Events
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October
Unspeakable: Trauma, Memory, and Violence
Date: October 30, 2026Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pmLocation: Institute for Medical HumanitiesOrganiser: The Affective Experience Lab
A lecture by Dr Gwen Adshead discussing trauma and exposure to traumatic events as a complex human experience.
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December
Flourishing, Worldbuilding, Desire: Keywords for a New Public Mental Health
Date: December 7, 2026Time: 9:30 am - 5:00 pmLocation: Mountjoy Centre Event SpaceOrganiser: The Practice Site
A one-day workshop about the language of mental health as well as practicalities of real-world interventions in the area of public mental health by drawing on critical debates in the humanities and social sciences.
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December
Launch Workshop - The Material Medical Humanities Collective
Date: December 14, 2026Time: 11:30 am - 2:00 pmLocation: ZoomOrganiser: The Visual & Material Lab
This is a call for collaborators to join a new ‘material medical humanities’ research collective led by Durham University and Birkbeck, University of London.
Past events
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