Researchers from the Centre for Health Humanities have worked with colleagues and patients at the Royal Berkshire Hospital to create a workbook which encourages users to doodle, to write, to…Read More >
Home & Alone: A historical perspective on self isolation during coronavirus
Co-Director of the Centre for Health Humanities, Dr Hannah Newton, draws on 17th-century plague accounts to offer insights into the emotional impact of self-isolation Yesterday, the British government announced its policy for slowing down the spread…Read More >
Architecture of Pharmacies – Co-designing Pharmacy Spaces
Dr Ranjita Dhital, Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice (University of Reading), Principal Investigator of ‘Architecture of Pharmacies – Co-designing Pharmacy Spaces’: Pharmacy Research UK Leverhulme Fellowship (2018-2020), £44,972. Architecture of Pharmacies is an…Read More >
Call for Papers: Disease & Ease, 1500-1800
University of Reading Conference, 1-2 July 2020 [Please note that the original dates for this conference were 3-4 July 2019, but one of the conference organisers has since found out…Read More >
The Aged Patient in Early Modern England
Amie Bolissian Mcrae provides a tantalising glimpse into the subject of her new Wellcome Trust-funded PhD project, ‘The Aged Patient in Early Modern England’. The PhD builds on her MA dissertation, which was awarded…Read More >
Sickly Smells & Putrid Potions
By Hannah Newton Ever wondered what it would be like to live at a time before antibiotics, anesthetics, and x-rays? Last month, a group of 7-10-year-olds were invited to find…Read More >
Tweeting from the Grave: Sickness and Survival in the 17th Century
By Hannah Newton My favourite thing about being a historian is reading other people’s diaries. I began to realise this at the tender age of eight, when our teacher asked…Read More >
Artistic Practice, Health Humanities and Collections: workshop 4 May 2018
Miranda Laurence, University of Reading Arts Development Officer It’s quite difficult to describe the frisson that went around the room as everyone realised that, in front of them, to look…Read More >
Monsters and Mutations
Health Humanities co-director Andrew Mangham (English Literature) reflects on the recent season of events. Last week our ‘Monsters and Mutations’ series of events closed with a screening of Tod Browning’s…Read More >