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Reimagining the imagination at the world’s largest literary festival

Researchers from our Institute for Medical Humanities have taken our innovative ReaderBank project to the Jaipur Literature Festival in Rajasthan, India.
Four people standing smiling at the camera

Welcome to Ifejuola Atunwa

A warm welcome to Ifejuola Atunwa, who joins the Platform as our Partnerships and Engagement Intern.
Ifejuola Atunwa at matriculation in Durham Cathedral.

Welcome to Joyanne Chan

A warm welcome to Joyanne Chan, who joins the Institute for Medical Humanities as a Communications Intern.
Joyanne Chan, a young woman with black hair, wearing a black top and jeans, sits on a flight of castle steps.

Final newsletter of the year from IMH

The December edition is now available online.
An abstract painting with pink, blue, orange and black paint splotches.

Grant success for IMH Honorary Fellow

Ruben Verwaal has been awarded a grant by the Dutch Heritage Council (RCE, 2025-26) for the ‘Valuable and Healing’ project.
An older person in a wheelchair looks up at the art on the walls of a gallery and smiles.

Applications now open for 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.

Third IMH research cabaret is a resounding success

A write-up of our event on 12 November.
Amy Pearson sat on the floor at the beginning of an aerial performance with ropes.

Three new Honorary Fellows to join the Institute

A warm IMH welcome to Dawn Williams, Chimwemwe Phiri and Katharine Cheston.
Three black and white profile photographs in a row: Dawn Williams (Left), Chimwemwe Phiri (Middle) and Katharine Cheston (Right).

Event recordings now available

New recordings repositories launched for IMH and Platform websites.
Hand holding film camera aloft against a blue sky.

Black Lung by Megan Adams

IMH and New Writing North are delighted to mark the 2024 research cabaret with the publication of this short story.
Old black and white photograph of a coal mine. At the forefront of the image is a bridge, across which a group of miners walk.

Narrative Practices Co-Lead published in The Conversation

Veronica Heney reflects on Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler: a 'sad girl novel' that lacks emotional depth.
Cropped book cover image for 'Adelaide'. A painting of a young white woman with fair hair slumped against a wall with her eyes closed.

IMH publishes November newsletter

News and insights from the Institute for Medical Humanities.
Durham Castle in the sunshine - a grass-covered courtyard surrounded by historic buildings.