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New ways to connect with The Polyphony

Follow some of the most exciting work in medical humanities on LinkedIn.
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Hearing Spirits: The Work and Technique of Controlled Clairaudience

A new publication sheds light on people's experience of hearing spirit voices.
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January newsletter published by IMH

The January edition of our newsletter is now available online.
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Creative Facilitation: Insight, Practice and Futures

Exploring the practice of creative facilitation at IMH and beyond.
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New volume of essays on dreams and dreaming

A major intervention in the field of dream studies has just been published, edited by Marco Bernini and Ben Alderson-Day from our Institute for Medical Humanities.
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Welcome to Cassie Yip

A warm welcome to Cassie Yip, who joins the Institute for Medical Humanities as a Communications Intern.
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December newsletter published by IMH

The December edition of our newsletter is now available online.
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Applications now open for 2026 Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship Scheme

The scheme aims to support professionals and researchers from Health or Voluntary and Community sectors to develop research within the medical humanities.
A structure of interconnected platforms and floating islands on a stormy sea. Each platform features items that reflect the Labs and Sites of the Platform. Top left to top right: Visual and Material, The WellSpring, Measurement, Narrative and Cognition, The Festival. Bottom left to bottom right: The Practice, Affective Experience, Narrative Practice, Moving Bodies.

Hope Collective 2.0

A new initiative exploring how poetry supports connection led by IMH partner organisations.
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New IMH Co-Director

We warmly welcome our new Co-Director, Katrin Wehling-Giorgi.
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IMH publishes latest events bulletin

The November edition of our newsletter - an events-focused e-bulletin - is now available online.
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Stellar Line-up at Between the Lines

IMH’s fourth annual Research Cabaret was a resounding success.
Researchers sharing their research through performance at Between the Lines