Our 2020 Winners - Doctoral Contracts
Anne Fenoy and Laurie-Anne Galiby, doctoral students at the Initiative, in philosophy and sociology respectively.
"My thesis work is fully in line with the issues of the Initiative. I seek to combine different methods in the service of philosophical problems that arise over time, in particular epistemological and ethical questions about knowledge of the sick nervous system. I am continuing my work as a historian of philosophy, initiated in my Master's degree, particularly on the work of Thomas Willis (1621-1675). In addition, I am discovering new historical leads on the work of the Dejerine couple, for example, thanks to the Dupuytren pathological anatomy collection at Sorbonne University, or through the Charcot collection. I also seek to develop a field philosophy to capture the topicality of my work. It will take place within the Brain Institute, inspired by the methods of sociology and anthropology. Carrying out this project within the Biomedical Humanities Initiative allows me to interact within a multidisciplinary network of researchers around the themes of medicine and health as well as to access all the resources of the Sorbonne University Alliance, whether it be the faculty of literature and SHS, medicine or science and engineering."
Anne Fenoy, Philosophy, SND, UMR 8011, "Knowing and curing brain diseases: the challenges of the birth of neuropathology", thesis co-supervised by Claire Crignon and Pr Danielle Seilhean
"Working at the Biomedical Humanities Initiative is an opportunity to bring together professionals from the humanities and social sciences and those from medicine to discuss my research topic: the collaboration of hospital teams in palliative care. It is a question of questioning a paradox: if we are witnessing an increased interest in the management of pain at the end of life, which is reflected in an abundance of scientific literature, giving rise to recommendations for good practice; in its study carried out in 2015, the European Bioethics Institute emphasises that more than 65% of cancer patients die in a painful context. I therefore work as closely as possible with the carers, on a daily basis, within a large Parisian hospital, in order to observe the dynamics at the origin of this ambivalence. My hypotheses are then subjected to a triple critique, that of my sociological peers, that of philosophical or anthropological colleagues and that of hospital practitioners, all members of the Initiative. As a doctoral student, I therefore benefit from multidisciplinary support. The Initiative is therefore a space for training, confrontation and deconstruction, a special place of exchange that nourishes my daily reflection."
Laurie-Anne Galiby, Sociology, GEMASS, UMR 8598, "Training for the 'dirty job': De la fabrication de l'ethos professionnel des internes en médecine à la prise en charge de la douleur chez les patients en fin de vie ", thesis co-directed by Pr Pierre Demeulenaere and Dr Michèle Lévy-Soussan.
