Medical Humanities: (In)Visibility NNMHR Congress 2021

The global and local health inequalities revealed and perpetuated by the COVID-19 pandemic require us to reflect upon how we do medical humanities research. How does our work render some aspects of health and illness visible, while leaving others out of sight? 

The aim of this year’s congress is to think more carefully about what sort of experiences the medical humanities has become adept at bringing to light, whilst reflecting on the ways in which theoretical methodologies, research priorities and funding structures have left other voices unheard.

We are delighted to bring you over 50 sessions which cover a huge range of perspectives on the theme of invisibility in the medical humanities. Our themes are Ageing, COVID-19, Creative Methodologies, Disability, Education, Gender and Sexuality, Inequalities, Maternity and Childbirth, Mental health, Narrative, Race, Shame and Stigma, and Visual Culture. Our speakers will be joining us from from all over the world. Visit the congress website to register for access to the full programme and all the session links.

Hosted by the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University

Organised by the Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research

Supported by Wellcome