IMH are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Adam Powell as the Institute’s first ever Lecturer in Medical Humanities. Adam will play a central role in the delivery of a new suite of taught postgraduate programmes in Medical Humanities.
Adam will play a central role in the delivery of the new suite of taught postgraduate programmes in Medical Humanities, recently launched by the Institute for Medical Humanities. This includes a distance learning Masters in Medical Humanities which is the first of its kind in the world.
While working primarily with the IMH, Adam will also be based in the Department of Theology and Religion.
Adam has extensive research expertise at the intersection of sociology of religion, psychology, and medical humanities, as well as previous experience convening a distance learning MA programme. He will lead the MA’s two core modules “Concepts and Frameworks in the Critical Medical Humanities” and “Reimagining Health Research”.
Adam is a scholar of medical humanities and religion interested in how the social and cognitive sciences can illuminate the processes by which religion/spirituality is involved in identity formation and wellbeing. This has meant that much of his work blends disciplinary approaches from sociology, psychology, and the history of religions to investigate individual and group responses to conflict, trauma, and extraordinary perceptual experiences.
Adam joined Durham University in 2016 as a research fellow on the award-winning project, Hearing the Voice. His work on spiritual voice-hearing was subsequently covered by news outlets across more than 30 countries - including features in Forbes, Slate, and BBC Science Focus. Prior to Durham, Adam was the programme director for a distance-learning MA at Lenoir-Rhyne University in the U.S.
Dr Adam Powell said:
“Medical Humanities is more than an academic field, it is a marriage of the resources and affordances of the humanities and social sciences with the critical challenges of human health and flourishing. Working in Durham's Institute for Medical Humanities has shown me how happy that marriage can be and how potentially transformative the outcomes are. I am now thrilled to be taking on the role of Lecturer in Medical Humanities to help new postgraduates recognise and realise that same potential. The future of medical humanities in Durham - and beyond - is absolutely gleaming!”
Find out more about the course options and how to apply at MAs in Medical Humanities - Durham University.
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