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Angela Woods @literarti.bsky.social · 5h

Resplendent

Ceramic sculpture by Jo Taylor. Part of her 2025 “(Not) Guilty Pleasures” series shown at the British Ceramics Biennale

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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 2d

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 🎟️👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/between-th...

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.

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Angela Woods @literarti.bsky.social · 7d

It’s been that kind of a weekend

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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 9d

Welcome to @tamarinnorwood.bsky.social, who joins us as a Honorary Fellow in the Visual & Material Lab 🥳

We're looking forward to working with you!

medhumsplatform.org/welcome-to-t...

Welcome to Tamarin Norwood: New Honorary Fellow in the Visual & Material Lab

Welcome to Tamarin Norwood, who joins us as an Honorary Fellow in the Visual & Material Lab.

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Ben Alderson-Day @aldersonday.bsky.social · 12d

Ten years on from publication - this big lad hits 1000 citations. Congrats @cfernyhough.bsky.social!

Probably the longest paper we will ever write. If you get to the end you get a badge and a certificate. And hopefully you will learn something about inner speech.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26011789/

Inner Speech: Development, Cognitive Functions, Phenomenology, and Neurobiology - PubMed

Inner speech-also known as covert speech or verbal thinking-has been implicated in theories of cognitive development, speech monitoring, executive function, and psychopathology. Despite a growing body...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Gavin Miller @drgavinmiller.bsky.social · 11d

Delighted to see this latest book in the Series now in print, and with a great endorsement from @literarti.bsky.social: 'As compassionate as it is razor-sharp, Writing Contested Illness will reshape our understanding of what illness narratives can be and achieve.'

Emily Sharp @emilysharp.bsky.social · 11d

NEW in our Contemporary Cultural Studies in Illness, Health and Medicine series (edited by @drgavinmiller.bsky.social): Chloe R. Green examines how women’s experimental illness narratives are driving new conceptions of contested illness. Learn more at: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-writing...

Writing Contested Illness

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Angela Woods @literarti.bsky.social · 12d

Today we welcome seven postdocs to new roles in the @durhamimh.bsky.social Discovery Research Platform

A double rainbow over the sky over the confluence building

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Alan Liu @alanyliu.bsky.social · 17d

Putting on my infrastructure studies hat to boost this just-published book: The Humanities Laboratory: From Design to Archaeology, edited by Aleksandra Kil-Matlak, Jacek Małczyński, & Dorota Wolska. www.peterlang.com/document/161...

Screenshot of Peter Lang publisher's web pat for The Humanities Laboratory: From Design to Archaeilogy. The page shows the book cover and a summary of the boojk. The summary reads:

"This book explores the epistemic status and potential of humanities laboratories. It investigates the history of such laboratories, while contributing to debates on designing contemporary forms of labs. The book traces the trend for laboratories in the humanities since the mid-nineteenth century, outlining a multitude of projects across diverse times and spaces.
We are interested in what makes humanities laboratories different from their scientific relatives. Can a humanities lab and those investigating natural sciences even be considered as related? Or should the relationship between them be seen transversally, outside of the opposition between the humanities and the natural and formal sciences?
We argue that the humanities laboratory should not be based on the idea of mimesis and imitate a scientific lab, but rather operate according to the principle of mimicry. Only in this way can the humanities fulfil their self-critical function."

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Angela Woods @literarti.bsky.social · 17d

Tuning in to the final event of the discontinued @theturing.bsky.social Humanities & Data Science Interest Group and @melissaterras.bsky.social is absolutely smashing it. Power & politics cannot be purged from this conversation digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/networ...

Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration

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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 18d

We are very pleased to welcome @harrietbarratt.bsky.social 🎉
Harriet joins us as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Visual & Material Lab.

Read about Harriet and her work in this interview: 👇 medhumsplatform.org/introducing-...

Introducing Harriet Barratt: New PDRA in the Visual & Material Lab

Discover more about new Postdoctoral Research Associate Harriet Barratt in our interview about her research and interests.

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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 19d

We are pleased to welcome Xiao Ge, joining our Discovery Research Platform as a Bridging Fellow in the Narrative Practices Lab and @languagesdurham.bsky.social 🤩

Read more about Xiao's work on reframing postpartum well-being in this interview 👇
medhumsplatform.org/introducing-...

Introducing Xiao Ge: New Bridging Fellow in the Narrative Practices Lab

Discover more about New Bridging Fellow Xiao Ge in our interview about her research and interests.

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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 20d

Excited to welcome @danielpjones.bsky.social, who joins us as a Bridging Fellow in the Moving Bodies Lab and @dusportexsci.bsky.social.

Find out more about Daniel's work on embodied experiences of Tourette Syndrome & the development of creative, inclusive research methods 🤩

Introducing Daniel P. Jones: New Bridging Fellow in the Moving Bodies Lab

Find out more about new Bridging Fellow Daniel in our interview exploring his research and interests.

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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 24d

A warm welcome to Michelle Reeve, who joins our Discovery Research Platform as the Digital and Communications Officer!

We're looking forward to working with you, Michelle!

medhumsplatform.org/welcome-to-m...

Welcome to Michelle Reeve

A warm welcome to Michelle Reeve, who joins the Discovery Research Platform in a maternity cover role as our Digital and Communications Officer.

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Fiona Johnstone @drfijohnstone.bsky.social · 25d

Grateful for a rich few days in Oslo with the Curating Cultural Heritage for the Medical & Health Humanities project (MNU). Highlights: inspiring sessions at Norsk Teknisk Museum & MUNCH, deep dives into art, ethics & medicine—and a sauna swim to wrap it all up!
medhumsplatform.org/curating-cul...

Curating Cultural Heritage for the Medical & Health Humanities: Reflections from Oslo

Researchers from across the Matariki Network of Universities (MNU) recently gathered in Oslo for a stimulating few days of discussion, collaboration, and creative exploration as part of the Curating C...

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Angela Woods @literarti.bsky.social · 23d

Really enjoying the opportunity to spend time learning from and being inspired by the @dismatters.bsky.social project.

All the formal presentations are available online along with links to the project's many fantastic resources

Disability Matters @dismatters.bsky.social · 23d

The Disability Matters Online Town Hall Circus is happening TODAY! We can't wait to welcome you later! sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab...

Disability Matters Online Town Hall Circus 2025

Annual Online Town hall event hosted by the Sheffield team on 19th September 2025

sheffield.ac.uk

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Angela Woods @literarti.bsky.social · Sep 10

'“The humanities are where people learn to think critically, to analyse systems, to question authority,” @desfitzgerald.bsky.social says. “What happens if that disappears? What happens if you can simulate critical thinking without actually engaging in it?”'

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · Sep 10

I spoke to the Irish Times for this very good and rounded piece on the real-world effects of C***GPT in the humanities classroom: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

‘It’s a monster’: How generative AI is forcing university professors to rethink learning

As students turn to ChatGPT, educators warn that critical thinking, academic integrity and the future of the humanities are at stake

www.irishtimes.com

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · Sep 10

I spoke to the Irish Times for this very good and rounded piece on the real-world effects of C***GPT in the humanities classroom: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

‘It’s a monster’: How generative AI is forcing university professors to rethink learning

As students turn to ChatGPT, educators warn that critical thinking, academic integrity and the future of the humanities are at stake

www.irishtimes.com

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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · Sep 9

A warm welcome to Emily Davis, who joins our Discovery Research Platform as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Moving Bodies Lab and @dusportexsci.bsky.social. We look forward to working with you, Emily! 🤩
medhumsplatform.org/introducing-...

Introducing Emily Davis: New Postdoctoral Research Associate in The Moving Bodies Lab

Read our interview with Emily Davis, a new PDRA in the Moving Bodies Lab.

medhumsplatform.org

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · Sep 4

There's lots I could say about the wrongheaded banishment of humanities projects, people and groups from @theturing.bsky.social - what is AI if you don't think about its deployment and how it affects society, eh? Interdisciplinarity is key to building a better future. Pfffft to yer defence silos.

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · Sep 4

So @theturing.bsky.social has decided they no longer need Humanities (!) - so the The Alan Turing Institute’s Humanities and Data Science Interest Group are having one final event: "Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration" In person and online, Oxford, 25th Sept. Pls share!

Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration

digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk

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Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Aug 29

Job klaxon: full time, permanent lectureship in Liberal Arts at the University of Glasgow: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOM506/l...

Lecturer in Liberal Arts (R&T) at University of Glasgow

Discover Lecturer in Liberal Arts (R&T) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Angela Woods @literarti.bsky.social · Aug 28

Rice University is seeking to appoint a

✅Tenure-track
✅Assistant or Associate Prof of #MedicalHumanities
💻Specializing in narrative and/or digital humanities approaches to medicine & health in the 20th-21st centuries

Apply by 31 Oct to work with this amazing group! apply.interfolio.com/172836

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Angela Woods @literarti.bsky.social · Aug 19

Reflecting on their work in the Copenhagen Centre for Health Research in the Humanities, Folker et al offer real insight into theory-building within and through the dynamics (& difficulties) of engaged critical medical humanities research
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Engaged Medical Humanities—A Framework for Knowledge Production in Research Collaborations - Journal of Medical Humanities

In the field of medical humanities, there has been a general call to understand biocultural entanglements and to break down rigid distinctions between culture and health, as well as disciplinary bound...

link.springer.com

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Stephanie Lloyd @stephaniejeanlloyd.bsky.social · Aug 14

Just out! Article with Elsher Lawson-Boyd on safe care and holding space with people who live with suicidality, and especially chronic suicidality. Message me if you don't have access. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A Bit Damaged, But Not Broken”: Seed Containers, Care, and Safe Spaces for Suicidality - Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry

The provision of care for suicidal and, perhaps especially, chronically suicidal people walks a fine line: between acknowledging a person’s suffering and their desire to die, and trying to accompany t...

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ReaderBank @thereaderbank.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our lead researcher @aldersonday.bsky.social joins @jennykleeman.bsky.social and Emily Postan to talk about mental health and the use of digital technologies like AI for treatment. In this shifting landscape, what considerations and safeguards are needed to embed these treatments in the mainstream?

Mary, Ben, Jenny and Emily sit onstage with screens on either side, facing a mixed audience. The screens show colorful graphics.

A close up of Ben Alderson-Day as he speaks, gesturing with his hand.

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