[PHILOS-L] 3rd PhenoLab Summer School in Umbria - Phenomenology and Medicine. Exploring the Lived Experience of Illness and Care

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3rd Phenolab Summer School in Umbria (Italy) – PhenoLab Academy |

Phenomenology and Medicine. Exploring the Lived Experience of Illness and Care
June 8-12, 2026
Venue: Palazzo Mauri in Spoleto (PG)

Keynote Speakers (in alphabetic order):
- Dr. Roxana Baiasu, University of Birmingham (UK)
- Dr. Francesca Brencio, University of Birmingham (UK)
- Prof. Dr. Matthew Broome, University of Birmingham (UK)
- Prof. Dr. Havi Carel, University of Bristol (UK)
- Dr. Lorna Collins, Expert by experience (UK)
- Dr. David Crepaz‑Keay, FRSPH, The Mental Health Foundation, London (UK)
- Prof. Dr. Magnus Englander, Malmö University (Sweden)
- Prof. Dr. Susi Ferrarello, California State University (East Bay) (USA)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Fuchs, Heidelberg University Hospital (Germany)
- Prof. Dr. Ashok Handa, St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford (UK)
- Prof. Dr. Guilherme Messas, Santa Casa de São Paulo Hospital (Brasil)
- Prof. Dr. René Rosfort, University of Copenhagen (Denmark) 

Registrations for non presenting participants (namely, only attendees) are available on the PhenoLab website until June 1st, 2026:  Course registration page – PhenoLab Academy |

Kind Regards, 

Francesca Brencio 

Dr. Francesca Brencio

Teaching Fellow in Mental Health

Deputy Director Undergraduate Studies (Access, Participation and Careers)

Institute for Mental Health, School of Psychology

University of Birmingham (UK)

Dr Francesca Brencio - School of Psychology - University of Birmingham

Director of the PhenoLab. A Theoretical Laboratory in Phenomenology and Mental Health

Website: PhenoLab Academy

Blog: PhenoLab - A Theoretical Laboratory in Phenomenology and Mental Health

Recent publications:

Books

- F. Brencio, R. De Biase (2026) (eds.), Metaphors in action. Humanities, Medicine and the Digital world, Springer Nature, Cham, ISBN: 978-3-032-12212-4,  Metaphors in Action: Humanities, Medicine and the Digital World | Springer Nature Link

- F. Brencio (2024), (ed.) Phenomenology, Neuroscience and Clinical Practice. Transdisciplinary Experiences, Springer Nature, Cham, ISBN: 9783031662638, Phenomenology, Neuroscience and Clinical Practice: Transdisciplinary Experiences | Springer Nature Link

Articles

- Messas, G., Brencio F., (2026) From "things" to structures: a dialectical phenomenological perspective on mental health, in Psicopatologia Fenomenologica Contemporanea, vol. 15, 1, pp. 39-64, https://rpfc.emnuvens.com.br/rpfc/article/view/1254/1183 

- Ikkos G, Becker T, Stanghellini G, Brencio F, Morgan A, Hoff P. (2025) An Emil Kraepelin centenary: psychiatry’s long 20th century, 1899–2026 and after. The British Journal of Psychiatry. Published online 2025:1-3. doi:10.1192/bjp.2025.10491, An Emil Kraepelin centenary: psychiatry’s long 20th century, 1899–2026 and after | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core

- S. Ferrarello, F. Brencio, V. Bizzari, M. Englander (2025), Editorial, in Phenomenological Psychopathology: Who, What and How? An analysis of key figures, advancements and challenges, Special Issue of "Frontiers in Psychology", Frontiers Volume 16, doi: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1644046/abstract

Book Chapters
- Brencio, F. (2026). Political Ideology, Collective Emotions and Diagnosis in Psychiatry. In: Ikkos, G., Becker, T. (eds) Psychiatry after Kraepelin. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-09475-9_10

- Ikkos, G., Becker, T., Brencio, F., Hoff, P., Morgan, A., Stanghellini, G. (2026). Doing Justice: Psychiatry as a Vocation. In: Ikkos, G., Becker, T. (eds) Psychiatry after Kraepelin. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-09475-9_27

- S. Ferrarello, F. Brencio (2025), Husserl, Heidegger, and Jaspers. Emergent Perspectives and Advancements, in L. Hoffmann, D. Hocoy, E. De Robertis (eds.), APA Handbook of Humanistic and Existential Psychology, vol. I, American Psychological Association Press (ISBN 978-1-4338-4328-0), APA Handbook of Humanistic and Existential Psychology APA Handbook of Humanistic and Existential Psychology

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