You are viewing all events Reset
IMH seminar with Prof. Ericka Johnson on interdisciplinary medical humanities research on the prostate.
22 June 2023
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
TLC101 (Durham University) and Online
A roundtable discussion between Natasha Ruiz-Gómez, Keren Hammerschlag, Tania Cleaves (née Woloshyn), Rebecca Whiteley and Sonia Favi.
05 July 2023
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Online
There is increasing recognition of the co-occurrence of autism and psychosis. Despite this, there remains a lack of understanding of what may underlie co-occurrence, how to best measure co-occurrence, and the impact that co-occurrence may have on functioning, symptoms of psychosis, and other risks including depression and suicide. This talk will explore each of these areas in turn.
18 September 2023
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Calling Durham researchers working with visual methods and materials in relation to health! Join colleagues at all career stages from across the university for an experimental workshop where we will think about images and image-making beyond your own discipline, seed new ideas, and scope the potential for collaborations across institutes and disciplines.
19 September 2023
TBC
Join Francesca Lewis and Veronica Heney for a discussion of representations of madness in historical biopics of royal women. The seminar will bring together three recent films, Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite (2018), Marie Kreutzer's Corsage (2022), and Pablo Larrain's Spencer (2021), to ask how these royal women are re-imagined in light of these biopics' reappraisal of their trauma, their confining circumstances, and their mental distress.
02 October 2023
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
You are warmly invited to attend the virtual Postgraduate Durham University Open Day and find out more about the taught MA in Medical Humanities!
25 October 2023
Join Cat Chong and Jon Venn for a discussion of representations of suicidality and self-harm in video games.
08 November 2023
When it comes to health, what is ‘reasonable’? How can poetry and music help us to understand our lived experiences? What even is ‘reason’ when we think about mental health? Our research cabaret will explore these issues and present research in a way that you’ve probably never seen before!
14 November 2023
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Radisson Blu Hotel, Durham Frankland Lane Durham DH1 5TA
In this hybrid seminar, professor Karen Throsby explores how - within the self-help domain - giving up sugar is never simply a benign health intervention.
15 November 2023
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
IMH (Confluence building) & Online
Join us for a two-hour seminar unpacking the possibilities and challenges of decolonial narrative work in healthcare.
17 November 2023
/prod01/prodbucket01/media/durham-university/research-/research-institutes/institute-for-medical-humanities/art-by-lonfeldt-711404-unsplash-1.jpg)