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Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · 22d

My book now has a cover!!! The artwork, which is by Stephen Magrath, is of a neural synapse firing in the brain 🧠

📖 Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity 📖 (forthcoming with Edinburgh University Press, January 2026!)

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Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · 28d

It also draws on themes of neuroplastic narrativity in the work of Catherine Marabou which I develop in my forthcoming book (which I promise I'll stop talking about at some point!)

Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · 28d

This was all about the role that storytelling plays in the patient experience of neurological care and surgery, and involved Tinder, a homophobe, the Lion King, and an Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy.

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Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · 28d

Yesterday at the 2nd meeting of the International Narrative Neurology network, which I co-hosted with Dr Claire Jeantils and Dr Rong Huang, I gave my talk:

"How to hear a brain speaking: a story about a bad date, a tectal plate glioma, and the (neuro-)plastic philosophy of Catherine Malabou"

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Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · 29d

Really delighted to share some endorsements from the Edinburgh University Press website for my forthcoming book:

Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity (forthcoming January 2026)

Feeling very thankful - these are scholars I admire so much!

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School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University @globalaffairslu.bsky.social · Aug 30

Join us on the MA in Global Medical and Health Humanities, which explores cutting-edge approaches to well-being, illness, and healthcare.

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School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University @globalaffairslu.bsky.social · Aug 30

Welcome to the School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University!

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School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University @globalaffairslu.bsky.social · Aug 30

What does the rapid escalation in AI capabilities and implementation mean to society?

Lancaster University’s MA in Artificial Intelligence, Society and Global Challenges will equip you to engage with such questions and prepare you for a wide variety of roles in this rapidly expanding sector.

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School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University @globalaffairslu.bsky.social · Aug 30

What are the key causes of environmental change? What is stopping nations from shaping a more sustainable relationship between people and the environment?

The MA in Sustainability and Global Environmental Futures at Lancaster offers fresh thinking to address the biggest challenges of our times.

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School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University @globalaffairslu.bsky.social · Mar 28

Welcome to the School of Global Affairs! Find out more about our School's aims and priorities:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ0l...

Welcome to the School of Global Affairs!

YouTube video by Global Affairs at Lancaster University

www.youtube.com

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Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · Aug 28

Proofs have landed for my book!!

A surreal and joyful moment 🕺

📖Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity📖

FORTHCOMING JAN 2026 with Edinburgh University Press

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Dr John Gilmore @gilmorejnurse.bsky.social · Aug 15

Listen to me and @benbgdalton.bsky.social discuss Queer Medical Humanities and different issues and approaches in queering health, healthcare and health futures

open.spotify.com/episode/0v73...

Episode 28 - Queer Medical Humanities /w Ben Dalton and John Gilmore

Conversations about Arts, Humanities and Health · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · Aug 26

Was wonderful to participate in a podcast episode on Queer Medical Humanities with Dr John Gilmore, hosted by Dieter Declercq and Ian Sabroe. This podcast is in the series Conversations about Arts, Humanities and Health, hosted by the Medical Humanities Research Centre at the University of Glasgow.

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School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University @globalaffairslu.bsky.social · Jul 30

Huge congratulations to Professor Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad FBA, a Distinguished Professor of Comparative Religion and Philosophy in Lancaster University's School of Global Affairs, who has been elected as Vice-President (Humanities) of the British Academy.

www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/disting...

Distinguished Professor elected Vice-President of the British Academy - Lancaster University

A Lancaster University Distinguished Professor has been elected to a highly prestigious role at the British Academy, the UK’s national academy for humanities and social sciences.

www.lancaster.ac.uk

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Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · Jul 16

- Screening documentary and fictional films about hospitals from across the world

and much more!

with many many thanks to the wonderful Glyn Jone to facilitating and accompanying us on the visit today!

Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · Jul 16

- Undertaking several hospital site visits, including The Harbour psychiatric hospital in Blackpool, and Fleetwood Hospital
- Meeting other local companies in the area who are working on creative healthcare design
- The launch of the project: The Queer Lives of the Hospital:

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Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · Jul 16

I am collaborating with MADE For Health on projects aiming to make healthcare design more joyful and inclusive.

This is week 2 of the residency. We will be doing the following exciting things together:

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Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · Jul 16

Fantastic to have MADE For Health back on Lancaster University campus this week as part of the Social Enterprise in Residence scheme!

MADE For Health are a company whose mission is to transform hospital architecture by putting patients and clinicians at the heart of the design process 🏥❤️

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Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · Jul 16

Again thanks so much to Glyn Jones from the Health Innovation Campus at Lancaster University for connecting us with The Harbour!

Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · Jul 16

The tour of the hospital was part of the activities of week 2 of the Lancaster University un Social Enterprise in Residence scheme, with MADE For Health joining us for the week to collaborate on innovative approaches to future hospital design.

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Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · Jul 16

Was an honour yesterday to take a tour of The Harbour psychiatric hospital in Blackpool.

I met a very cute therapy dragon whilst exploring! 🦎

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Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · Jul 9

We will also be collaborating with colleagues in health from nearby institutions in the North-West.
You can read more about the scheme here: www.sfs.ac.uk/funding/visi...

Visiting International Fellowships

The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.

www.sfs.ac.uk

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Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · Jul 9

I cannot wait to welcome Dr Chabrol to Lancaster, where her work on healthcare contexts in Africa will come into dialogue with a range of interdisciplinary health projects currently underway at Lancaster University.

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Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · Jul 9

Fanny and I collaborate on research on hospital architecture and clinical environments, and I was lucky enough to attend her recent conference The Future of the Hospital from the South in Paris earlier this year, alongside colleagues from HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa

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Benjamin Dalton @benbgdalton.bsky.social · Jul 9

The Fellowship will help us to explore how the disciplines of French Studies and Medical Anthropology on the question of healthcare architecture and design, in particular thinking about decolonization in health/care architecture and the design of alternative clinical futures.

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