Durham Institute for Medical Humanities
@durhamimh.bsky.social
Improving health by understanding hidden experience.
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Supported by Wellcome.
durham.ac.uk/imh
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⌛️ Reminder! The deadline to apply for the Medical Humanities International PhD Summer School 2026 is Monday 16 February10am CET. It is open to active PhD students who have not been awarded a PhD before the application deadline.
More information and apply:
medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...
More information and apply:
medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...
Medical Humanities International PhD Summer School 2026
The Medical Humanities International Summer School is open for applications from PhD students.
medhumsplatform.org
February 13, 2026 at 3:08 PM
⌛️ Reminder! The deadline to apply for the Medical Humanities International PhD Summer School 2026 is Monday 16 February10am CET. It is open to active PhD students who have not been awarded a PhD before the application deadline.
More information and apply:
medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...
More information and apply:
medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...
We're excited to announce the launch of The Routledge Handbook of Spirituality, Religion, and The Medical Humanities 📖 🥳
Join us for a hybrid book launch, with a panel interview & an opportunity to network.
The event is free to attend, all welcome! Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-routle...
Join us for a hybrid book launch, with a panel interview & an opportunity to network.
The event is free to attend, all welcome! Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-routle...
February 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM
We're excited to announce the launch of The Routledge Handbook of Spirituality, Religion, and The Medical Humanities 📖 🥳
Join us for a hybrid book launch, with a panel interview & an opportunity to network.
The event is free to attend, all welcome! Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-routle...
Join us for a hybrid book launch, with a panel interview & an opportunity to network.
The event is free to attend, all welcome! Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-routle...
Join us for a seminar hosted by the Affective Experience Lab, where Professor Nicolas Pierre Boileau discusses Rachel Cusk’s book 'Second Place' (2021).
📅 Friday 6 March, 1–3pm
Find out more and sign up for your free spot 👇
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📅 Friday 6 March, 1–3pm
Find out more and sign up for your free spot 👇
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No Room of her Own: Care and Love in the Midst of an Onto/Ecological Crisis
An Affective Experience Lab seminar where Professor Nicolas Pierre Boileau discusses Rachel Cusk’s Second Place (2021).
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February 11, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Join us for a seminar hosted by the Affective Experience Lab, where Professor Nicolas Pierre Boileau discusses Rachel Cusk’s book 'Second Place' (2021).
📅 Friday 6 March, 1–3pm
Find out more and sign up for your free spot 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-room-of...
📅 Friday 6 March, 1–3pm
Find out more and sign up for your free spot 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-room-of...
📖 Measurement Heretics is a free, monthly online reading group exploring work on scientific, medical, and social measuring practices – past and present ⚖️
All are welcome! Our next session is next week, Tues 17 Feb, 3.30–5pm.
Learn more and sign up 👇
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
All are welcome! Our next session is next week, Tues 17 Feb, 3.30–5pm.
Learn more and sign up 👇
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Measurement Heretics: A Reading Group in Human(e) Sciences
The Measurement Lab's monthly online reading group. Each paper will have an author's/commentator’s introduction, and have group discussion.
www.durham.ac.uk
February 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
📖 Measurement Heretics is a free, monthly online reading group exploring work on scientific, medical, and social measuring practices – past and present ⚖️
All are welcome! Our next session is next week, Tues 17 Feb, 3.30–5pm.
Learn more and sign up 👇
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
All are welcome! Our next session is next week, Tues 17 Feb, 3.30–5pm.
Learn more and sign up 👇
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Bridging Fellow @danielpjones.bsky.social has published a commentary in the journal Neurodiversity titled ‘Centring Tourettic Experiences in Technology: Tourette Syndrome, Median Nerve Stimulation, and the Role of Technoableism in Self-Harm and Stigma’.
See more:
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New publication on Tourette Syndrome, Median Nerve Stimulation and Technoableism
Read this commentary by our Bridging Fellow Daniel P. Jones in the journal 'Neurodiversity'.
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February 10, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Bridging Fellow @danielpjones.bsky.social has published a commentary in the journal Neurodiversity titled ‘Centring Tourettic Experiences in Technology: Tourette Syndrome, Median Nerve Stimulation, and the Role of Technoableism in Self-Harm and Stigma’.
See more:
See more:
📅 On Monday 9 February 5–6pm we are delighted to be hearing from
@drhick.bsky.social about 'Air, Weather and Multispecies Encounters in the British Tuberculosis Sanatoria'.
This is a free, online event. More info and book 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/intersecti...
@drhick.bsky.social about 'Air, Weather and Multispecies Encounters in the British Tuberculosis Sanatoria'.
This is a free, online event. More info and book 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/intersecti...
Intersections in Medical and Environmental Humanities
An online talk by Dr Clare Hickman about Air, Weather and Multispecies Encounters in the British Tuberculosis Sanatoria.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 10:24 AM
📅 On Monday 9 February 5–6pm we are delighted to be hearing from
@drhick.bsky.social about 'Air, Weather and Multispecies Encounters in the British Tuberculosis Sanatoria'.
This is a free, online event. More info and book 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/intersecti...
@drhick.bsky.social about 'Air, Weather and Multispecies Encounters in the British Tuberculosis Sanatoria'.
This is a free, online event. More info and book 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/intersecti...
Can you 'hear' disease? What does it feel like to 'smell' sickness?
We're excited to be hosting a one-day in-person workshop exploring sensory studies and medical humanities.
📅 Tue 24 Feb, 11am–4pm
Book your free spot 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-senses...
We're excited to be hosting a one-day in-person workshop exploring sensory studies and medical humanities.
📅 Tue 24 Feb, 11am–4pm
Book your free spot 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-senses...
The Senses and Medical Humanities
A one-day workshop exploring sensory studies and medical humanities through short talks, creative activities, and networking.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Can you 'hear' disease? What does it feel like to 'smell' sickness?
We're excited to be hosting a one-day in-person workshop exploring sensory studies and medical humanities.
📅 Tue 24 Feb, 11am–4pm
Book your free spot 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-senses...
We're excited to be hosting a one-day in-person workshop exploring sensory studies and medical humanities.
📅 Tue 24 Feb, 11am–4pm
Book your free spot 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-senses...
Join us on Thursday 5 Feb, 10:30am–12pm for a hybrid seminar, where Dr Ori Mautner discusses how left-wing Israeli ‘Engaged Dharma’ activists integrate ethical self-care and fraught political action.
Free tickets and more info 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spirituali...
Free tickets and more info 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spirituali...
Spirituality, Health and Wellbeing: ‘Contemplative Radicals’
Dr Ori Mautner discusses how left-wing Israeli ‘Engaged Dharma’ activists integrate ethical self-care and fraught political action.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Join us on Thursday 5 Feb, 10:30am–12pm for a hybrid seminar, where Dr Ori Mautner discusses how left-wing Israeli ‘Engaged Dharma’ activists integrate ethical self-care and fraught political action.
Free tickets and more info 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spirituali...
Free tickets and more info 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spirituali...
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Interested in the intersections of #medhum and #envhum? Join us for another instalment of our Weather, Climate, and Health Research Theme's online talk series with our wonderful colleague @drhick.bsky.social (Newcastle University). All details and registration (free) via link below.
Intersections in Medical and Environmental Humanities
An online talk by Dr Clare Hickman about Air, Weather and Multispecies Encounters in the British Tuberculosis Sanatoria.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Interested in the intersections of #medhum and #envhum? Join us for another instalment of our Weather, Climate, and Health Research Theme's online talk series with our wonderful colleague @drhick.bsky.social (Newcastle University). All details and registration (free) via link below.
IMH researcher Adam Powell has contributed a chapter to a new publication which sheds light on people's experience of hearing spirit voices.
The chapter draws on data from a study of clairaudient mediums, part of our research project Hearing the Voice.
Read more 👇
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
The chapter draws on data from a study of clairaudient mediums, part of our research project Hearing the Voice.
Read more 👇
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Hearing Spirits: The Work and Technique of Controlled Clairaudience - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
February 3, 2026 at 10:35 AM
IMH researcher Adam Powell has contributed a chapter to a new publication which sheds light on people's experience of hearing spirit voices.
The chapter draws on data from a study of clairaudient mediums, part of our research project Hearing the Voice.
Read more 👇
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
The chapter draws on data from a study of clairaudient mediums, part of our research project Hearing the Voice.
Read more 👇
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Join us on Wednesday for our Lab Coat Lunches event with Matt Durran! 🥼 He will talk about his work with the Royal Free Hospital in London combining modern technologies with traditional crafts techniques.
🕐 1-2pm, Wednesday 4 Feb, online
Book your free spot 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bringing-t...
🕐 1-2pm, Wednesday 4 Feb, online
Book your free spot 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bringing-t...
February 2, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Join us on Wednesday for our Lab Coat Lunches event with Matt Durran! 🥼 He will talk about his work with the Royal Free Hospital in London combining modern technologies with traditional crafts techniques.
🕐 1-2pm, Wednesday 4 Feb, online
Book your free spot 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bringing-t...
🕐 1-2pm, Wednesday 4 Feb, online
Book your free spot 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bringing-t...
📖 Our Measurement Heretics monthly reading group looks at work that engages with scientific, medical, and social measuring practices of past and present ⚖️
It's free to attend, online and open to all! The next session is 17 Feb, 3.30-5pm.
Find out more & sign up 👇
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
It's free to attend, online and open to all! The next session is 17 Feb, 3.30-5pm.
Find out more & sign up 👇
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Measurement Heretics: A Reading Group in Human(e) Sciences
The Measurement Lab's monthly online reading group. Each paper will have an author's/commentator’s introduction, and have group discussion.
www.durham.ac.uk
January 30, 2026 at 1:02 PM
📖 Our Measurement Heretics monthly reading group looks at work that engages with scientific, medical, and social measuring practices of past and present ⚖️
It's free to attend, online and open to all! The next session is 17 Feb, 3.30-5pm.
Find out more & sign up 👇
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
It's free to attend, online and open to all! The next session is 17 Feb, 3.30-5pm.
Find out more & sign up 👇
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
📣 @the-polyphony.bsky.social are now on LInkedIn! Follow this page for some of the most exciting work in the critical medical humanities, published by our talented editorial team 🤩
The Polyphony | LinkedIn
The Polyphony | 271 followers on LinkedIn. Stimulates, catalyses, provokes, expands and intensifies conversations in the critical medical humanities. | The Polyphony is a web platform that aims to sti...
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January 30, 2026 at 12:09 PM
📣 @the-polyphony.bsky.social are now on LInkedIn! Follow this page for some of the most exciting work in the critical medical humanities, published by our talented editorial team 🤩
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Claire Jeantils, Rong Huang, and Benjamin Dalton unravel the stories behind the International Narrative Neurology Network (INNN), a cross-sectoral network that investigates Narrative Neurology from a practical and theoretical perspective.
thepolyphony.org/2026/01/29/i...
thepolyphony.org/2026/01/29/i...
Hearing the Neuro-Voice in the International Narrative Neurology Network (INNN)
Claire Jeantils, Rong Huang, and Benjamin Dalton unravel the stories behind the International Narrative Neurology Network (INNN), a cross-sectoral network that investigates Narrative Neurology from…
thepolyphony.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Claire Jeantils, Rong Huang, and Benjamin Dalton unravel the stories behind the International Narrative Neurology Network (INNN), a cross-sectoral network that investigates Narrative Neurology from a practical and theoretical perspective.
thepolyphony.org/2026/01/29/i...
thepolyphony.org/2026/01/29/i...
📅 On Thursday 5 February, we're hosting a hybrid seminar organised by the Spirituality, Health and Wellbeing research theme – 'Contemplative Radicals', with speaker Dr Ori Mautner.
⌚ 10:30am–12pm
Find out more & book your free spot 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spirituali...
⌚ 10:30am–12pm
Find out more & book your free spot 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spirituali...
Spirituality, Health and Wellbeing: ‘Contemplative Radicals’
Dr Ori Mautner discusses how left-wing Israeli ‘Engaged Dharma’ activists integrate ethical self-care and fraught political action.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 6:40 PM
📅 On Thursday 5 February, we're hosting a hybrid seminar organised by the Spirituality, Health and Wellbeing research theme – 'Contemplative Radicals', with speaker Dr Ori Mautner.
⌚ 10:30am–12pm
Find out more & book your free spot 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spirituali...
⌚ 10:30am–12pm
Find out more & book your free spot 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spirituali...
This is the final week to apply to our Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship Scheme!
⏳ Applications close 30 January 2026, 12:00 PM (noon)
Find out more and apply 👇
medhumsplatform.org/practice-res...
⏳ Applications close 30 January 2026, 12:00 PM (noon)
Find out more and apply 👇
medhumsplatform.org/practice-res...
Practice Research Fellowship Scheme
Announcing our Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship scheme.
medhumsplatform.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:23 AM
This is the final week to apply to our Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship Scheme!
⏳ Applications close 30 January 2026, 12:00 PM (noon)
Find out more and apply 👇
medhumsplatform.org/practice-res...
⏳ Applications close 30 January 2026, 12:00 PM (noon)
Find out more and apply 👇
medhumsplatform.org/practice-res...
We are excited for our inaugural Lab Coat Lunches event on Wednesday 4 February! 🥼 In this event, Matt Durran will talk about his work with the Royal Free Hospital in London combining modern technologies with traditional crafts techniques.
Book your free spot 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bringing-t...
Book your free spot 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bringing-t...
January 26, 2026 at 8:45 AM
We are excited for our inaugural Lab Coat Lunches event on Wednesday 4 February! 🥼 In this event, Matt Durran will talk about his work with the Royal Free Hospital in London combining modern technologies with traditional crafts techniques.
Book your free spot 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bringing-t...
Book your free spot 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bringing-t...
The January edition of our e-bulletin has landed in inboxes! 📨 It's full of information on fantastic schemes that are closing soon, a variety of upcoming events and news from the Discovery Research Platform and the Institute for Medical Humanities! 🗞️
Read it here: mailchi.mp/5135c4d5e0de...
Read it here: mailchi.mp/5135c4d5e0de...
IMH newsletter: January 2026
News & updates from the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:36 AM
The January edition of our e-bulletin has landed in inboxes! 📨 It's full of information on fantastic schemes that are closing soon, a variety of upcoming events and news from the Discovery Research Platform and the Institute for Medical Humanities! 🗞️
Read it here: mailchi.mp/5135c4d5e0de...
Read it here: mailchi.mp/5135c4d5e0de...
A great collection! 👏
If you're interested in our PhD Summer Schools, the 2026 Medical Humanities Summer School will be held between 8-10 September 2026, in Vadstena, Sweden.
Applications are open until 16 February – more info and how to apply here: medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...
If you're interested in our PhD Summer Schools, the 2026 Medical Humanities Summer School will be held between 8-10 September 2026, in Vadstena, Sweden.
Applications are open until 16 February – more info and how to apply here: medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...
January 21, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A great collection! 👏
If you're interested in our PhD Summer Schools, the 2026 Medical Humanities Summer School will be held between 8-10 September 2026, in Vadstena, Sweden.
Applications are open until 16 February – more info and how to apply here: medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...
If you're interested in our PhD Summer Schools, the 2026 Medical Humanities Summer School will be held between 8-10 September 2026, in Vadstena, Sweden.
Applications are open until 16 February – more info and how to apply here: medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...
A major intervention in the field of dream studies has just been published, edited by Marco Bernini & @aldersonday.bsky.social. 'Dreams, Narrative and Liminal Cognition' is a collection of essays shedding light on the experiential qualities of dreams 💤
Read more:
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Read more:
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
New volume of essays on dreams and dreaming
A major intervention in the field of dream studies has just been published, edited by Marco Bernini and Ben Alderson-Day from our Institute for Medical Humanities.
www.durham.ac.uk
January 21, 2026 at 12:35 PM
A major intervention in the field of dream studies has just been published, edited by Marco Bernini & @aldersonday.bsky.social. 'Dreams, Narrative and Liminal Cognition' is a collection of essays shedding light on the experiential qualities of dreams 💤
Read more:
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Read more:
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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For any PhD students working in Medical Humanities, check out the Medical Humanities summer school from @durhamimh.bsky.social medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...
Medical Humanities International PhD Summer School 2026
The Medical Humanities International Summer School is open for applications from PhD students.
medhumsplatform.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:41 AM
For any PhD students working in Medical Humanities, check out the Medical Humanities summer school from @durhamimh.bsky.social medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...
If you missed 'Reading Words and Worlds' with Dr Patrick Errington last week, you can now catch up with the recording on our website.
Watch here: medhumsplatform.org/reading-word...
Watch here: medhumsplatform.org/reading-word...
Reading Words and Worlds
If you missed Patrick Errington on ‘Reading Words and Worlds’ last week, you can catch up by watching the recording. Brought to you by the Narrative and Cognition Lab.
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January 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM
If you missed 'Reading Words and Worlds' with Dr Patrick Errington last week, you can now catch up with the recording on our website.
Watch here: medhumsplatform.org/reading-word...
Watch here: medhumsplatform.org/reading-word...
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Fab roundtable happening now on “Seasonal Bodies: Weather, Movement, and Wellbeing” with @hesterparr.bsky.social and Antonia Hodgson. Co-organised by Discovery Research Platform's Moving Bodies Lab, Durham's Department of Geography research clusters, and the Weather, Climate, and Health (IMH)
Seasonal Bodies: Weather, Movement, and Wellbeing
Join us for a hybrid roundtable on “Seasonal Bodies: Weather, Movement, and Wellbeing”.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Fab roundtable happening now on “Seasonal Bodies: Weather, Movement, and Wellbeing” with @hesterparr.bsky.social and Antonia Hodgson. Co-organised by Discovery Research Platform's Moving Bodies Lab, Durham's Department of Geography research clusters, and the Weather, Climate, and Health (IMH)
Last week we were delighted to welcome over 50 attendees to our Creative Facilitation event, where we discussed how creative facilitation has been used in a variety of different organisational settings.
Read our event round-up and testimonials👇
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Read our event round-up and testimonials👇
medhumsplatform.org/creative-fac...
Creative Facilitation: Beyond the Institute for Medical Humanities
Find out how creative facilitation is being used in teaching, with communities, in research settings and clinical practice outside IMH.
medhumsplatform.org
January 20, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Last week we were delighted to welcome over 50 attendees to our Creative Facilitation event, where we discussed how creative facilitation has been used in a variety of different organisational settings.
Read our event round-up and testimonials👇
medhumsplatform.org/creative-fac...
Read our event round-up and testimonials👇
medhumsplatform.org/creative-fac...
Applications are still open for the Medical Humanities International PhD Summer School – for PhD students in medical humanities, social sciences & medicine with an interest in interdisciplinary research. Apply by 16 February 2026 10:00 AM (CET).
Find out more:
medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...
Find out more:
medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...
Medical Humanities International PhD Summer School 2026
The Medical Humanities International Summer School is open for applications from PhD students.
medhumsplatform.org
January 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Applications are still open for the Medical Humanities International PhD Summer School – for PhD students in medical humanities, social sciences & medicine with an interest in interdisciplinary research. Apply by 16 February 2026 10:00 AM (CET).
Find out more:
medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...
Find out more:
medhumsplatform.org/medical-huma...