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📚 Join us for this book launch featuring Roger Smith and Irina Sirotkina discussing their new publications, with Anna Furse as discussant. This interdisciplinary event explores psychology, philosophy, and the history of modern dance. 📆 Thursday 28 May, 6pm-7.30pm Find out more👇
Book Launch - Body and Soul in Books: A Dancing PairJoin Roger Smith, Irina Sirotkina, and Anna Furse for the launch of two books.www.durham.ac.ukIn the story of eugenics, disabled people are often depicted as passive victims – but for some it seemed an opportunity. Read this article co-authored by @coreenanne.bsky.social, assistant professor in the Dept of History @durham.ac.uk & published in @aeon.co. medhumsplatform.org/the-sterilis...
'The Sterilisation Seekers'In the story of eugenics, disabled people are often depicted as passive victims. Coreen McGuire’s co-authored article in Aeon explores how, during the interwar years, some viewed it as an opportunity.medhumsplatform.org📖 The next AI & Medical Humanities Reading Group will take place on Wed 13 May, 2-3:30pm. This group is open to all @durham.ac.uk staff and students. This session will focus on 'State-of-the-Art: New healthcare products from AI research labs'. Register here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
AI & Medical Humanities Reading GroupThe AI & Medical Humanities research theme of the Institute for Medical Humanities invites you to participate in a monthly reading group.www.durham.ac.ukA warm welcome to Ruben Verwaal, who is visiting the IMH until 29 May. Ruben is an Honorary Fellow of the IMH, and his work focuses on how experiences of health, disease, and disability are shaped by medicine, culture, and society. Welcome, Ruben! medhumsplatform.org/welcome-to-v...
Welcome to Visiting Scholar Ruben VerwaalWelcome to visiting scholar Ruben Verwaal, who is visiting the Institute for Medical Humanities until Wednesday 29 May.medhumsplatform.orgDelighted to share that Johanna Thren joins our Discovery Research Platform and Institute for Medical Humanities as a Creative Facilitation Specialist in our Creative Facilitation Unit. We look forward to working with you, Johanna! Find out more 👉 medhumsplatform.org/welcoming-jo...
Welcoming Johanna Thren: Our new Creative Facilitation SpecialistA warm welcome to Johanna Thren, who joins us as a Creative Facilitation Specialist in our Creative Facilitation Unit.medhumsplatform.org🚨 Last few tickets! Join @ndhumanities.bsky.social for a 90-minute online workshop using zine-making to create space for neurodivergent people to be co-creators in envisioning alternative academic futures. 📆 Wed 13 May 12:30-2pm BST Book your free spot: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reimaginin...
Reimagining academia/the humanities: a collaborative zine-making workshopJoin us for a workshop reimagining academia and the humanities from a neurodivergent perspective.www.eventbrite.co.uk🌍 How can we rethink urban life in an age of extreme heat? Join us for this online talk with anthropologist Tomás Criado @tscriado.bsky.social, joined by Angela Marques Filipe @angelaofthenorth.bsky.social, exploring new ways of imagining future cities. 📆 Monday 1 June, 3pm-4pm (BST) Book here👇
Probing in the dark: Inhabiting a field of shadesJoin us for an instalment of the Weather, Climate, and Health Research Theme's online talk series.www.eventbrite.co.uk🧪🎨 3D bioengineering & arts practice in healthcare? Join us for our fourth Lab Coat Lunch with Giovanni Biglino, exploring how 3D technologies such as virtual reality can support patient engagement and bring lived experience into healthcare. 📆 Wednesday 13 May, 1-2pm (BST) 📍 Online Book for free👇
Combining 3D bioengineering and arts practice for patient engagementLab Coat Lunches 2026 – visual and material practices within and beyond the medical humanities (online)www.eventbrite.co.uk💧 Join us for the book launch of Blood, Sweat and Tears with Ruben Verwaal. With Amanda Herbert, @claireturner.bsky.social & @harrietbarratt.bsky.social, this discussion explores bodily fluids across society, culture, and medicine. 📆 Monday 11 May, 4-5.30pm (BST) Book here:
Book Launch: Blood, Sweat and Tears by Ruben VerwaalBoth in sickness and in health, the human body sweats, spits, pees, bleeds, and squirts.www.eventbrite.co.uk🌍 Join us for “Losing Ground: Planetary Instability and a Life Tenacious,” an online talk by Dr Martin Savransky exploring what it means to live tenaciously amid planetary instability. 📆 Monday 11 May, 5-6pm (BST) Book for free👇
Losing Ground: Planetary Instability and a Life TenaciousAn online talk by Dr Martin Savranksy as part of the Weather, Climate, and Health Research Themewww.eventbrite.co.ukIn March we hosted ‘Measurement Heretics: Being, Meaning and Measuring Well’. Organiser @beccajackson.bsky.social reviews of this international workshop which brought together researchers to rewrite the story of what it means to measure 📏 ⚖️ Read the recap 👇
95 Measurement Theses: A Creative Output of the Measurement Heretics WorkshopRebecca Jackson recaps the three-day workshop Measurement Heretics: Being, Meaning and Measuring Well.medhumsplatform.orgTwo of our researchers @georgiapunton.bsky.social & @aldersonday.bsky.social explore the concept of imagination in articles published April's edition of @psychmag.bsky.social, part of a six-part series on the imagination 💭 Read the articles 👇
Reimagining imagination in The PsychologistBen Alderson-Day and Georgia Punton explore imagination through two articles recently published in The Psychologist.medhumsplatform.org📝 Join us for this online discussion of Jonathan Fuller’s new book on contemporary scientific medicine and its distinctive philosophical problems. 📆 Thursday 14 May, 3pm-4.30pm (BST) Register here👇 www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Book Panel: The New Modern Medicine - Durham Universitywww.durham.ac.ukBridging Fellow @danielpjones.bsky.social recently gave a public lecture for the European Society for the Study of Tics & Tourette Syndrome. ▶️ Find out more and watch the lecture here: medhumsplatform.org/new-public-l...
New Public Lecture on the use of Performance Art in Researching Tourette SyndromeA public lecture by Bridging Fellow Daniel P Jones has just been published by the European Society for the Study of Tics and Tourette Syndrome.medhumsplatform.orgOur latest newsletter is out! 👀 Catch up on news, upcoming events and some fascinating publications 📖 Read the April e-newsletter here 👇 mailchi.mp/durham.ac.uk...
IMH newsletter: April 2026News & updates from the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University.mailchi.mpLast week we celebrated 25 years of medical humanities at Durham University in honour of the inspirational Jane Macnaughton. Thank you to everyone who joined us to pay tribute to Jane! Read the news story here: 👇 www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
25 Years of Medical Humanities - Durham Universitywww.durham.ac.uk🚨 Call for Abstracts: The New Measurement Heretics We welcome proposals from researchers in the philosophy, history, sociology, and anthropology of measurement who would like to address themes around formal & informal measurement concepts ⚖️ Find out more 👇 medhumsplatform.org/call-for-abs...
Call for Abstracts: The New Measurement HereticsWe invite proposals from researchers in the philosophy, history, sociology and anthropology of measurement for a new edited collection. Deadline 15 June 2026.medhumsplatform.org🎬 How can arts and film reshape experiences of care at the end of life? Join us for this online talk with artist Steve Geliot, who will explore the powerful role of creative practice in hospice settings. 🗓 29 April 2026, 1–2pm (BST) Book for free 👇
After the War – Arts and film practice in hospice careLab Coat Lunches 2026 – visual and material practices within and beyond the medical humanities (online)www.eventbrite.co.ukNext week, join us for a dynamic day exploring dancing across different disciplines, forms, spaces, and communities 🩰 📆 Tuesday 28 April, 10am-4pm 📍 Durham Book your free spot: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dancing-ac...
Dancing Across DisciplinesKeen to move and be moved? Join us for a dynamic 1-day event exploring dancing across different disciplines, forms, spaces, and communities.www.eventbrite.co.uk✂️ What if academia was designed differently - more inclusive, more creative, and shaped by diverse ways of thinking? Join @ndhumanities.bsky.social for an online zine-making workshop to explore these ideas. No experience needed! 🗓 13 May 12.30–2pm Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reimaginin...
Reimagining academia/the humanities: a collaborative zine-making workshopJoin us for a workshop reimagining academia and the humanities from a neurodivergent perspective.www.eventbrite.co.uk