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.

Announcing the publication of the very first online newsletter from the Moving Bodies Lab.

Dr Jonathan Coates appointed as Honorary Fellow and Associate Professor in Practice in the Institute for Medical Humanities.

IMH Professor in Practice Nick Barley appointed as the first director of the National Poetry Centre.

New publication from IMH commemorates our first five years as an Institute at Durham University.

The May 2024 edition of our newsletter is now available online.

Attending psychic nights can help ease a person’s grief, according to the initial findings of a research study.

Marta joins the IMH as a UKRI fellow (guarantee for MSCA) and will be part of the Narrative Practices Lab in the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities.

IMH and Department of Sociology at Durham University seek to appoint a talented researcher and scholar to the role of Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on The Practice Site, part of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities (DRP-MH).

On March 11th 2024 Hazel Marzetti visited the Discovery Research Platform, and together with Veronica Heney facilitated a workshop exploring interpretation and creative methods.

Leverhulme Research Fellowship awarded to Dr Megan Girdwood, a researcher with the Moving Bodies Lab.

Applications are now open for three Bridging Fellowships within the Discovery Research Platform at the Institute for Medical Humanities.