Oxford Medical Humanities

Medical humanities examines the relationship between health and society, situating medicine and disease within their political, social, historical, ethical, and cultural contexts.

Contact: mailto:medhum@torch.ox.ac.uk
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Type: None
Series organiser: Professor Erica Charters
Web Address: https://torch.ox.ac.uk/medical-humanities-research-hub
Organising department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)

Talks:

Tuesday 25 February 2025

The Boundaries of Humanity Reading Group
Date: 25 February 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue: Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Colin Matthew Room, TORCH
Organiser: Andrew Moeller
Hosts: TBA

Monday 24 March 2025

1-Day Conference: History, Eugenics, and Human Enhancement: How the Past Can Inform Ethical Debates in the Present
Date: 24 March 2025, 9:00 - 17:30
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre, St Anne's College, Oxford
Organisers: Jose Porras (Faculty of History), Andrew Moeller, Alberto Giubilini (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics)
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Belinda Clark, Krisztina Lugosi, Erica Charters, Alexia Lewis