Helping Hospitals Heal

03/31/2026

Applied Anthropology: Healthcare and AI

1) How is AI being used in Healthcare?
2) Potential benefits and potential harms?
3) How do humans interface with, interact with, and relate to AI?
4) What responsibility do anthropologists have?

Presenting this original talk today at the annual conference for the American Anthropological Association Anthropology of Consciousness conference in Las Vegas at The Palazzo Las Vegas

02/12/2026

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12/22/2025

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10/16/2025

Exciting news! I’ve been invited by the British Consulate General Health Care & Life Sciences to perform and present in the UK Pavilion (Booth #3253) at HLTH USA 2025, one of the world’s premier conferences on healthcare innovation.

📍 Location: The Venetian Resort: Sands Convention Center, Las Vegas
📅 Date: Monday, October 20
🕗 Time: 8 AM – 6 PM
🥃 Special Event: Whiskey Tasting from 3–5 PM proudly sponsored by MyMynd and Terrace Metrics

HLTH is where global leaders in health, technology, and wellbeing come together to shape the future of healthcare, with registration valued at $3,695!

I’ll be bringing a little magic, mind-reading, and behavioral science to the UK Pavilion to spark engagement, conversation, and connection.

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If your organization is showcasing at HLTH in a hospitality suite or booth, I still have availability on October 19, 21, and 22 for shows, lectures, or interactive sessions that attract attendees and make your message unforgettable.

Let’s make HLTH magical!

✨ Paul Draper
Mentalist | Speaker | Anthropologist

06/16/2025

10/19/2024

Early Career Researchers event

10/11/2024

University of Cambridge:
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

Announces an Event for Post Doctorates and Early Career Researchers in honour of this month’s World Mental Health Day.

ECR Assembly: Welcoming & The Magic Behind Improving Mental Health for SHAPE ECRs

Presented by Dr. Joshua Jacob Fitzgerald (Faculty of History)
Featuring Guest Speaker: Paul Draper (Mentalist and Anthropologist)
18 Oct. 2024

Summary
The ECR Assembly warmly welcomes SHAPE postdocs to an event in honour of this month’s World Mental Health Day.

This will be an informative lunch-and-learn, featuring a stupefying magical performance by Paul Draper followed by a useful conversation about mental health services for ECRs in Cambridge. Reps will expand on basic services and offer links to answers, helping us mark World Mental Health Day 9th October. We will also highlight current UCAM Research Culture initiatives, Career Services opportunities and a variety of Postdoc Academy and Postdocs of Cambridge Society information, helping ECRs old and new on their pathways to better experiences in the months to come.

This is paired with a top-shelf, inspirational performance and talk by guest mentalist and anthropologist Paul W. Draper. Focus on the serious matter of mental health whilst also enjoying the mental gymnastics of mentalism with Mr. Draper. A successful anthropologist and magician, Draper has recently been inducted into the UK’s prestigious Magic Circle and regularly gives motivational speeches for universities and corporations in the States.

Come to be spellbound and stay until the pizza and drinks magically disappear!

Supported by:
The AHSS ECR Assembly is supported by the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences & the School of Arts and Humanities, and involves collaboration with the University’s Postdoc Academy and Research Culture Team. The Assembly is hosted by the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH).

The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) was established in 2001, with the objective of creating interdisciplinary dialogue across the many departments and faculties of the School of Arts and Humanities and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and to forge connections with science subjects. Since then, CRASSH has grown into one of the largest humanities institutes in the world, with a global reputation for excellence.

The ECR Assembly Representatives are focused on improving everyone’s mental wellbeing by voicing your interests to the School of Arts and Humanities (SAH) and Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS).

09/23/2024

Just got my Flu and Covid shots.

Happy to have the added protection before FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention this weekend and my European tour starting next week that includes stops at The Magic Circle and the United Nations.

Not looking forward to the fever and being sick tonight that I know is coming. But I’ll feel better by tomorrow.

About to run into the grocery store to get meds and treats for my stay-in movie night tonight that I plan with each round of vaccines. See you on the other side.