Please consider submitting an article for this special issue of the Monash Bioethics Review on Medical Humanities in the 21st Century: their meaning, value, and place in academic and societal discussion. Deadline 31 Dec, more info here link.springer.com/journal/40592/… or get in touch

We are experiencing a Covid surge Here are some facts Covid leads to more hospitalizations than flu Covid leads to more deaths than flu Covid is NOT seasonal; flu is Even mild COVID can cause #LongCovid According to CDC, COVID hospitalization rates are double those of the flu

Many thanks to the organisers for an enjoyable and thought-provoking day at the first Inclusive Durham Festival! Great to hear about the wonderful EDI work being done by colleagues, share our work on Everywhere Ethics, and to reflect on how we can build upon this in the future 💡

A professor of biomedical humanities has written something about my book A HEART THAT WORKS that I found quite moving. Warning, it’s pretty heavy.❤️‍🩹 medicalhealthhumanities.com/2024/07/10/wit…

This is medical racism. They used to call these “Mongolian blue spots” and they occur in almost all Black and Asian children but only 10% of white babies. The discolouration usually disappears when the child is 2. What a horrible thing for the mother and child to experience.

For international students, add: visa stress, funding stress and language hurdles Nice cartoon by labducks

📢 Are you an experienced event organiser? 📋 An efficient and organised administrator? Then consider applying for the role of Events & Fellowship Coordinator with the Platform! More about this exciting position below 👇 Deadline: 29 July. lnkd.in/eUhR2uV3 #hiring

Practical magic, flourishing ecosystems, taking organisational inspiration from slime mould, embracing incompleteness, principles of conviviality, unlearning & holding centres. Why yes! Inspiring discussion of research cultures built by Wellcome RDAs wellcome.org/grant-funding/…

The first keynote of #SSHM2024 conference. Professor Matthew Smith, CSHHH Glasgow ‘Forging a Path of Resistance through the History of Health & Medicine #histmed

Helpful review by Dr Paige Donaghy of the recent Medical Humanities in Australia Symposium, including an insider account of a 'visual medical humanities masterclass' led by Ludmilla Jordanova: thepolyphony.org/2024/07/23/med… via The Polyphony

a n a r c h y #RatsofConfluence doing some spatial mapping for their interdisciplinary research

Today on the Academic Blog, Tia Ali, Marketing Manager at Bloomsbury Academic, introduces 5 key books that aim to decolonize research & academia, & discusses the need for further resources & initiatives to help fully dismantle entrenched power structures. bit.ly/46tA5HK

💡What are the benefits & challenges of working w/ a #livedexperience working group as part of a humanities PhD? Veronica Heney, Ashley, Eleanor Higgins, Naomi Salisbury & Sarah-Jayne Hartley reflect on this in our latest Working Knowledge Project Short: tinyurl.com/wk-advisory-gr…

OFF TO THE NEXT ROUND! An incredible win by Imane Khelif to shut up all the haters 🤫 We keep moving 🇩🇿🥊

New episode on tattoos!! In ep 4 of season 3, we discuss the material and visual culture of tattooing (example in image below), the art history of tattoos, contagion and pathologization, and criminal anthropology. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!! drawingbloodpod.com/tattoos-devian…

Call for Papers: Medical humanities in the 21st Century UEA Medical & Health Humanities MedicalHumanities@NCLUni Medical Humanities Uni Vienna Medical Law and Ethics Discussion Group, Oxford Family and Medical Law Research Group, Oxford Durham Institute for Medical Humanities King's CHH Medicine, Health and Wellbeing in the Humanities Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research Edinburgh Health and Medical Humanities Network

NEW SURVEY: Survey of British Muslims After October 7th Shows A Rise in Anti-Muslim Abuse tellmamauk.org/survey-of-brit… The Tell MAMA Survation poll was conducted between 15/07/2024 – 29/07/2024 and involved 550 British Muslims of Shia and Sunni theological backgrounds. The survey

👏👏👏Congratulations to our very own Jane Macnaughton who has been appointed as the new Chair of the Governing Board of Nuffield Council on Bioethics! Durham University

On Saturday 17th August, GENDER.ED were honoured to support the Edinburgh International Book Festival event, ‘Jill Burke, Emma Dabiri & Moshtari Hilal: Beautiful Rebellion’, alongside Edinburgh Futures Institute. Seen here are photos from the reception that followed the event.

Co-organisers Simon Buck and Ian Stewart present and think through material from the Race, Empire and the Edinburgh Medical School Conference which took place in April 2024 IASH, Edinburgh and was supported by SSHM (@sshmedicine.bsky.social) thepolyphony.org/2024/08/27/rac…