Arya Ray
@aryaray.bsky.social
Institute for Medical Humanities | gothicist exploring ghost stories in south asian literature
(he/him)
(he/him)
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A clean setup with the #RatsOfConfluence, complete with sticky wall, singing bowl and multicoloured card. Brilliantly timed ahead of Thursday’s Creative Facilitation event www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
January 13, 2026 at 2:59 PM
A clean setup with the #RatsOfConfluence, complete with sticky wall, singing bowl and multicoloured card. Brilliantly timed ahead of Thursday’s Creative Facilitation event www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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🎉 Congratulations to @aryaray.bsky.social who has who has progressed to a new role within our Discovery Research Platform at the Institute for Medical Humanities – Assistant Manager (Events and Fellowship).
We wish him all the best in his new role! 🤩
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We wish him all the best in his new role! 🤩
medhumsplatform.org/new-assistan...
New Assistant Manager (Events and Fellowship)
Congratulations to Arya Ray who takes on a new role as Assistant Manager (Events and Fellowships).
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January 13, 2026 at 11:50 AM
🎉 Congratulations to @aryaray.bsky.social who has who has progressed to a new role within our Discovery Research Platform at the Institute for Medical Humanities – Assistant Manager (Events and Fellowship).
We wish him all the best in his new role! 🤩
medhumsplatform.org/new-assistan...
We wish him all the best in his new role! 🤩
medhumsplatform.org/new-assistan...
We've tried to do something different with this piece, and we'd love it if you tell us what you think.
It's also my final piece as Guest Editor, and I think it's a great not to leave on. I'm incredibly grateful for this experience.
Can't wait to see what the project does next!
It's also my final piece as Guest Editor, and I think it's a great not to leave on. I'm incredibly grateful for this experience.
Can't wait to see what the project does next!
Surjavo Sen Gupta reimagines a multisensory art gallery as a space for restoration and ocular relief through his time as a walk leader at the Flowing Heritage exhibition at Arthshila.
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Holding and Beholding Art
Surjavo Sen Gupta reimagines a multisensory art gallery as a space for restoration and ocular relief through his time as a walk leader at the Flowing Heritage exhibition at Arthshila.
thepolyphony.org
January 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
We've tried to do something different with this piece, and we'd love it if you tell us what you think.
It's also my final piece as Guest Editor, and I think it's a great not to leave on. I'm incredibly grateful for this experience.
Can't wait to see what the project does next!
It's also my final piece as Guest Editor, and I think it's a great not to leave on. I'm incredibly grateful for this experience.
Can't wait to see what the project does next!
It's been over five years since Suniti started teaching me and I still carry the principles of care and criticality that she embodies as an academic.
One of my final editorial pieces for The Polyphony, and one of my favourites.
Do read, and circulate widely!
One of my final editorial pieces for The Polyphony, and one of my favourites.
Do read, and circulate widely!
Suniti Madaan discusses how Amruta Patil’s graphic narrative Kari reconceptualises graphic medicine to trace the sociocultural and temporal paradigms of sickness in Mumbai.
thepolyphony.org/2026/01/05/t...
thepolyphony.org/2026/01/05/t...
The Boatman of the Sewers: Queering Graphic Medicine
Suniti Madaan discusses how Amruta Patil’s graphic narrative Kari reconceptualises graphic medicine to trace the sociocultural and temporal paradigms of sickness in Mumbai.
thepolyphony.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:36 AM
It's been over five years since Suniti started teaching me and I still carry the principles of care and criticality that she embodies as an academic.
One of my final editorial pieces for The Polyphony, and one of my favourites.
Do read, and circulate widely!
One of my final editorial pieces for The Polyphony, and one of my favourites.
Do read, and circulate widely!
In about an hour today, I'll be talking about Bengali ghosts as part of Romancing the Gothic's talk series. When my grandfather told me these bedtime stories, I doubt he thought I'd make it the centre of my research but here we are.
Come along if you can!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thakumar-j...
Come along if you can!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thakumar-j...
‘Thakumar Jhuli’ – The Ghost Stories of Bengali Folklore with Arya Ray
Arya Ray joins us to explore Bengali folklore
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November 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
In about an hour today, I'll be talking about Bengali ghosts as part of Romancing the Gothic's talk series. When my grandfather told me these bedtime stories, I doubt he thought I'd make it the centre of my research but here we are.
Come along if you can!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thakumar-j...
Come along if you can!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thakumar-j...
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We are pleased to welcome a new member of the team: Xiao Ge has joined as Guest Editor for the Polyphony Meets China (PMC) project! Welcome Xiao!
thepolyphony.org/2025/11/10/n...
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New Editor: Polyphony Meets China
We are pleased to welcome a new member of the team: Xiao Ge has joined as Guest Editor for the Polyphony Meets China (PMC) project.
thepolyphony.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
We are pleased to welcome a new member of the team: Xiao Ge has joined as Guest Editor for the Polyphony Meets China (PMC) project! Welcome Xiao!
thepolyphony.org/2025/11/10/n...
thepolyphony.org/2025/11/10/n...
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Wondering what a Research Cabaret is? 🤔 Organiser and researcher @louisecreechan.bsky.social explains what you might expect at our @beinghumanfest.bsky.social event next month 🎭
Tickets: tinyurl.com/research-cab...
Tickets: tinyurl.com/research-cab...
October 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Wondering what a Research Cabaret is? 🤔 Organiser and researcher @louisecreechan.bsky.social explains what you might expect at our @beinghumanfest.bsky.social event next month 🎭
Tickets: tinyurl.com/research-cab...
Tickets: tinyurl.com/research-cab...
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Saurabh Chowdhury writes from an anthropological perspective to discuss the entanglements between evolutionary biological variations and modern sociocultural prejudices.
thepolyphony.org/2025/10/13/w...
thepolyphony.org/2025/10/13/w...
We Are Where We Are: Evolution and the Modern World
Saurabh Chowdhury writes from an anthropological perspective to discuss the entanglements between evolutionary biological variations and modern sociocultural prejudices. Over millions of years, the…
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October 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Saurabh Chowdhury writes from an anthropological perspective to discuss the entanglements between evolutionary biological variations and modern sociocultural prejudices.
thepolyphony.org/2025/10/13/w...
thepolyphony.org/2025/10/13/w...
I'm really happy to see graphic medicine becoming an incisive and critical field in India, so much great work happening in the area!
Sathyaraj Venkatesan reviews Maureen Burdock's 2025 comic publication, Sleepless Planet: A Guide to Healing from Insomnia, exploring its role as a graphic narrative in portraying sociocultural dynamics of sleep.
thepolyphony.org/2025/09/29/b...
thepolyphony.org/2025/09/29/b...
Book Review: Sleepless Planet
Sathyaraj Venkatesan reviews Maureen Burdock’s 2025 comic publication, Sleepless Planet: A Guide to Healing from Insomnia, exploring its role as a graphic narrative in portraying sociocultural dyna…
thepolyphony.org
September 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm really happy to see graphic medicine becoming an incisive and critical field in India, so much great work happening in the area!
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📮Our September newsletter was a ReaderBank special! 📚 We reflected on our time at @edbookfest.bsky.social where we launched a range of new @thereaderbank.bsky.social activities to help you learn more about the reading mind.
👀View the newsletter here: mailchi.mp/ee3bf2b5f065...
👀View the newsletter here: mailchi.mp/ee3bf2b5f065...
IMH newsletter: ReaderBank 2025
A special edition newsletter from the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
📮Our September newsletter was a ReaderBank special! 📚 We reflected on our time at @edbookfest.bsky.social where we launched a range of new @thereaderbank.bsky.social activities to help you learn more about the reading mind.
👀View the newsletter here: mailchi.mp/ee3bf2b5f065...
👀View the newsletter here: mailchi.mp/ee3bf2b5f065...
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Shruti Ghosh explores zine making as a method for “queering” knowledge production in health research.
thepolyphony.org/2025/08/28/t...
thepolyphony.org/2025/08/28/t...
This Page Bleeds Too: Zines, Infertility, and the Queer Art of Refusal
Shruti Ghosh explores zine making as a method for “queering” knowledge production in health research.
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August 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Shruti Ghosh explores zine making as a method for “queering” knowledge production in health research.
thepolyphony.org/2025/08/28/t...
thepolyphony.org/2025/08/28/t...
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And scene! Our time at the @edbookfest.bsky.social was exciting and rewarding!
It’s not over yet – our website is still buzzing with activity, and the modules are still live online.
Explore how we imagine, how we feel, how we read, and what that means for our mental health!
readerbank.org
It’s not over yet – our website is still buzzing with activity, and the modules are still live online.
Explore how we imagine, how we feel, how we read, and what that means for our mental health!
readerbank.org
August 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
And scene! Our time at the @edbookfest.bsky.social was exciting and rewarding!
It’s not over yet – our website is still buzzing with activity, and the modules are still live online.
Explore how we imagine, how we feel, how we read, and what that means for our mental health!
readerbank.org
It’s not over yet – our website is still buzzing with activity, and the modules are still live online.
Explore how we imagine, how we feel, how we read, and what that means for our mental health!
readerbank.org
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Erika Pathó analyses the challenges related to the adoption of a Western-designed dietary measure to manage IBS symptoms in India, focusing on patients’ accounts of their experiences of dietary change.
thepolyphony.org/2025/08/14/m...
thepolyphony.org/2025/08/14/m...
Masala and Mangoes: Cultural Challenges in Implementing Dietary Changes in North India
Erika Pathó analyses the challenges related to the adoption of a Western-designed dietary measure to manage IBS symptoms in India, focusing on patients’ accounts of their experiences of dietary cha…
thepolyphony.org
August 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Erika Pathó analyses the challenges related to the adoption of a Western-designed dietary measure to manage IBS symptoms in India, focusing on patients’ accounts of their experiences of dietary change.
thepolyphony.org/2025/08/14/m...
thepolyphony.org/2025/08/14/m...
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🚀 At our public workshop @edbookfest.bsky.social today, we launched our new project ‘Between the Lines’ in collaboration with @canongate.co.uk.
August 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🚀 At our public workshop @edbookfest.bsky.social today, we launched our new project ‘Between the Lines’ in collaboration with @canongate.co.uk.
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🔥Hot off the press! New pre-print with the v. first findings from our study of reading, the imagination and mental health in collab with @edbookfest.bsky.social
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
August 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
🔥Hot off the press! New pre-print with the v. first findings from our study of reading, the imagination and mental health in collab with @edbookfest.bsky.social
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Don't know much about relief but I do bring comedy.
Meet @aryaray.bsky.social - our incredible research assistant and events counsellor
coordinator. He joined the ReaderBank team last year, and makes sure we hit the ground running at our events. He is also a literary studies researcher.
coordinator. He joined the ReaderBank team last year, and makes sure we hit the ground running at our events. He is also a literary studies researcher.
August 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Don't know much about relief but I do bring comedy.
Got some exciting stuff coming up this year, watch this space 👀
Another page turns and the detectives of the imagination are on their way back to the Edinburgh International Book Festival this August to find out more about words we read, characters we meet, and worlds we step into! Read on to find out more.
August 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Got some exciting stuff coming up this year, watch this space 👀
if these rodents get phd funding before i do (looks like it) i will lose my mind
The #RatsOfConfluence explore a gap in the scholarship
July 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
if these rodents get phd funding before i do (looks like it) i will lose my mind
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Surjavo Sen Gupta discusses the use of medical and artistic tools as agents of colonial subjugation by considering the phrenological enquiry of the Toda people of South India.
thepolyphony.org/2025/07/16/e...
thepolyphony.org/2025/07/16/e...
(Empire)ical Tools: from Callipers to Cameras
Surjavo Sen Gupta discusses the use of medical and artistic tools as agents of colonial subjugation by considering the phrenological enquiry of the Toda people of South India.
thepolyphony.org
July 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Surjavo Sen Gupta discusses the use of medical and artistic tools as agents of colonial subjugation by considering the phrenological enquiry of the Toda people of South India.
thepolyphony.org/2025/07/16/e...
thepolyphony.org/2025/07/16/e...
Very proud of this one. The project is about a neighbourhood very close to my heart - where I grew up and am lucky to call home. These stories are the closest attempt at capturing the sense of (un)belonging that most residents, including me, have felt all our lives.
Shahana Chakraborty traces a methodological history of the oral history project ‘Neighbourhood Diaries’ and its implications on communal wellbeing and memory. The project specifically looks at CR Park, a post-partition neighbourhood for displaced persons from Bengal.
thepolyphony.org/2025/07/10/n...
thepolyphony.org/2025/07/10/n...
Neighbourhood Diaries: Stories of Displacement, Rebuilding, and Communal Wellbeing
Shahana Chakraborty traces a methodological history of the oral history project ‘Neighbourhood Diaries’ and its implications on the communal wellbeing and memory of Chittaranjan Park residents.
thepolyphony.org
July 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Very proud of this one. The project is about a neighbourhood very close to my heart - where I grew up and am lucky to call home. These stories are the closest attempt at capturing the sense of (un)belonging that most residents, including me, have felt all our lives.
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Surjavo Sen Gupta discusses the cultural depiction of Lajjā Gaurī as a cultural antecedent to the role of male-female compatibility in Fertility Studies.
thepolyphony.org/2025/07/07/t...
thepolyphony.org/2025/07/07/t...
The ‘Headless Goddess’ in Indian Iconography and Reproductive Health
Surjavo Sen Gupta discusses the cultural depiction of Lajjā Gaurī as a cultural antecedent to the role of male-female compatibility in Fertility Studies.
thepolyphony.org
July 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Surjavo Sen Gupta discusses the cultural depiction of Lajjā Gaurī as a cultural antecedent to the role of male-female compatibility in Fertility Studies.
thepolyphony.org/2025/07/07/t...
thepolyphony.org/2025/07/07/t...
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Artist Priyanka Paul unsettles care work as they illustratively and poetically reckon with the reality of children caretaking for their chronically ill parents.
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thepolyphony.org?p=26475
Zine for Children Who Have Had to Become Caretakers
Artist Priyanka Paul unsettles care work as they illustratively and poetically reckon with the reality of children caretaking for their chronically ill parents.
thepolyphony.org
July 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Artist Priyanka Paul unsettles care work as they illustratively and poetically reckon with the reality of children caretaking for their chronically ill parents.
thepolyphony.org?p=26475
thepolyphony.org?p=26475
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🎬 And it's a wrap! Day 3 of our Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference ends with Daniel Oliver's keynote 'Performance Dork' and closing remarks from our Fellows. Huge thanks to everyone, especially our fab events co-ordinators @aryaray.bsky.social & Haf Serajee.
June 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🎬 And it's a wrap! Day 3 of our Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference ends with Daniel Oliver's keynote 'Performance Dork' and closing remarks from our Fellows. Huge thanks to everyone, especially our fab events co-ordinators @aryaray.bsky.social & Haf Serajee.
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Day 2 of our Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference! @remiyergeau.bsky.social, @ainokash.bsky.social, the round-table on intersectional privilege, self-(a)criticality & micro-politics in critical neurodiversity studies, and a neuroscribbling in clay workshop were just some of the highlights ...
June 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Day 2 of our Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference! @remiyergeau.bsky.social, @ainokash.bsky.social, the round-table on intersectional privilege, self-(a)criticality & micro-politics in critical neurodiversity studies, and a neuroscribbling in clay workshop were just some of the highlights ...