2nd PhenoLab Summer School in Umbria. A heartfelt thanks to all for making this remarkable experience possible!

Italian conferences

Just a smattering of photos from Foligno for the @phenolab.bsky.social Summer School 🇮🇹 🌞

Not on BlueSky much? You can also follow our activities on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/birm...

👋Hi everyone! We're the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health - an interdisciplinary network of researchers from @unibirmingham.bsky.social working on phenomenology and mental health