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Applications now open for 2026 Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship Scheme

The scheme aims to support professionals and researchers from Health or Voluntary and Community sectors to develop research within the medical humanities.
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Hope Collective 2.0

A new initiative exploring how poetry supports connection led by IMH partner organisations.
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New IMH Co-Director

We warmly welcome our new Co-Director, Katrin Wehling-Giorgi.
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Stellar Line-up at Between the Lines

IMH’s fourth annual Research Cabaret was a resounding success.
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New publication: The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Medicine

Announcing the publication of the Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Medicine edited by Alex Broadbent.
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PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities at Durham University

The IMH welcomes PhD proposals that align with the medical humanities via this scheme.
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Module 8 by Christy Ducker

IMH and New Writing North are delighted to mark the 2025 Research Cabaret with the publication of ‘Module 8’ by Christy Ducker.
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Celebrating the launch of six new interdisciplinary research themes

On 22 October, the IMH welcomed more than 60 IMH Fellows, Durham University researchers and professional services staff to the launch of six new research strands.
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We're hiring! Apply to be our IMH Communications Intern

The Institute for Medical Humanities is currently seeking a Communications Intern.
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IMH publishes latest newsletter

The October edition of our newsletter is now available online.
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Collaborating with Action for ME to improve understanding of ME

Dr Katharine Cheston, from our Institute for Medical Humanities and Department of Sociology, is working with the charity Action for ME to better understand what it is like to live with ME and long Covid.
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Registration now open for ‘Between the Lines: A Research Cabaret’

Join us for an evening of live music, poetry, dance, and chaos to explore what it means to live between the lines.
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