Oxford Medical Humanities

This is the new X account for Oxford Medical Humanities, based at @TORCHOxford and @UniofOxford We examine medicine and health from the perspectives of politics, philosophy, culture, law, and history, among others. Follow to learn more about our research and events.

Very excited to announce our Call for Abstracts for a workshop in Oxford on plague in the nineteenth-century with special focus on the Ottoman Empire, India and Russia. Please use the link to apply! 👇 Deadline April 15, 2026 📅 torch.ox.ac.uk/event/plague-i… @TORCHOxford @OxMedHum

Two MedHum events this Friday, 6 March - Unquiet Mothers: Violence, Care, and Maternal Ambivalence in 19th-Century France, with Susannah Wilson (Warwick) - Contextualizing the Modern Era of Vaccination, lecture by historian Elena Conis (Berkeley) #widget-id-4810886" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">torch.ox.ac.uk/medical-humani…

Our next event this coming Friday, 27 Feb, on music and health humanities. We will explore ways in which music engages with health, illness, and wellbeing (it will include live music on piano). More details at the link below torch.ox.ac.uk/event/music-an… @ethicsinthenews @TORCHOxford

Our next event is this Friday: "Imagine a world in which every child’s future is mapped before their first breath. The theatrical script The Valley Children turns the abstract logic of prediction into human drama" torch.ox.ac.uk/event/the-vall… @ethicsinthenews @TORCHOxford

What happens when science meets speed dating? 🔬 Our next Let’s Talk About explores surveillance. Hear from 4 speakers on data in healthcare, disease tracking & pandemic prediction. 📅 Thu 12 March 🎟️ ow.ly/puik50Y4T4C @PSIOxford @UniofOxford @OxMedHum @ANTITH3SES

torch.ox.ac.uk/event/god-and-… Medical Humanities event this week at Reuben College, check out this webpage for more information. @TORCHOxford @ethicsinthenews

Let’s talk about surveillance 🦠 Who decides how diseases are tracked — and whose data is used? From outbreaks to pandemic prediction, surveillance shapes our futures. 📅 12 March 🎟️ ow.ly/iAiw50Y4LqV @PSIOxford @UniofOxford @ethicsinthenews @OxMedHum @ANTITH3SES

Healing in a Technological Age: Spirituality, Religion, and the Practice of Medicine A panel discussion, taking place on 28 April at the Schwarzman Centre torch.ox.ac.uk/event/healing-… @TORCHOxford

The TORCH Medical Humanities Term Card for Hilary '26 is now available on our webpage. Click on the link for more information about individual events and for registering (when needed) torch.ox.ac.uk/article/medica… @TORCHOxford

Look out for our Hilary termcard, which will be available via our e-newsletter and on our website at the beginning of term: torch.ox.ac.uk/medical-humani…

In this blog post from November, Tess Casher reflects on her master’s research findings surrounding medical perspectives on stammering Read 'Dysfluent Illuminations' here: torch.ox.ac.uk/article/gradua…

Historian Sara Farhan joins us next Monday to discuss her book, 'Medical Education and the Making of Iraqi Doctors' @torchoxford torch.ox.ac.uk/event/medical-…

From the archive: Design, Visual Communication and Public Health: Investigating Multidisciplinary Approaches Read Sally Frampton on the potential of graphic design in shaping public health campaigns and improving vaccine uptake torch.ox.ac.uk/article/design…

We're now on Facebook and Instagram! 🌐 Stay connected and follow our latest work, updates and events: FB: facebook.com/profile.php?id… IG: instagram.com/oxmedicalhuman…

📣 Applications are open for our 2026-27 Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship scheme - supporting professionals & researchers from health or voluntary and community sectors to develop research within the medical humanities. Apply by 30 Jan: medhumsplatform.org/practice-resea…

"One morning, I heard over the radio that Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff had been flown abroad for the treatment of malaria. I was perplexed at the news - why was he treated abroad, and not in Nigeria?" torch.ox.ac.uk/article/what-d…

Our recent interdisciplinary workshop brought together anthropologists, philosophers, historians, and medical geographers to explore what 'equity' really means in a global health context Read the write-up here: 🔗 blog.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/2025/11/equity…

Join us on Tue, 2 Dec, for the conference “Literature, Film, and the Desirability of Life Extension.” It will draws on a tradition, inviting scholars of literature, film, related fields, practitioners, to discuss topics related to life extension. Details: tinyurl.com/2ee4254p

From the archive: Embracing Human-AI Disagreement In Medicine Read Giorgia Pozzi and Karin Jongsma on the ethics of AI diagnostic systems, and what we should do when they disagree with human clinicians torch.ox.ac.uk/article/embrac…

'Evidencing Life and Death in the Medical Humanities' Read more about our latest DPhil and ECR workshop, which took place in June and included a brilliant keynote talk from Prof Nükhet Varlık (Rutgers University) torch.ox.ac.uk/article/eviden…