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New film captures launch of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities

We are delighted to announce the release of a new video which explores our vision for interdisciplinary health research.
Screengrab of opening frame of new video about the launch of the Platform, featuring the Platform logo.

Updates from the Narrative Practices Lab

The very first newsletter from the Narrative Practices team has hit the wires.
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ReaderBank returns to the 2024 Edinburgh International Book Festival

Join our team in Edinburgh from 18-24 August for updates and activities relating to our study of reading and the imagination.
ReaderBank logo featuring an opened book over the word 'ReaderBank' in uppercase font.

New publication: Working with a lived experience advisory group as part of a PhD

IMH today published "Engagement, experience and power: Working with an advisory group", the latest Project Short in its Working Knowledge collection.
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IMH publishes July newsletter

The summer edition of our newsletter is now available online.
advisory board members sitting around a table eating lunch and having so much fun

IMH welcomes its Advisory Board to Durham

On 11-12 July, the Institute was delighted to host members of our international Advisory Board in Durham for its annual meeting.
advisory board members sitting around a table eating lunch and having so much fun

IMH welcomes Fellows for summer gathering

The Institute was delighted to host a gathering for IMH Fellows on July 2.
IMH Co-Director Corinne Saunders welcomes IMH Fellows, standing in front of a presentation titled

The Platform is hiring!

We are delighted to announce that a vacancy has opened in the Discovery Research Platform Operations Team for a new Events and Fellowship Coordinator.
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IMH attends first Inclusive Durham Festival

Members of the IMH team enjoyed a thought-provoking day at the first Inclusive Durham Festival, which brought together over 250 Durham colleagues to discuss best practice for diversity and inclusion within the University.
IMH EDI Lead Mary Robson smiles at the camera, standing in front of a stall featuring print materials on IMH practices.

New online home for the Black Health and the Humanities Network

The Black Health and the Humanities Network (BHH) are delighted to announce that they have moved to a new website.
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Medical humanities pioneer to oversee influential bioethics council

Professor Jane Macnaughton from our Institute for Medical Humanities and Department of Anthropology has been chosen as the next Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Governing Board.
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The Moving Bodies Lab publishes first newsletter

Announcing the publication of the very first online newsletter from the Moving Bodies Lab.
Inbox preview of Moving Bodies Lab Newsletter. The screen shot features the Moving Bodies Lab official artwork (A platform on a stormy sea on which a group of people of various body types, backgrounds and ages are perform different exercises). Beneath the image, is the heading