Improving health by understanding hidden experience. Supported by Wellcome. durham.ac.uk/imh medhumsplatform.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mj57sdvwez2wJoin us for an instalment of the Weather, Climate, and Health Research Theme's online talk series, with Dr Martin Savransky. On 11 May 5–6pm, Martin will be giving a talk titled "Losing Ground: Planetary Instability and a Life Tenacious". Book your free ticket: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/losing-ground-planetary-instability-and-a-life-tenacious-tickets-1977604990763?aff=oddtdtcreator10 Apr 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj57sdvwez2whttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3miy2a7evqg2tLast month, the Moving Bodies Lab co-hosted a workshop focusing on co-production research around movement, physical activity and medical humanities. Kate Marks, IMH Fellow, has written a recap of the event. Read it here 👇️ https://medhumsplatform.org/co-production-and-physical-activity/08 Apr 2026 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3miy2a7evqg2thttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3miwexyxxbe2bJoin Katharine Cheston, IMH Honorary Fellow, on Monday 11 May as she discusses the treatment of people with ME and its wider implications in terms of affective injustice in healthcare. 🕰️ 12–1.30pm 🎟️ Free to book! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-affective-injustice-the-greatest-medical-scandal-of-the-21st-c-tickets-1986315450984?aff=oddtdtcreator07 Apr 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwexyxxbe2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3midmtfkswj2sOn Thursday 30 April, we'll be discussing the book 'Preserving the Penultimate: Towards a Church-Led Vision for Healthcare' with author Robert M Jaggs-Fowler, Fellow of the Institute for Medical Humanities. This hybrid event is free to attend! Book your tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/preserving-the-penultimate-towards-a-church-led-vision-for-healthcare-tickets-1985276125333?aff=oddtdtcreator https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/preserving-the-penultimate-towards-a-church-led-vision-for-healthcare-tickets-1985276125333?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true31 Mar 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3midmtfkswj2shttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3miboqtz6rw2bKeen to move and be moved? Join us for Dancing Across Disciplines, a one-day event exploring dance across forms, spaces, and academic fields, with talks, practice showings, & discussion. No dance experience required! 📅 28 April | Durham 🎟 Free – register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dancing-across-disciplines-tickets-1984766630420?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true30 Mar 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3miboqtz6rw2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mibddchhrk2dLast chance to update our interactive Global Medical Humanities Map! 🌍 To update your organisation's info or to add a new medical or health humanities institute, centre or network, please complete this short survey by tomorrow (31st March). https://medhumsplatform.org/updating-the-global-medical-humanities-map/30 Mar 2026 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibddchhrk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mi24mqtpdv26ICYMI – Recordings from the one-day workshop 'The Senses and Medical Humanities' organised by @claireturner.bsky.social of our Affective Experience Lab are now available to watch online. Thanks to everyone who joined us for this event! ▶️ https://medhumsplatform.org/the-senses-and-medical-humanities/27 Mar 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi24mqtpdv26https://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mi23n3q3zk2bInterested in a workshop for early-career UK researchers on challenging Western-centric perspectives in the #medhumanities? Facilitated by Global History of HIV Activism project & NNMHR. 📆 29-30 Oct 2026 | University of Stirling Apply by 15 May @npapadogian.bsky.social https://nnmh.org.uk/decentring-the-medical-humanities/27 Mar 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi23n3q3zk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mhzt5sygus2bOur spring newsletter is out! 🌸 This edition features some fascinating publications by our researchers, highlights from @the-polyphony.bsky.social and, as always, lots of upcoming free events. Read it online: https://mailchi.mp/durham.ac.uk/imh-news-march-202627 Mar 2026 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhzt5sygus2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mhx7nh3j3v2eHow big is a ‘drop’? 💧 @beccajackson.bsky.social, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Measurement Lab and the Affective Experience Lab, recently co-authored a prize-winning paper on the story of the non-standard unit of a 'drop'. Read the paper: https://medhumsplatform.org/the-drop-and-the-metric-system/26 Mar 2026 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhx7nh3j3v2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mhvmvnqosm2yXiao Ge, Bridging Fellow in our Narrative Practices Lab, recently visited China for a research trip, leading workshops on how creative, hands-on practices can reveal new ways to understand and share health and lived experiences. Read her write-up of the visit: medhumsplatform.org/craft-to-care/ https://medhumsplatform.org/craft-to-care/25 Mar 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvmvnqosm2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mhusjt3ny52bOur third Lab Coat Lunches event will be on Wed 9 April 🥼 Artist Steve Geliot will explore the differences between working as an artist in acute hospital settings and working creatively in ‘end of life’ care. Book your free ticket for this online talk 👇️ https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/after-the-war-arts-and-film-practice-in-hospice-care-tickets-1976708516384?aff=oddtdtcreator25 Mar 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhusjt3ny52bhttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mhq2er4sks2u📣 New publication! @calvirgi.bsky.social and @brettsmithprof.bsky.social set out a new agenda for the use of Conversational Analysis in research in Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences. #openaccess https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2159676X.2026.264498123 Mar 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhq2er4sks2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mhiqxrlvmn2bOn Friday 27 March we're hosting an interdisciplinary conference discussing the intersections between epigenetics, trauma & multilingual narratives, exploring the contribution storytelling makes to the understanding of female-focalised trauma. Free to sign up: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-literature-and-epigenetics-women-narrating-transgenerational-trauma-tickets-1982292162219?aff=oddtdtcreator20 Mar 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhiqxrlvmn2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mhfrvtn2422f🎉 Join us on 20 April to celebrate 25 years of Medical Humanities at Durham and honour Professor Jane Macnaughton, whose work has helped shape the field and establish Durham as a global hub for medical humanities research. Learn more and register 👇️ https://medhumsplatform.org/event/25-years-of-medical-humanities-at-durham-a-celebration-in-honour-of-jane-macnaughton/ https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/medical-humanities/events/25-years-of-medical-humanities/19 Mar 2026 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhfrvtn2422fhttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mhdrici4bf2zThe Measurement Lab's monthly online reading group returns on Tue 21 April! 📚️ This group is open to everyone, and looks at work that engages with scientific, medical, and social measuring practices of the past and present. Register for the mailing list here: https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/medical-humanities/events/measurement-heretics-a-reading-group-in-humane-sciences---april-2026/18 Mar 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdrici4bf2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mhas6qhhns2t📘 A major open-access book on the role of science during the Covid-19 pandemic has been published, co-authored by Prof Alex Broadbent from @durham.ac.uk Department of Philosophy & IMH. Find out more & read it online: https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/medical-humanities/about-us/news/power-knowledge-covid19/ #TransformativeHumanities #MedicalHumanities17 Mar 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhas6qhhns2thttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mhaplcvc4q2nNext Wednesday 25 March, join us for the second instalment of Lab Coat Lunches! We'll be joined by Paulina Yurman who will present methods at the heart of her Wellcome Trust-funded project Maternal Machines: Design Speculations about Fantasies of Care. Sign up: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maternal-machines-and-other-fantasies-of-care-tickets-1976705860440?aff=oddtdtcreator17 Mar 2026 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhaplcvc4q2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mgwhvt3dvc2gExplore how co-production can transform physical activity research and practice 🚶 Join researchers, practitioners, and communities for an exciting day of discussion, insights, and collaboration on Tue 24 March. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/co-production-and-physical-activity-tickets-1978613899436?aff=oddtdtcreator13 Mar 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwhvt3dvc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mgpop6ouyh2gJoin the conversation on the hidden social impacts of the energy transition. Discover solutions, insights, and strategies to overcome challenges and build a fairer energy future. 📆 Tues 17 March 5–6pm, online Reserve your spot for this online talk today: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/overcoming-the-sad-affects-of-the-energy-transition-tickets-1978236209756?aff=oddtdtcreator10 Mar 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpop6ouyh2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mgpk44rfbc2eWe're excited to share a programme preview for our Measurement Heretics workshop! Starting tomorrow, this 3-day workshop brings together international & interdisciplinary perspectives to guide the future of ethical, meaningful health data. You can still book 👇 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/measurement-heretics-workshop-being-meaning-and-measuring-well-tickets-1982883961306?aff=oddtdtcreator10 Mar 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpk44rfbc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mgp76wdbdk2eA new publication by our Moving Bodies Lab researcher Emily Davis, explores professional perspectives on Scottish Ballet’s developing ‘dance on prescription’ model 🩰 Find out more about the publication 👇 https://medhumsplatform.org/prescribing-dance-a-new-study-looks-at-what-health-professionals-think/10 Mar 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgp76wdbdk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mgfr7n4utm2zFed up with rain? ☔️ Maximilian Hepach, member of The Measurement Lab & co-lead of IMH Research Theme ‘Weather, Climate and Health’, studies how changes in weather affect physical & mental health. His work was recently featured in @thetimes.com - catch up here! https://medhumsplatform.org/icymi-fed-up-with-the-rain-you-might-be-meteorosensitive/06 Mar 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfr7n4utm2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/durhamimh.bsky.social/post/3mgfk6yrnsh2c🗺️ We're updating our interactive Global Medical Humanities Map, which plots the world’s medical & health humanities institutions, centres & networks. To update your organisation's info or to add a new medical/health humanities unit, please complete this survey: https://medhumsplatform.org/updating-the-global-medical-humanities-map https://medhumsplatform.org/updating-the-global-medical-humanities-map/06 Mar 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:iri6prmxrxsynsppybtdt6m5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfk6yrnsh2c