Skip to main content

Latest news

May newsletter published by IMH

The May edition of our newsletter has been sent to subscribers and is available to read online.
colourful threads on a white background, crossing and connecting.

Welcome to our Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellows (2026–27)

We are delighted to announce our confirmed Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellows who will be joining the Discovery Research Platform in June 2026.
a collage of five people

New report on 'subjective experiences' in mental health research

A new landscaping report co-authored by Durham University researchers and the McPin Foundation highlights the critical role of subjective experience in understanding mental health and improving therapeutic interventions.
A sun rising over mountainous terrain.

Welcome to Johanna Thren: Creative Facilitation Specialist

A warm welcome to Johanna Thren, who joins the Discovery Research Platform and Institute for Medical Humanities as a Creative Facilitation Specialist within our Creative Facilitation Unit led by Mary Robson.
Headshot of Johanna Thren

Improving care for women in prison living with severe mental illness

Women in the prison system often have complex mental health problems, frequently alongside long-term physical conditions, with women from racial minority backgrounds worst affected.
Female hands through prison cell bars

April newsletter published by IMH

The April edition of our newsletter has been sent to subscribers and is available to read online.
black and white illustration of lungs

25 Years of Medical Humanities: A celebration in honour of Jane Macnaughton

Celebrating 25 years of medical humanities at Durham on the occasion of Jane Macnaughton's retirement.
A group of people sitting at long tables clapping

March newsletter published by IMH

The spring edition of our newsletter has been sent to subscribers and is available to read online.
watercolour of pansies

Apply for the PGR/ECR Pathways Fund

A new fund that offers small, practical support for IMH Postgraduate and Early Career Fellows to build connections that advance research related to the Medical Humanities is available.
A researcher talking with another researcher in a workshop setting.

PhD Showcase - call for papers from Postgraduate Research students

The Institute for Medical Humanities at Durham University warmly invites Durham Postgraduate Research (PGR) students to participate in a PhD Showcase afternoon celebrating the diversity and creativity of research in the medical humanities.
A green speech bubble on a background of yellow lined paper with three crumpled yellow balls inside

Jane Macnaughton appointed as St Chad's College Professorial Fellow

Congratulations to former IMH Director, Jane Macnaughton, who has been appointed as a St Chad's College Professorial Fellow following her role as a governor since 2018.
Jane Macnaughton headshot

New book on the construction of scientific orthodoxy and Covid-19

A major open-access book on the role of science during the Covid-19 pandemic has just been published, co-authored by Professor Alex Broadbent from our Department of Philosophy and Institute for Medical Humanities.
Book cover for Power Knowledge and Covid-19 showing people in a Petri dish under a microscope against a blue background.