by The Platform | Oct 5, 2026 | Announcements, Visiting Scholars, Visual & Material
A warm welcome to Rebecca Whitely, Visiting Scholar in The Visual and Material Lab for the academic year 2026–27. During her visiting fellowship, which will happen largely remotely, Rebecca will support the development of the Material Medical Humanities... 
by The Visual and Material Lab | Sep 16, 2026 | Events, Research update, Visual & Material
The Material Medical Humanities Collective is a new, research-led initiative led by the Visual and Material Lab at the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities at Durham University, in collaboration with Birkbeck, University of London. The collective seeks... 
by The Visual and Material Lab | Jul 9, 2026 | Visual & Material
Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité, until May 2027 The exhibition Horizontal: Politics and Poetics from the Sickbed explores how perception and our relationship to the world are transformed when the bed becomes the centre of daily life. Bringing... 
by The Platform | Jun 23, 2026 | Visiting Scholars, Visual & Material
A warm welcome to Ceclilia Rodéhn who joins the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities as a Visiting Scholar this week in the Visual and Material Lab. Cecilia works in the intersection of cultural heritage studies and mad studies, with a particular focus... 
by The Platform | Jun 22, 2026 | Visiting Scholars, Visual & Material
A warm welcome to Allison Morehead who joins the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities as a Visiting Scholar for two weeks in the Visual and Material Lab. Allison studies the relays between modern art, the psy-sciences, and the medicalization of modern... 
by The Visual and Material Lab | May 15, 2026 | Visual & Material
Honorary Fellow Tamarin Norwood appeared on the BMJ Medical Humanities podcast episode ‘The Art of Transgression’, which explored art as a tool for breaking through silos and crossing boundaries. Drawing on her experience as an artist, Norwood suggested that...