Events

Name: Unspeakable: Trauma, Memory, and Violence
Start: 2026-10-30T12:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-10-30T13:30:00+00:00
Location: Institute for Medical Humanities

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October

2026

Unspeakable: Trauma, Memory, and Violence

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmLocation: Institute for Medical HumanitiesOrganiser: The Affective Experience LabEvent type Hybrid

A lecture by Dr Gwen Adshead discussing trauma and exposure to traumatic events as a complex human experience.

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Unspeakable: Trauma, Memory, and Violence

Past events

Two book covers are side by side. The left cover, "Dancing Freedom" by Irina Sirotkina, is red with a vintage black-and-white dance photo. The right cover is turquoise with ornate patterns, titled "Modern Soul Experience in Psychology and Philosophy" by Roger Smith.

May

2026

Book Launch – Body and Soul in Books: A Dancing Pair

Join Roger Smith, Irina Sirotkina, and Anna Furse for the launch of two books: 'Modern Soul Experience in Psychology and Philosophy' & 'Dancing Freedom: Modern Dance in Late Imperial Russia and the Early Soviet Union'

Silhouettes of two heads are filled with colored wooden blocks. The left head has scattered blocks, while the right head is organized, conveying chaos versus order.

May

2026

The Relationship is the Therapy: A Symposium on Therapy Research & Practice

A hybrid symposium exploring the therapeutic relationship from a cross-sectoral perspective.

Rusted metal border fence extends into the ocean, topped with barbed wire. Waves crash gently on the sandy shore, with vibrant blue water beyond.

March

2026

World Literature and Epigenetics: Women Narrating Transgenerational Trauma

An interdisciplinary conference discussing the intersections between epigenetics, trauma, and multilingual narratives.

A banner with the words Measurement Heretics Workshop: Being, Meaning and Measuring Well.

March

2026

Measurement Heretics Workshop: Being, Meaning, and Measuring Well

This 3-day workshop brings together international & interdisciplinary perspectives to guide the future of ethical, meaningful health data.

Abstract artwork of a person holding their head.

March

2026

No Room of her Own: Care and Love in the Midst of an Onto/Ecological Crisis

An Affective Experience Lab seminar where Professor Nicolas Pierre Boileau discusses Rachel Cusk’s Second Place (2021).

A humorous illustration of four people with exaggerated expressions, tasting food. One sips from a bowl, others watch with curiosity, evoking a playful tone.

February

2026

The Senses and Medical Humanities

A one-day workshop exploring sensory studies and medical humanities through short talks, creative activities, and networking.

Artistic photograph of a dancing figure, in blurred motion.

June

2025

Making Sense Workshop 6: The Soul

Joined by Roger Smith, we discuss how the soul can be understood to enact values (rather than merely be viewed as a substance, ‘the soul’).

An etching of a human figure with two faces, facing opposite directions. The figure holds a sceptre in one hand and a key in the other.

May

2025

Mixed Signals: Analysing Ambivalence

A symposium hosted by the Affective Experience Lab at the Discovery Research Platform in Medical Humanities, Durham University.

Cover slide for seminar, with photographs of two women smiling at the camera.

May

2025

Violence Against Women

Professors Ita Mac Carthy and Nicole Westmarland will be giving talks about their relevant research and ongoing projects.

A group of armed individuals battling police officers in blue uniforms on 14 August 1904 in the Place de la Bastille, Paris.

March

2025

Violence and Contagion

A hybrid-seminar on the affective dynamics of violence.

Cover image for 'Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy and Popular Literature' by Janice A. Radway. Featuring a red cover with a cartoon of two people embracing, with the white silhouette of a reader sat in front of them.

December

2024

Making Sense Workshop 2: Reading

The second ‘Making Sense’ workshop brings together colleagues from across disciplines to reflect on the concept of ‘Reading’.

The word 'Immediacy' in a print pink on a background comprised of very small book page.

November

2024

Making Sense Workshop 1: Immediacy

The first of the Affective Experience Lab’s ‘Making Sense’ workshops brings together colleagues from across disciplines to reflect on the concept of ‘Immediacy’.