Dr Anna Iskra shared about the pandemic situation and mental health crisis in Shanghai during the MH C&C seminar. #MedicalHumanities #mentalhealth #Pandemic #Covid_19

New publication!🥳 Socialist spirit or spiritual socialism? In this study, our researcher Anna Iskra examines the circulations of Indian new religious movements in China that generate frictions between personal search for meaning and political orthodoxy tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Excited to present at the AAA/CASCA soon!

We are still receiving abstracts for our upcoming cultmind conference on "Culture and the Mind: Voices, Sites and Practices", the deadline for submissions is January 15 2024

Cora Salkovskis DIIS Denmark Maura C Ntow Daria Schwalbe 🦠🇬🇱 Anna Isra Anna Iskra talks about the legacy of politicized affects in psychological counselling practices in (post-)pandemic Shanghai.

Presenting my research on consumerism, entrepreneurialism, and New Age spirituality in China during AAA/CASCA conference in Toronto. Turns out sometimes a simple drawing in Paint can convey an affective atmosphere.

My Center is hosting its first conference! Scholars interested in the global circulations of psy-sciences are all welcome to submit abstracts.

I was honored to participate in the International Forum on Chinese Indigenous Psychology and Mental Health that brought together scholars from China and abroad who work on decolonizing psy-sciences. Thank you, Jie Yang for organizing this inspiring conference!

On November 25-27 our researcher Anna Iskra Anna Iskra participated in the International Forum on Chinese Indigenous Psychology and Mental Health organized by Jie Yang that brought together scholars from China and abroad who work on decolonizing psy-sciences.

Anna Iskra (Anna Iskra; University of Copenhagen) examines how India–both as a modern nation-state & symbolic geography–is digested by Chinese followers of the new religious movement Oneness (Heyi), to negotiate their belonging in China’s spiritual nationhood. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

This CfP is still open - CULTMIND's first international conference

CULTMIND's Anna Iskra is co-organising a panel on therapeutic cultures in urban China at the Association for Asian Studies Conference in Seattle. Catch her there between March 14th-17th. If you're attending, be sure to say hello!👋 tinyurl.com/47fmdb9c #cultmind #AAS2024

Cant wait to be part of this great event soon!

An eventful and emotional day at the Centre as we say goodbye to Felipe Szabzon and Anna Iskra, who have been part of the Centre's COVID-19 project for the past two years. They will still be connected to the Centre as affiliated researchers. We will miss you both! 🌳

Happy to be part of the lively discussion panel Medical Humanities: The State of the Field at the CULTMIND conference in Copenhagen.

Such an inspiring time in Copenhagen among wonderful individuals from all walks of life and disciplines, all working on mental health.

The team members from our project on Covid-19 and mental health are all presenting their research at a conference on Covid-19 an its aftermath in Japan! You can read more about the covid project here: cultmind.ku.dk/research/covid… #cultmind