Every year, BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) hold a nationwide search for academics with new ideas that will resonate with a wider audience. These New Generation Thinkers represent some of the brightest scholars in the country and their research has the potential to redefine our understanding of an array of topics, from our history to the way we speak.

IMH are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Adam Powell as the Institute’s first ever Lecturer in Medical Humanities. Adam will play a central role in the delivery of a new suite of taught postgraduate programmes in Medical Humanities.

Our research has inspired a new stage play about how we all live with the voices in our heads.

In the latest edition of our regular bulletin, new IMH Director Angela Woods welcomes a whole host of new staff, research fellows, and Polyphony editors which mark an exciting future for the Institute. We also feature a new publication on 'Menopausal symptoms and work'.

In the latest edition of our regular bulletin, we welcome new recruits to our thriving research community, and invite those of you with research interests to join our public engagement workshops. We also introduce you to The Observatory, our new public involvement group.

IMH is hosting the 4th Annual Congress of the Northern Network for Medical Humanities on 21-23 April 2021, on Zoom.

We are recruiting for a Lecturer in Medical Humanities to help us develop and deliver this new programme. The post is Grade 7: £34,304 - £36,382 per annum and full time for 36 months. Apply on the Durham University Job Vacancies Site by 5 January 2022.

Hearing the Voice are delighted to announce the release of their new Royal College of Psychiatrists CPD eLearning module on ‘Phenomenology and treatment of voice hearing in psychiatric practice’.

In the latest edition of our regular bulletin, we share news of promotions, new colleagues and job opportunities within the IMH team. We also share a bumper list of upcoming events including our contributions to the Durham Book Festival and Being Human Festival.

We are incredibly proud to announce that our Director, Professor Jane Macnaughton, has become Durham University’s new Deputy Vice Provost for Research. In this role she will be able to share her considerable expertise with researchers across the university, not just those in medical humanities. This exciting opportunity means that, after 22 years, she will step down as Director of the Institute for Medical Humanities.

As our wonderful colleagues Harriet, Fiona and Tehseen move on to pastures new, we are seeking three part-time Associate Editors to join the Editorial Team of our medical humanities web platform The Polyphony.

A report published today by the Centre for Mental Health has found that new ways of working are needed to address inequalities in mental health research. Durham-based medical humanities project Hearing the Voice has been featured as an excellent example of how to 'do things differently'.