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Institute for Medical Humanities
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Our History

Medical humanities has had a dynamic institutional presence in Durham for more than twenty-five years.

Jane Macnaughton established the Centre for the Arts and Humanties in health and Medicine in 2000 and developed this into the Centre for Medical Humanities in 2008. In 2017 she led a team of researchers to secure major development funding from Wellcome, and in 2018 the Institute for Medical Humanities was launched at the Durham Town Hall. The Institute is currently led by Angela Woods, who has been in post as Director since December 2021.
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Our Research Strands 2018–2023

From 2018–2023, our research into hidden experiences of health and illness spanned six interdisciplinary research themes: Embodied Symptoms; Thinking, Feeling & Imagining; Fringe Cognition; Everyday Environments; The Science of Human Experience and Critical Concepts. We also supported a wide range of projects. 

You can find out more about our research activity from 2018 to 2023 by reading the brochure below.  

 

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The Institute for Medical Humanities: 2018–2023

Commemorating our first five years as an Institute, this new publication celebrates the achievements and activities of the IMH between 2018 and 2023.

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