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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities
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💃🎶 Last week's Research Cabaret led by @louisecreechan.bsky.social and @maryrobbo.bsky.social was a resounding success! Catch up on what we got up to as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social 👇
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Louise Creechan and Mary Robson, organisers of Between the Lines: A Research Cabaret, standing in front of the stage at the Radisson Blu Hotel. Ruben Verwaal holding a beaker of yellow liquid, performing at Between the Lines. Louise Creechan performing Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush at Between the Lines. Audience members dancing at Between the Lines.
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Congratulations to our v. own Alex Broadbent on the publication of The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Medicine! 🎉 👏
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November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Xiaohong Liu introduces the concept and history of Chinese tea therapy, alongside its contemporary practice at Hunan Cancer Hospital in China: thepolyphony.org/2025/10/28/c...
Chinese Tea as Therapy
Xiaohong Liu introduces the concept and history of Chinese tea therapy, alongside its contemporary practice at Hunan Cancer Hospital in China.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Claire Jeantils and @sarawasson.bsky.social reflect on the experience of translating Wasson’s article “Before Narrative” into French, exploring the challenges and opportunities the process revealed for the field of medical humanities.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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📢 @durham.ac.uk has announced the competition for eight PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities, supported by our AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award and the Faculties of Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences, for candidates starting October 2026.

Find out more 👇
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Transformative Humanities PhD Scheme - Durham University
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November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Tricks and treats with the #RatsOfConfluence
November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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📅 Join us on Tuesday 4 November for a seminar on Violence, Trauma & Memory: The Causes and Impacts of Moral Injury. This hybrid event is free to attend either in person at the Institute for Medical Humanities, or online.

Find out more and book tickets:
IMH Violence, Trauma & Memory: The Causes and Impacts of Moral Injury
A seminar on the impact and causes of moral injury (the enduring presence of negative emotions) and the possibilities for repair and change.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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We're getting excited for our @beinghumanfest.bsky.social Research Cabaret event next week! 🤩 Check out some of the amazing performers you can look forward to in the thread below 🧵 👇
October 31, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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📣 The Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research is pleased to present RETHINKING RIGOUR, a two-day symposium exploring creative-critical research in medical humanities.

📅 4-5 December 2025

Find out more about the event and book your free tickets 👇
Rethinking Rigour: Conditions of Creativity & Criticality in the Academy - Durham University
4 December 2025 - 4 December 2025
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October 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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📆 Join us at the Recovery College Collective for 'Challenging Gut Stigma' - an event which is part of the Festival of Social Science, on 5 November 2-4pm.

Find out more and book your free tickets 👇
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Challenging Gut Stigma
Managing Gut Conditions at Work and Beyond
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October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Throughout October and November @danielpjones.bsky.social, artist and researcher in the Moving Bodies Lab, is undertaking a dance-based artist residency at Dance City Newcastle 🩰

Read about it in our blog post 👇

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Dancer in a dance studio, folded forwards over some ballet barres
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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The Polyphony @the-polyphony.bsky.social is hiring three new editorial roles! 🖋️ Two General Editors and one Reviews Editor.

Closing date 23.59 GMT on 17 November 2025. Click the link for more information & to apply! thepolyphony.org/2025/10/27/w...
We’re hiring! Editorial roles with The Polyphony
The Polyphony is seeking three Editors to join our team, two General Editors and one Reviews Editor.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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📅 Join us on Monday 24 November for an online interdisciplinary symposium on Tourette Syndrome, imagining a future of Tourettic Studies that is looking beyond the syndrome, featuring Bridging Fellow @danielpjones.bsky.social.

Find out more & register here 👇
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October 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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We're hiring 3 new editors! 2 general and 1 for reviews!

thepolyphony.org/2025/10/27/w...
We’re hiring! Editorial roles with The Polyphony
The Polyphony is seeking three Editors to join our team, two General Editors and one Reviews Editor.
thepolyphony.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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What is the future of Tourette Syndrome research, beyond the 'syndrome'?

I'm really excited to be facilitating a remote roundtable of provocations with these folks. Why not come along, and see what the future of interdisciplinary TS research holds?

Tickets⬇️

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Towards Tourettic Studies: The Future of Tourette Syndrome Research
An interdisciplinary symposium on Tourette Syndrome, imagining a future of Tourettic Studies that is looking beyond the syndrome.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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@cforsdick.bsky.social concludes the @readingbodies.bsky.social takeover and discusses how this project contributes to rethinking the medical humanities in ways that are simultaneously multilingual, transnational and translational.
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Multilingual, Transnational and Translational: Rethinking the Medical Humanities
Charles Forsdick concludes the Reading Bodies takeover and discusses how this project on historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contributes to rethinking the medical …
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October 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Tickets for this year's Research Cabaret #BetweentheLines are selling fast! 🎶 💃

Feat. performances from @louisecreechan.bsky.social, Ruben Verwaal, @danielpjones.bsky.social, Emily Davis & @georgiapunton.bsky.social

Get your tickets while you still can!
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Between the Lines: A Research Cabaret
Join us on Thursday 6 November at 7pm for an evening of live music, poetry, dance, and chaos to explore what it means to live between the lines – with researchers from the Durham Institute for Medical...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I'm planning an interactive workshop on the senses and medical humanities, to be held in Leeds in July 2026. It will involve creative practitioners, academics, and clinicians. If this is something you'd be interested in attending, please drop me a message or reply to this post and we can chat more!
October 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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More dance breaks required! 💃🕺

Emily Davis, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Moving Bodies Lab, was invited to facilitate participatory dance activities at two major arts and health events in the UK @dusportexsci.bsky.social

Read about it here 👇
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Participants taking part in a Dance Break at Young Leaders for Arts and Health London Summit. People sat down in a room with ornate ceiling and chandeliers, waving their arms in the air.
October 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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A warm welcome to all the IMH Fellows and @durham.ac.uk staff joining us at the launch of our new IMH Research Themes this afternoon! 🚀

Find out more about our six interdisciplinary research strands for 2025-7 here 👉 tinyurl.com/3az9c8jb
A montage of images relating to research at the Institute for Medical Humanities. The images represent Violence, Trauma and Memory; Gender, Affective Injustice and Health; The Beginning and End of Life; Weather, Climate & Health, Spirituality, Health and Wellbeing; AI and Medical Humanities.
October 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Interested in our MA in Medical Humanities? 🤔

Join our course tutors tomorrow evening (23 October) at 7pm for a short overview and an opportunity to ask questions.

More info & sign up here 👇
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Insights into MA in Medical Humanities at Durham University - Durham University
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October 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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We're pleased to share the publication of 'Changing Gears: Findings from a North East participatory project' 🛞 📖

Find out more & download the brochure 👇
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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📢 We are currently seeking a Communications Intern! We're looking for a @durham.ac.uk student to work alongside our friendly team to promote IMH events & activities 💬

📅 Deadline for applications is 11 November 2025

For more information & to apply please visit: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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@katharinemurphy.bsky.social introduces the @readingbodies.bsky.social takeover and discusses what historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contribute to the medical humanities.
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Historical Narratives of Illness in the Multilingual Medical Humanities
Katharine Murphy introduces the Reading Bodies takeover and discusses what historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contribute to the medical humanities.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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New publication! Our v. own @beccajackson.bsky.social discusses the racial history of the Apgar Score – a score assigned to infants one minute after birth. Find out more: medhumsplatform.org/the-apgar-sc...
1960s clipboard with Apgar Timer and paper showing Apgar measures.
October 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM