Xiaohong Liu introduces the concept and history of Chinese tea therapy, alongside its contemporary practice at Hunan Cancer Hospital in China: thepolyphony.org/2025/10/28/c...

Claire Jeantils and @sarawasson.bsky.social reflect on the experience of translating Wasson’s article “Before Narrative” into French, exploring the challenges and opportunities the process revealed for the field of medical humanities. thepolyphony.org/2025/11/05/t...

📢 @durham.ac.uk has announced the competition for eight PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities, supported by our AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award and the Faculties of Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences, for candidates starting October 2026. Find out more 👇 www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

Tricks and treats with the #RatsOfConfluence

📅 Join us on Tuesday 4 November for a seminar on Violence, Trauma & Memory: The Causes and Impacts of Moral Injury. This hybrid event is free to attend either in person at the Institute for Medical Humanities, or online. Find out more and book tickets:

We're getting excited for our @beinghumanfest.bsky.social Research Cabaret event next week! 🤩 Check out some of the amazing performers you can look forward to in the thread below 🧵 👇

📣 The Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research is pleased to present RETHINKING RIGOUR, a two-day symposium exploring creative-critical research in medical humanities. 📅 4-5 December 2025 Find out more about the event and book your free tickets 👇

📆 Join us at the Recovery College Collective for 'Challenging Gut Stigma' - an event which is part of the Festival of Social Science, on 5 November 2-4pm. Find out more and book your free tickets 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/challengin...

Throughout October and November @danielpjones.bsky.social, artist and researcher in the Moving Bodies Lab, is undertaking a dance-based artist residency at Dance City Newcastle 🩰 Read about it in our blog post 👇 medhumsplatform.org/exploring-mo...

The Polyphony @the-polyphony.bsky.social is hiring three new editorial roles! 🖋️ Two General Editors and one Reviews Editor. Closing date 23.59 GMT on 17 November 2025. Click the link for more information & to apply! thepolyphony.org/2025/10/27/w...

📅 Join us on Monday 24 November for an online interdisciplinary symposium on Tourette Syndrome, imagining a future of Tourettic Studies that is looking beyond the syndrome, featuring Bridging Fellow @danielpjones.bsky.social. Find out more & register here 👇 medhumsplatform.org/event/toward...

We're hiring 3 new editors! 2 general and 1 for reviews! thepolyphony.org/2025/10/27/w...

What is the future of Tourette Syndrome research, beyond the 'syndrome'? I'm really excited to be facilitating a remote roundtable of provocations with these folks. Why not come along, and see what the future of interdisciplinary TS research holds? Tickets⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-to...

@cforsdick.bsky.social concludes the @readingbodies.bsky.social takeover and discusses how this project contributes to rethinking the medical humanities in ways that are simultaneously multilingual, transnational and translational. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/24/m...

Tickets for this year's Research Cabaret #BetweentheLines are selling fast! 🎶 💃 Feat. performances from @louisecreechan.bsky.social, Ruben Verwaal, @danielpjones.bsky.social, Emily Davis & @georgiapunton.bsky.social Get your tickets while you still can! @beinghumanfest.bsky.social

I'm planning an interactive workshop on the senses and medical humanities, to be held in Leeds in July 2026. It will involve creative practitioners, academics, and clinicians. If this is something you'd be interested in attending, please drop me a message or reply to this post and we can chat more!

More dance breaks required! 💃🕺 Emily Davis, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Moving Bodies Lab, was invited to facilitate participatory dance activities at two major arts and health events in the UK @dusportexsci.bsky.social Read about it here 👇 medhumsplatform.org/re-thinking-...

A warm welcome to all the IMH Fellows and @durham.ac.uk staff joining us at the launch of our new IMH Research Themes this afternoon! 🚀 Find out more about our six interdisciplinary research strands for 2025-7 here 👉 tinyurl.com/3az9c8jb

Interested in our MA in Medical Humanities? 🤔 Join our course tutors tomorrow evening (23 October) at 7pm for a short overview and an opportunity to ask questions. More info & sign up here 👇 www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

We're pleased to share the publication of 'Changing Gears: Findings from a North East participatory project' 🛞 📖 Find out more & download the brochure 👇 medhumsplatform.org/changing-gea...

📢 We are currently seeking a Communications Intern! We're looking for a @durham.ac.uk student to work alongside our friendly team to promote IMH events & activities 💬 📅 Deadline for applications is 11 November 2025 For more information & to apply please visit: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

@katharinemurphy.bsky.social introduces the @readingbodies.bsky.social takeover and discusses what historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contribute to the medical humanities. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/20/h...

New publication! Our v. own @beccajackson.bsky.social discusses the racial history of the Apgar Score – a score assigned to infants one minute after birth. Find out more: medhumsplatform.org/the-apgar-sc...

"Rather than asking why specific communities are ‘hard to reach’, perhaps the real question is – have they simply been easier to ignore?" Rianna Raymond-Williams discusses 'Unboxing', a creative elicitation tool she developed for her doctoral study. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/17/e...

Wondering what a Research Cabaret is? 🤔 Organiser and researcher @louisecreechan.bsky.social explains what you might expect at our @beinghumanfest.bsky.social event next month 🎭 Tickets: tinyurl.com/research-cab...

We're delighted to welcome Sofie Layton as a new Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Visual & Material Lab 🎉 Read our written interview with Sofie to find out more about her work and interests: medhumsplatform.org/introducing-...

Tomorrow marks the start of my #Dance Residency with Dance City. I'll be exploring #urban #affect and its impact on the Tourettic body, and considering the value of tics in performance spaces for translating experiences of #TouretteSyndrome! 🕺 Here's to making art! 🌟 (Photos from previous work!)

There's plenty of news in our Discovery Research Platform's October e-bulletin - from new research themes and publications, to reflections on A Wheely Workshop, Narrative Practice and Curating Cultural Heritage events 📖 Read it here 👉 mailchi.mp/300a7e52f6b3...

Welcome to @claireturner.bsky.social, who joins us as a Bridging Fellow in the Affective Experience Lab 🎉 Claire is a historian of medicine and the senses. We're excited to work with her! Find out about Claire's research in this written interview 👇 medhumsplatform.org/introducing-...

The Big Survey is now live! It has been such a privilege to get to work on this with such a wonderful, inspiring team at @actionforme.bsky.social, including our brilliant Patient and Public Involvement Group, made up of people with lived experience of ME and Long Covid.

🎉 We are delighted to launch this year’s Big Survey in collaboration with @actionforme.bsky.social! If you are in the UK living with ME or Long Covid with ME symptoms, we want to hear from you! tinyurl.com/2s4dbrkx 🧵

ME and ME-like symptoms affect approximately 1.35 million people in the UK. Find out how @kacheston.bsky.social, from our Department of Sociology and @durhamimh.bsky.social, is collaborating with @actionforme.bsky.social to understand the impact of this condition: www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Curious about how medicine, culture, and society intersect? Considering a taught PG programme? Join us to explore the MA in Medical Humanities @durham.ac.uk Choose your online session: 14 October | 11:00–11:30 BST 23 October | 19:00–19:30 BST Book now! tinyurl.com/ma-medhums 🧵

Our 2025 Big Survey is now open! 🎉 For more information, our FAQs, and to take part, head to our web page: www.actionforme.org.uk/research-campaigns/our-research-work/big-survey/ Thank you for supporting our research💙 🤝in collaboration with @durhamimh.bsky.social @kacheston.bsky.social

Join us on 6th November for our annual Research Cabaret! An evening of live music 🎶 poetry 💬 dance 🕺💃 and chaos 🎉 exploring what it means to live between the lines. Featuring Durham IMH researchers and local performers! Reserve your FREE ticket here 🎟️👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/between-th...

Katharine Cheston reflects on her own experience of ME and the need for a more caring, curious, and compassionate approach to health research. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/09/p...

🛞 How might wheeled technologies, such as bicycles, wheelchairs, skateboards, and prams, afford different experiences of space, mobility, and performance? Catch up on the recent Wheely Workshop hosted by our Moving Bodies Lab here! 👇 medhumsplatform.org/a-wheely-wor...

Jack Rhys Hancock explores the well-loved novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Simon Stephen’s play adaptation, reflecting its ongoing influence on the representation of Autism. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/03/b...

Welcome to @tamarinnorwood.bsky.social, who joins us as a Honorary Fellow in the Visual & Material Lab 🥳 We're looking forward to working with you! medhumsplatform.org/welcome-to-t...

Sathyaraj Venkatesan reviews Maureen Burdock's 2025 comic publication, Sleepless Planet: A Guide to Healing from Insomnia, exploring its role as a graphic narrative in portraying sociocultural dynamics of sleep. thepolyphony.org/2025/09/29/b...

Shu Yang reports on the latest developments in understanding diseases and disorders in the Chinese context from a gender perspective in medicine. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/01/p...

Welcome and congratulations to @beccajackson.bsky.social, who joins us as a Postdoctoral Research Associate 🥳 Rebecca was previously a Bridging Fellow, and we are excited to continue working with her. Read about her upcoming work in this written interview 👇 medhumsplatform.org/welcoming-re...

Today we welcome seven postdocs to new roles in the @durhamimh.bsky.social Discovery Research Platform

Updated my bio to reflect some upcoming changes - this week marks my last week working with @srsrensoc.bsky.social and @hematopolitics.bsky.social. Next week, I'll be starting at @durhamimh.bsky.social, where I'll be continuing my research on the sensecapes of cancer.

It’s a new academic year! May we present to those just joining us some favourites from the #RatsOfConfluence back catalogue….

📮Our September newsletter was a ReaderBank special! 📚 We reflected on our time at @edbookfest.bsky.social where we launched a range of new @thereaderbank.bsky.social activities to help you learn more about the reading mind. 👀View the newsletter here: mailchi.mp/ee3bf2b5f065...

We are very pleased to welcome @harrietbarratt.bsky.social 🎉 Harriet joins us as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Visual & Material Lab. Read about Harriet and her work in this interview: 👇 medhumsplatform.org/introducing-...

This is a brilliant exhibition of some amazing contemporary art inspired by Lafcadio Hearn - and if you haven't explored Ushaw College (I hadn't) it's a very cool site. Lots of good Victoriana. Congrats to Fraser (@durhamimh.bsky.social), Claire, Steven, Kieran and the Kwaidan exhibition team!

Excited to share the first post of a takeover from @queercircle.bsky.social on the concept of 'queer space' as a site of health creation. Thanks to Research and Health Lead Frances Williams for setting the scene. thepolyphony.org/2025/09/15/q...

We are pleased to welcome Xiao Ge, joining our Discovery Research Platform as a Bridging Fellow in the Narrative Practices Lab and @languagesdurham.bsky.social 🤩 Read more about Xiao's work on reframing postpartum well-being in this interview 👇 medhumsplatform.org/introducing-...