Events from the 01 January 2023 - 31 December 2023 Reset
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
Online
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
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Join us to explore narrative in secular magic, optical illusions and dream cognition.
24 November 2023
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
TLC113 & Online
An evening of conversation and provocation to launch Professor Stuart Murray’s new book "In/Disciplines".
28 November 2023
Business School (Durham University) & Online
You are warmly invited to attend the Postgraduate Durham University Open Day events to experience Durham campus first-hand and find out more about the taught MA in Medical Humanities!
29 November 2023
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Durham University Campus
Join us for the northern book launch of Robert Chapman's new book on history of neurodiversity and capitalism at ReCoCo.
13 December 2023
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
In person only: Recovery College Collective (ReCoCo), No 1 Carliol Square Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6UF
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