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New online home for the Black Health and the Humanities Network

The Black Health and the Humanities Network (BHH) are delighted to announce that they have moved to a new website.
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Medical humanities pioneer to oversee influential bioethics council

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.
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The Moving Bodies Lab publishes first newsletter

Announcing the publication of the very first online newsletter from the Moving Bodies Lab.
Inbox preview of Moving Bodies Lab Newsletter. The screen shot features the Moving Bodies Lab official artwork (A platform on a stormy sea on which a group of people of various body types, backgrounds and ages are perform different exercises). Beneath the image, is the heading

Honorary Fellowship awarded to Jonny Coates

Dr Jonathan Coates appointed as Honorary Fellow and Associate Professor in Practice in the Institute for Medical Humanities.
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National Poetry Centre appoints Nick Barley as Director

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

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

The May 2024 edition of our newsletter is now available online.
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Psychic nights can help with grief, study finds

Attending psychic nights can help ease a person’s grief, according to the initial findings of a research study.
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Welcoming Marta Cenedese to the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities

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.
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Come work with us! New Postdoctoral Research Associate opportunity with The Platform

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).
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Creative Methods Workshop

On March 11th 2024 Hazel Marzetti visited the Discovery Research Platform, and together with Veronica Heney facilitated a workshop exploring interpretation and creative methods.
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Leverhulme success for Moving Bodies Lab researcher

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