by The Platform | Mar 13, 2026
At the turn of the millennium, Jane Macnaughton – Professor of Medical Humanities and Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Culture) – was recruited to Durham by the then Vice-Chancellor to establish the Centre for the Arts and Humanities in Health and... 
by The Platform | Mar 11, 2026 | Affective Experience, Events, Measurement
Our three day workshop Measurement Heretics: Being, Meaning and Measuring Well begins today! We look forward to welcoming everyone who will be joining us over the course of the workshop. Co-organised by the Measurement Lab and the Affective Experience Lab, this... 
by The Platform | Feb 5, 2026
An interdisciplinary conference discussing the intersections between epigenetics, trauma, and multilingual narratives. World Literature and Epigenetics: Women Narrating Transgenerational Trauma is the first workshop to bring together creative writers and scholars from... 
by The Platform | Feb 4, 2026
Join us for an in-person workshop organised by the Measurement Lab of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities (DRP), Durham University’s Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS), and the Beginning and End of Life research theme... 
by The Platform | Feb 3, 2026
Can you ‘hear’ disease? What does it feel like to ‘smell’ sickness? This one-day workshop will bring together scholars in the interdisciplinary field of sensory studies and medical humanities to discuss current research relating to...