Benjamin Dalton
@benbgdalton.bsky.social
Lecturer in French Studies in the School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University. Queer Medical Humanities and Philosophies of the Hospital! 🏥🏳️🌈 Founder of the Queer Medical Humanities Network + programme lead for MA Global Medical and Health Humanities
Fantastic to be part of the Festival of Social Sciences this week alongside by wonderful colleagues Naomi Jacobs and Temidayo Eseonu.
We were bringing our workshop “The Hospital in 2125: Inclusive Healthcare Futures” to the public!
We were bringing our workshop “The Hospital in 2125: Inclusive Healthcare Futures” to the public!
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Fantastic to be part of the Festival of Social Sciences this week alongside by wonderful colleagues Naomi Jacobs and Temidayo Eseonu.
We were bringing our workshop “The Hospital in 2125: Inclusive Healthcare Futures” to the public!
We were bringing our workshop “The Hospital in 2125: Inclusive Healthcare Futures” to the public!
Really excited to be participating in the Festival of Social Sciences next week alongside my fantastic colleagues Dr Temidayo Eseonu and Dr Naomi Jacobs. We will be running a drop-in workshop titled “The Hospital in 2125: Imagining Healthcare Futures”
October 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Really excited to be participating in the Festival of Social Sciences next week alongside my fantastic colleagues Dr Temidayo Eseonu and Dr Naomi Jacobs. We will be running a drop-in workshop titled “The Hospital in 2125: Imagining Healthcare Futures”
Great to present my talk today at the Languages and Global Cultures Research Seminar at Lancaster:
“Endoscopies of the Hospital: Screening and Treating the Healthcare Architecture in the Moving Image”
“Endoscopies of the Hospital: Screening and Treating the Healthcare Architecture in the Moving Image”
October 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Great to present my talk today at the Languages and Global Cultures Research Seminar at Lancaster:
“Endoscopies of the Hospital: Screening and Treating the Healthcare Architecture in the Moving Image”
“Endoscopies of the Hospital: Screening and Treating the Healthcare Architecture in the Moving Image”
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!)
📖 Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity 📖 (forthcoming with Edinburgh University Press, January 2026!)
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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!)
📖 Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity 📖 (forthcoming with Edinburgh University Press, January 2026!)
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"
"How to hear a brain speaking: a story about a bad date, a tectal plate glioma, and the (neuro-)plastic philosophy of Catherine Malabou"
September 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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"
"How to hear a brain speaking: a story about a bad date, a tectal plate glioma, and the (neuro-)plastic philosophy of Catherine Malabou"
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!
Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity (forthcoming January 2026)
Feeling very thankful - these are scholars I admire so much!
September 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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!
Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity (forthcoming January 2026)
Feeling very thankful - these are scholars I admire so much!
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
A surreal and joyful moment 🕺
📖Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity📖
FORTHCOMING JAN 2026 with Edinburgh University Press
August 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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
A surreal and joyful moment 🕺
📖Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity📖
FORTHCOMING JAN 2026 with Edinburgh University Press
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.
August 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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.
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 🏥❤️
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 🏥❤️
July 16, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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 🏥❤️
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 🏥❤️
Was an honour yesterday to take a tour of The Harbour psychiatric hospital in Blackpool.
I met a very cute therapy dragon whilst exploring! 🦎
I met a very cute therapy dragon whilst exploring! 🦎
July 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Was an honour yesterday to take a tour of The Harbour psychiatric hospital in Blackpool.
I met a very cute therapy dragon whilst exploring! 🦎
I met a very cute therapy dragon whilst exploring! 🦎
Over the moon to share that Dr Fanny Chabrol and I have been awarded a Society for French Studies Visiting International Fellowship to enable Fanny to join us in Lancaster University School of Global Affairs for a period of collaborative research in 2026!
July 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Over the moon to share that Dr Fanny Chabrol and I have been awarded a Society for French Studies Visiting International Fellowship to enable Fanny to join us in Lancaster University School of Global Affairs for a period of collaborative research in 2026!
Another year another Society for French Studies Annual Conference! This year’s conference took place at the University of Bristol in the SWELTERING but ultimately gorgeous heat ☀️☀️☀️
July 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Another year another Society for French Studies Annual Conference! This year’s conference took place at the University of Bristol in the SWELTERING but ultimately gorgeous heat ☀️☀️☀️
Really excited to share that Áine Larkin and I have signed a book contract with Bloomsbury for an edited volume titled:
The Hospital in Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures: Reimagining Healthcare Environments
The Hospital in Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures: Reimagining Healthcare Environments
June 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Really excited to share that Áine Larkin and I have signed a book contract with Bloomsbury for an edited volume titled:
The Hospital in Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures: Reimagining Healthcare Environments
The Hospital in Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures: Reimagining Healthcare Environments
This week in the School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University we are hosting the company MADE For Health, whose mission is to revolutionise hospital architecture in the UK by putting clinicians at the heart of the design process.
June 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This week in the School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University we are hosting the company MADE For Health, whose mission is to revolutionise hospital architecture in the UK by putting clinicians at the heart of the design process.
Last week I in Paris for the conference: Futures of the Hospital From the Global South (17-20 June), led by Fanny Chabrol at Université Paris Cité and with colleagues from HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa at Cape Town University.
June 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Last week I in Paris for the conference: Futures of the Hospital From the Global South (17-20 June), led by Fanny Chabrol at Université Paris Cité and with colleagues from HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa at Cape Town University.
Had such an amazing time over the last couple of days at the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University with Dr Claire Jeantils and Dr Rong Huang for the launch or the International Narrative Neurology Network 🧠🗯️ founded and led by Claire.
June 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Had such an amazing time over the last couple of days at the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University with Dr Claire Jeantils and Dr Rong Huang for the launch or the International Narrative Neurology Network 🧠🗯️ founded and led by Claire.
For those very few remaining people who are not yet sick of listening me to talk about my book, I’ve sent in the final revised manuscript!!
📖Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity📖
FORTHCOMING with Edinburgh University Press early 2026!
📖Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity📖
FORTHCOMING with Edinburgh University Press early 2026!
May 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
For those very few remaining people who are not yet sick of listening me to talk about my book, I’ve sent in the final revised manuscript!!
📖Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity📖
FORTHCOMING with Edinburgh University Press early 2026!
📖Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity📖
FORTHCOMING with Edinburgh University Press early 2026!
A real joy to be working with Dr Andrew Ainscough from the Department of English Lit and Creative Writing-who also happens to be my wonderful partner❤️-on research on the reimagining of the NHS hospital in contemporary theatre. We are currently looking at Alan Bennet’s Allelujah (2018)
January 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A real joy to be working with Dr Andrew Ainscough from the Department of English Lit and Creative Writing-who also happens to be my wonderful partner❤️-on research on the reimagining of the NHS hospital in contemporary theatre. We are currently looking at Alan Bennet’s Allelujah (2018)
A beaut Lancaster Chrismois 🎄💅✨
December 29, 2024 at 6:33 PM
A beaut Lancaster Chrismois 🎄💅✨
Fantastic to meet delegates last week from Zhejiang International Studies University 浙江外国语学院 to discuss our new MA in Global Medical and Health Humanities at Lancaster University and interdisciplinary heath/care research and teaching!
December 3, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Fantastic to meet delegates last week from Zhejiang International Studies University 浙江外国语学院 to discuss our new MA in Global Medical and Health Humanities at Lancaster University and interdisciplinary heath/care research and teaching!
Beautiful, sleepy weekend in Lancaster 😴🐶🎄🏰
November 24, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Beautiful, sleepy weekend in Lancaster 😴🐶🎄🏰
Come to the online launch of the Special Issue of Film-Philosophy, “Catherine Malabou, Plasticity, and Film” co-edited by Ben Tyrer & me!
We are joined by the philosopher Catherine Malabou herself, as well as contributors to the Issue.
Monday 25th November, 5-6pm GMT on Zoom.
We are joined by the philosopher Catherine Malabou herself, as well as contributors to the Issue.
Monday 25th November, 5-6pm GMT on Zoom.
November 21, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Come to the online launch of the Special Issue of Film-Philosophy, “Catherine Malabou, Plasticity, and Film” co-edited by Ben Tyrer & me!
We are joined by the philosopher Catherine Malabou herself, as well as contributors to the Issue.
Monday 25th November, 5-6pm GMT on Zoom.
We are joined by the philosopher Catherine Malabou herself, as well as contributors to the Issue.
Monday 25th November, 5-6pm GMT on Zoom.
Find out more about the new MA in Global Medical and Health Humanities in the School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University!
www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/postgr...
www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/postgr...
November 18, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Find out more about the new MA in Global Medical and Health Humanities in the School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University!
www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/postgr...
www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Loved Light Up Lancaster last weekend!💡💡💡
November 16, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Loved Light Up Lancaster last weekend!💡💡💡
Great to receive the Special Issue of Paragraph on “Post-Deconstructive Thought and Biological Theory” edited by Ian James. 🧫🔬🧬🧪
My article here is: “Gentle biologies: reconceptualising bodily metamorphosis and healthcare between Catherine Malabou and Anne Dufourmantelle”
My article here is: “Gentle biologies: reconceptualising bodily metamorphosis and healthcare between Catherine Malabou and Anne Dufourmantelle”
November 15, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Great to receive the Special Issue of Paragraph on “Post-Deconstructive Thought and Biological Theory” edited by Ian James. 🧫🔬🧬🧪
My article here is: “Gentle biologies: reconceptualising bodily metamorphosis and healthcare between Catherine Malabou and Anne Dufourmantelle”
My article here is: “Gentle biologies: reconceptualising bodily metamorphosis and healthcare between Catherine Malabou and Anne Dufourmantelle”