A reminder that Ria and are I talking uncertainty, doubt, precariousness and associated anxieties (not always negatively...) on Wednesday. Please join us.

We're excited to host Ria Cheyne and Stuart Murray for a conversation about Uncertainty and #medicalhumanities on Wednesday 15 May, 4-5pm BST. Register for the webinar below!

kent-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Day 2 of our Imagining technologies for disability futures conference and we're working with Dan Waters on a film documenting the event and our research. Here's Dr. Brandy Schillace helping set up the interview space. Looking forward to another great set of presentations and discussion #MedicalHumanities #Disability

We're having wonderful discussions on the first day of our Imagining technologies for disability futures conference. Here, Jamie Preece, Emma Sullivan, Fin Tams-Gray and Graham Pullin present their research on making and owning voices in augmentative and alternative communication.
#MedicalHumanities #Disability

Really enjoyed meeting researchers at the University of York yesterday and talking about growing our research culture. Thanks for the invitation to speak, the stimulating conversations, and the free plants!

york.ac.uk/biology/resear…

Pain and Narrative

A stellar special issue of Literature and Medicine edited by Sara Wasson muse.jhu.edu/issue/52188

📢 Bridging Fellowships in Medical Humanities 📢

3 x 12mth Bridging Fellowships for recent PhD graduates in any relevant discipline to develop their research and careers in Durham Institute for Medical Humanities's Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities.

Apply April 15 durham.taleo.net/careersection/…

A thrill to be nominated.

🚀📢Only one week left to apply for our #MedicalHumanities International Summer School with CMHB_LiU (9-11 Sept, Vadstena, Sweden).
Applications close 12 March. Generous bursaries available!

tinyurl.com/med-hums-summe…

LivingBodiesObjects also joined us on the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast emphasising the importance of safe and inclusive spaces that challenge conventional approaches and bridge the gap between researchers and participants: player.captivate.fm/episode/43de6c…

It’s been wonderful working on the series over the last year. If you have any ideas for a project that fits with what we do, please contact Ben Doyle or any member of the editorial team.

2 years ago I lived on the 16th floor of a high rise building in Dnipro, Ukraine. 2 years ago today, I woke up at around 6am and opened my twitter account to find out Russia had invaded Ukraine. (1)

If I can’t get my epilepsy medication I have seizures. It’s that straightforward.

We're hiring a part-time Research Assistant to work with LBO and Thackray Museum of Medicine. Flexible hours April-July 2024; deadline 15 March. Email [email protected] for info

'I'm staggering from insomnia. I feel it in my legs, in my eye sockets and in my shoulders... And I know that the ground is giving way under my feet and that insomniacs are maniacs in the desert of their boredom'
#Sleep #MedicalHumanities #Memoir

First new English translation of Kafka's diaries since the 1940s, restoring the unexpurgated text. Was there a modernist more obsessed with #sleep ? Five hours was 'an extraordinary achievement' but any 'happiness was my unhappiness' as 'the gods of revenge came crashing down'.

Exciting news: the Reimagining Sleep Exhibition will be on Newcastle Libraries from 14 to 28 March!

Browse the exhibition & take part in the programme:

💤14/3, 6-7pm: talk by Diletta De Cristofaro. 🎫 eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-are-we-…

💤23/3, 10am-12pm: creative workshop. 🎫eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-wor…

As always, great commentary by Dr Anna McFarlane on this relationship.

I love Susan Morris' work on activity, sleep and data, especially her 2016 installation Sun Dial : Night Watch; wonderful huge wall-hung woven tapestries. She was kind enough as well to send me a copy of the beautiful exhibition dossier.
susanmorris.com/sundial-images/
LivingBodiesObjects #sleep