Durham Institute for Medical Humanities
@durhamimh.bsky.social
Improving health by understanding hidden experience.
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Supported by Wellcome.
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A reminder that this fantastic event is taking place on Thursday and Friday next week - the programme has just been finalised and we are very excited for it! 🤩
📣 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 👇
📅 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
www.durham.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A reminder that this fantastic event is taking place on Thursday and Friday next week - the programme has just been finalised and we are very excited for it! 🤩
📣 Applications are open for our 2026-27 Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship scheme! The scheme supports professionals and researchers from health or voluntary and community sectors to develop research within the medical humanities.
Apply by 30 Jan:
Apply by 30 Jan:
Practice Research Fellowship Scheme
Announcing our Medical Humanities In Practice Research Fellowship Scheme
medhumsplatform.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📣 Applications are open for our 2026-27 Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship scheme! The scheme supports professionals and researchers from health or voluntary and community sectors to develop research within the medical humanities.
Apply by 30 Jan:
Apply by 30 Jan:
Our partners at the National Poetry Centre and the South West Yorkshire NHS Foundation Teaching Trust are seeking contributions to the Hope Collective 2.0 – exploring how, when and in what format poetry could support connection 🫶
Submissions close 11 December 👇 www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Submissions close 11 December 👇 www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Hope Collective - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Our partners at the National Poetry Centre and the South West Yorkshire NHS Foundation Teaching Trust are seeking contributions to the Hope Collective 2.0 – exploring how, when and in what format poetry could support connection 🫶
Submissions close 11 December 👇 www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Submissions close 11 December 👇 www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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“Am I Queer Enough?” @davidwoodhead.bsky.social reflects on visibility, ethics, and contradictions as a a middle-aged gay man in recovery and a mental health researcher.
Read more in the journal from @durhamimh.bsky.social 👇
thepolyphony.org/2025/11/24/am-i-queer-enough/
Read more in the journal from @durhamimh.bsky.social 👇
thepolyphony.org/2025/11/24/am-i-queer-enough/
Am I queer enough? When theory and lived experience collide
David Woodhead reflects on being gay and getting older.
thepolyphony.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“Am I Queer Enough?” @davidwoodhead.bsky.social reflects on visibility, ethics, and contradictions as a a middle-aged gay man in recovery and a mental health researcher.
Read more in the journal from @durhamimh.bsky.social 👇
thepolyphony.org/2025/11/24/am-i-queer-enough/
Read more in the journal from @durhamimh.bsky.social 👇
thepolyphony.org/2025/11/24/am-i-queer-enough/
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Why not start next week off with a discussion about the future critically engaged directions for #TouretteSyndrome #research? The event features the wonderful Rena Zito, Danni Phoenix-Kane, Dan Whittaker and Diana Beljaars (and your's truly!)
@durhamimh.bsky.social
www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...
@durhamimh.bsky.social
www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...
Towards Tourettic Studies: The Future of Tourette Syndrome Research - Durham University
www.dur.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Why not start next week off with a discussion about the future critically engaged directions for #TouretteSyndrome #research? The event features the wonderful Rena Zito, Danni Phoenix-Kane, Dan Whittaker and Diana Beljaars (and your's truly!)
@durhamimh.bsky.social
www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...
@durhamimh.bsky.social
www.dur.ac.uk/research/ins...
Join us on Monday for this online symposium 'Towards Tourettic Studies' 👇
📅 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 👇
medhumsplatform.org/event/toward...
Find out more & register here 👇
medhumsplatform.org/event/toward...
November 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Join us on Monday for this online symposium 'Towards Tourettic Studies' 👇
2025 may be winding down but our events calendar is not! 📆
From reading groups to seminars, online talks to in-person conversations, there is plenty going on at the IMH throughout the rest of November and December.
Read our latest newsletter to find out more 👇
mailchi.mp/e9a1d07e9700...
From reading groups to seminars, online talks to in-person conversations, there is plenty going on at the IMH throughout the rest of November and December.
Read our latest newsletter to find out more 👇
mailchi.mp/e9a1d07e9700...
IMH Newsletter November 2025 (Events)
Upcoming events from the Institute for Medical Humanities at Durham University.
mailchi.mp
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
2025 may be winding down but our events calendar is not! 📆
From reading groups to seminars, online talks to in-person conversations, there is plenty going on at the IMH throughout the rest of November and December.
Read our latest newsletter to find out more 👇
mailchi.mp/e9a1d07e9700...
From reading groups to seminars, online talks to in-person conversations, there is plenty going on at the IMH throughout the rest of November and December.
Read our latest newsletter to find out more 👇
mailchi.mp/e9a1d07e9700...
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Not long left to apply to be an editor at the Polyphony!!
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Not long left to apply to be an editor at the Polyphony!!
Delighted to announce the appointment of a new IMH Co-Director Katrin Wehling-Giorgi. We look forward to working with you, Katrin!
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
New IMH Co-Director - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Delighted to announce the appointment of a new IMH Co-Director Katrin Wehling-Giorgi. We look forward to working with you, Katrin!
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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Great to see Élaina's expertise along with our @the-polyphony.bsky.social piece 'Being a masking crip killjoy' making an appearance here! 🤩
What's this? I got cited in @theskinnymag.bsky.social? @danielpjones.bsky.social People of the media, hmu for my masking and cross-movement solidarity tips. 😎 www.theskinny.co.uk/intersection...
Mask Up: Community care and wearing masks in 2025 – The Skinny
Masks aren’t just for lockdowns. One writer explores how mask wearing – and other measures to reduce COVID transmissions – can help us look after one another.
www.theskinny.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Great to see Élaina's expertise along with our @the-polyphony.bsky.social piece 'Being a masking crip killjoy' making an appearance here! 🤩
Just under a week left to apply for 3 x Editorial roles @the-polyphony.bsky.social! Come and join our stellar team!
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Just under a week left to apply for 3 x Editorial roles @the-polyphony.bsky.social! Come and join our stellar team!
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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...
thepolyphony.org/2025/11/10/n...
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...
💃🎶 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 👇
tinyurl.com/yntr9362
tinyurl.com/yntr9362
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
💃🎶 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 👇
tinyurl.com/yntr9362
tinyurl.com/yntr9362
Congratulations to our v. own Alex Broadbent on the publication of The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Medicine! 🎉 👏
Alex Broadbent ed collection - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Congratulations to our v. own Alex Broadbent on the publication of The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Medicine! 🎉 👏
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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.
thepolyphony.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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...
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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.
thepolyphony.org/2025/11/05/t...
thepolyphony.org/2025/11/05/t...
thepolyphony.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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.
thepolyphony.org/2025/11/05/t...
thepolyphony.org/2025/11/05/t...
📢 @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 👇
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Find out more 👇
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Transformative Humanities PhD Scheme - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📢 @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 👇
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Find out more 👇
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
Tricks and treats with the #RatsOfConfluence
November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Tricks and treats with the #RatsOfConfluence
📅 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:
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
📅 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:
Find out more and book tickets:
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
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 🧵 👇
📣 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 👇
📅 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
www.durham.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
📣 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 👇
📅 4-5 December 2025
Find out more about the event and book your free tickets 👇
📆 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 👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/challengin...
Find out more and book your free tickets 👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/challengin...
Challenging Gut Stigma
Managing Gut Conditions at Work and Beyond
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October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
📆 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 👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/challengin...
Find out more and book your free tickets 👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/challengin...
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 👇
medhumsplatform.org/exploring-mo...
Read about it in our blog post 👇
medhumsplatform.org/exploring-mo...
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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 👇
medhumsplatform.org/exploring-mo...
Read about it in our blog post 👇
medhumsplatform.org/exploring-mo...
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...
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.
thepolyphony.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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...
Closing date 23.59 GMT on 17 November 2025. Click the link for more information & to apply! thepolyphony.org/2025/10/27/w...
📅 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 👇
medhumsplatform.org/event/toward...
Find out more & register here 👇
medhumsplatform.org/event/toward...
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
📅 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 👇
medhumsplatform.org/event/toward...
Find out more & register here 👇
medhumsplatform.org/event/toward...