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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities
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Improving health by understanding hidden experience.
Supported by Wellcome.

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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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Tricks and treats with the #RatsOfConfluence
November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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@georgiapunton.bsky.social – Imagination and sleep researcher 💭
'Between the Lines' in lights, with purple theatre curtains and a black and white photo of Georgia Punton in a photo frame
October 31, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Emily Davis – researcher in dance, health, and social science 🩰
'Between the Lines' in lights, with purple theatre curtains and a black and white photo of Emily Davis in a photo frame
October 31, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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@danielpjones.bsky.social – Disability scholar and multi-modal creative practitioner
'Between the Lines' in lights, with purple theatre curtains and a black and white photo of Daniel P. Jones in a photo frame
October 31, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Ruben Verwaal – historian and curator of experiences of health, illness and disability
'Between the Lines' in lights, with purple theatre curtains and a black and white photo of Ruben Verwaal in a photo frame
October 31, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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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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📅 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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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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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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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
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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...
October 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Our MA is taught by a team of specialists from across the humanities and social sciences, including individuals working in healthcare and policy settings, activists and people with lived experience. Find out more about the course: tinyurl.com/5y7j5ctv
Angela Woods headshot with a quote saying 'Durham University has the highest concentration of Medical Humanities scholars in the UK. Studying the new Master of Medical Humanities will give you exposure to and interaction with the some of the leading scholars in this area.'
October 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Join us on 6th November for our annual Research Cabaret! An evening of live music 🎶 poetry 💬 dance 🕺💃 and chaos 🎉 exploring what it means to live between the lines. Featuring Durham IMH researchers and local performers!

Reserve your FREE ticket here 🎟️👇
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A flyer for the 'Between the Lines' event for a research cabaret, featuring the name in theatre lights and the curtains seen on a theatre stage. The descriptive text says: "How do we communicate that which cannot be categorized? Experiences from the margins and/or the marginalized? When medical language excludes, are there other ways to engage with health? Join us for an evening of live music, poetry, dance, and chaos to explore what it means to live between the lines – with researchers from Durham University’s Institute for Medical Humanities and the best local performers. Featuring a specially commissioned response from New Writing North." The location is at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Durham, DH1 5TA and the event takes place from 7pm-10pm on 6th November 2025.
October 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Literary Imagination. #RatsOfConfluence. August 2024.
September 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Nose to Nose. #RatsOfConfluence. July 2024
September 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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The #RatsOfConfluence would like a break from being perceived. July 2025
September 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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What are the #RatsOfConfluence up to this week? June 2024
September 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Floor is Lava. May 2024 #RatsOfConfluence
September 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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They’re back from the summer break…

#RatsOfConfluence
Toy rats on a table, holding bags with books Small toy rats in a cardboard bus on a table
August 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Or explore how people experience the voices of famous characters when they read with VoiceMatch…
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August 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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And, of course, you can find out what kind of reader you are with everyone’s favourite, The Imagination Quiz!
Text saying 'The Imagination Quiz by ReaderBank' under a white silhouette of a person reading a book leaning against a big open book. Orange background with a line drawing of a medieval castle.
August 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Or try out ‘In it Together’ and take a deep dive into the relationships we have with characters in a book.
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August 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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We also have ‘In Two Minds’ – a module exploring what happens when something makes us feel mixed emotions and how this affects our reading experience.
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August 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM