Our ReaderBank researchers are excited to take part in this year’s BBC Contains Strong Language festival in September.
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Watch 25 Years of Medical Humanities at Durham
The recording of Jane Macnaughton’s retirement event is now available to watch.
Sir Derek Birley keynote lecture delivered by Moving Bodies Lab Lead
Moving Bodies Lab lead Professor Cassie Phoenix delivered the Sir Derek Birley memorial lecture at the British Society of Sports History 2026 Annual Conference.
ReaderBank at the Edinburgh International Book Festival Discovery Zone
Our ReaderBank researchers visited the Discovery Zone at the 2026 Edinburgh International Book Festival, exploring the reading imagination with young readers and school children.
Recordings from Mind Wandering: The Science and Narrative now available
Recordings from the one-day workshop Mind Wandering: The Science and Narrative, organised by the Narrative and Cognition Lab, are now available to watch online.
New publication from In Practice Research Fellow: Creative health and baby loss in minoritised women
Estelle Verdi has co-authored a scoping review exploring how creative health approaches may support mental health of minoritised women following baby loss.
Horizontal: Politics and Poetics from the Sickbed
Horizontal: Politics and Poetics from the Sickbed. Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité, until May 2027
New publication: Evaluating quality in co-produced research
What does ‘good’ co-produced research look like? Kate Marks, Brett Smith and Victor Merino-Expósito explore in this new article for Critical Public Health.
The Creative Chicken or the Ethical Egg?
Reflections on the ‘Understanding the Value of Creative Methods within Research Event’ organised by the Rural Durham Community Research Network.
High praise for dance performance at Healing Arts Scotland
The premiere of a co-choreographed dance piece by Moving Bodies Lab researcher Emily Davis and dancers with multiple sclerosis has received enthusiastic feedback following its debut at Healing Arts Scotland.
Celebrating the 2025-26 Medical Humanities in Practice cohort
Earlier this month we celebrated the achievements of our first cohort of In Practice Fellows.
Big Survey discussed in the House of Lords
Katharine Cheston’s research with Action for ME has been shared in a House of Lords short debate.
