The decisions we make about medical interventions, the kinds of interventions we agree to, and even what we decide to research, are all determined by politics, society and culture as much as they are by science Watch Erica Charters on the medical humanities ⬇️

Project spotlight 🧐 'The Public's Health' is a research collaboration between members of our hub and the BFI, examining public health communications in moving images. Read more: torch.ox.ac.uk/bfi-collaborat…

⭐️Applications Invited⭐️ Workshop ‘Theorizing a global approach to public deliberation in health’ Stephanie Johnson & Chris Degeling are inviting applications to join their workshop in Bangkok on 23 & 24 October 2024. Full details ⬇️⬇️ ethox.ox.ac.uk/news/workshop-…

We offer support for research activities in the field of medical humanities Applications are welcome from Oxford DPhils, ECRs, research staff and postholders For more info and criteria: torch.ox.ac.uk/medical-humani…

"While patient hope is important in healthcare, not just any hope will do." Read Prof Steve Clarke on misaligned hope and faith in healthcare Oxford Ethics + Humanities Practical Ethics Faculty of Philosophy torch.ox.ac.uk/article/misali…

Check out the full seminar recording at youtube.com/watch?v=1pOjsV…

#Job opportunity! Ethox Centre is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in Ethics & Infectious Disease - working with Oxford-Johns Hopkins Global Health Ethics Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics Pandemic Sciences Institute . Deadline 5 Sept. Details ⬇️⬇️ ethox.ox.ac.uk/news/job-oppor… Oxford Population Health (OxPop) Oxford Ethics + Humanities TORCH Medical Humanities Hub

The Registration is NOW OPEN for the 'Biotechnologies, Artificial Intelligence, and Human Identity' Conference for 17 October 2024. Details: tinyurl.com/uw6a336y Org by TORCH Medical Humanities Hub Practical Ethics. Saint Meinrad Stanford University Oxford Internet Institute

Philosophy in Prison: some thoughts, and doubts, about the role of philosophy blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2024/08/philos… Practical Ethics TORCH Medical Humanities Hub TORCH Oxford ANTITHESES Research Platform

The After the End poetry competition 2024 is open! Closing date 3 October - National Poetry Day! TORCH Oxford Ethox Centre University of Oxford Oxford Students Experience Oxfordshire TORCH Environmental Humanities Hub TORCH Medical Humanities Hub Find out more! News — After The End (squarespace.com)

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

Call for papers: Biotechnologies and Human Identity 📅 Closes 7 Jan 2025 (Bioethics special issue) 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/asse…

Why Humanities are vital! The Guardian University of Oxford Humanities Division TORCH Oxford Faculty of English Oxford Modern Languages Kellogg College, University of Oxford Faculty of Music Oxford Students Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies TORCH Medical Humanities Hub TORCH Environmental Humanities Hub Race and Resistance theguardian.com/education/arti…

New co-authored paper, led by Sally Frampton, on the importance of humanities and social sciences for pandemic preparedness TORCH Medical Humanities Hub TORCH Oxford Practical Ethics frontiersin.org/journals/publi…

Biotechnologies, Artificial Intelligence, and Human Identity Conference 📅17 October 2014 📍Oxford With keynotes from John Haldane @standrewsphil, Keith Lemna Saint Meinrad, and Bill Hurlbut Stanford Medical Center torch.ox.ac.uk/event/biotechn…

Do you work at the intersection of critical medical humanities and queer studies? Submit an abstract to this special issue of MedHums_BMJ on Queer Medical Humanities! Co-edited w/ Benjamin Dalton & Maurice Nagington 🏳️‍🌈💃☮️. #medhums #queer

Pandemic preparedness: why humanities and social sciences matter 🔽 frontiersin.org/journals/publi… Sally Frampton 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 Kingsley S Orievulu (PhD) Philippa Matthews Alberto Giubilini Joshua Hordern Dr Lizzie Burns Ethan Friederich Dr Sam Martin🇩🇲 🌈 #LongCovid #MECFS #AIARTIST Austin Stevenson Samantha Vanderslott

Humanising the Global Response to MPox: Lessons from COVID-19 and the Humanities? By Utsa Bose, Alberto Giubilini and Tolú Òsáyomí torch.ox.ac.uk/article/humani…

For more on this subject, join our upcoming roundtable "From COVID-19 to MPox: Lessons from the Humanities?" 21 Nov in Oxford, all welcome torch.ox.ac.uk/event/from-cov…