Medical Humanities
Description: Seminars and Events of interest to Medical Humanities Oxford
Talks:

Thursday 16 January 2025

Pandemic Preparedness, Outbreaks, and Conflict
Date: 16 January 2025, 9:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue: Big Data Institute, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1, and online via Zoom
Organisers: Dr Tara Hurst (PSI, University of Oxford), Erica Charters
Hosts: TBA

Determinants of Self-Selection into Health Professions
Date: 16 January 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Mirco Tonin (IRVAPP)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Saturday 18 January 2025

Words and Pictures: how art makes the mind
Date: 18 January 2025, 10:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Jim Berryman (University of Glasgow), Louise Braddock, Lesley Chamberlain (Independent scholar), David Collins (University of Cambridge), Craig Reeves (Birkbeck College), Anna-Lisa Sander (University of Heidelberg)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: confirmed to registered participants
Organisers: Niall Gildea, Louise Braddock, Paul Tod
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 January 2025

Vaccine Hesitancy: The History of an Idea
Date: 20 January 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Katie Attwell (University of Western Australia and Visiting Scholar, Uehiro Oxford Institute)
Venue Details: Maison Française d’Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 January 2025

Treatments for ADHD in adults: what works, what doesn't, and what we still do not know
Date: 21 January 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Edoardo Ostinelli (University of Oxford)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Rania Elgarf (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Michael Browning (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 22 January 2025

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group
Date: 22 January 2025, 14:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue: Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Colin Matthew Seminar Room
Organiser: Gordon Barrett (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Can polarisation be addressed through community dialogue?
Date: 22 January 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker s: Rebecca Sutton (Mediator, "Listening Exchanges" project), Professor Caesar Atuire (Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford), Ed Hodgson (Researcher at More in Common), Kate Pumphrey (Behavioural designer and strategist)
Venue: Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road OX2 6PN
Venue Details: The Hub
Organisers: Dr Hannah Grove (Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation), Dr Astrid Krisch (Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation, Kellogg College), Professor Carl Heneghan (Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation, Kellogg College), Dr David Howard (Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation, Kellogg College), Dr Juliet Carpenter (Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation, Kellogg College)
Host: Dr Astrid Krisch (Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation, Kellogg College)

Thursday 23 January 2025

BDI Seminar - Prediction of disease onset and progression using nationwide genetic and healthcare data
Date: 23 January 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Professor Andrea Ganna (Harvard Medical School)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 27 January 2025

Of Herbs and Pharmaceuticals: Rethinking the Rise of the Pharmaceutical Industry after the Plant Turn
Date: 27 January 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Matti Leprêtre (Sciences Po Paris/EHESS)
Venue Details: Maison Française d’Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road, Oxford OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 January 2025

Don't go breaking my heart: unique pathways to cardiac dysfunction in psychosis and implications for clinical practice
Date: 28 January 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Toby Pillinger (Kings College London)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Rania Elgarf (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Robert McCutcheon (University of Oxford)

Workshop: The James Lind Library: Illustrating the development of fair tests of treatments in health care
Date: 28 January 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: 47 Banbury Road, 47 Banbury Road OX2 6PE
Venue Details: OCHSMT Seminar Room
Organiser: Alex Aylward (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Psychedelics and Music: Characterising Changes in Hierarchy of Brain Dynamics among the Santo Daime
Date: 28 January 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Stoke House, Linacre College, 7 Stoke Pl, Headington, Oxford OX3 9BX
Organiser: Professor Morten Kringelbach (Professor of Neuroscience and Director of Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, Linacre College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Morten Kringelbach (Professor of Neuroscience and Director of Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, Linacre College, University of Oxford)

The Boundaries of Humanity Reading Group
Date: 28 January 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 3 February 2025

Fabricating Facts in Behavior Genetics
Date: 3 February 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Emily Merchant (UC Davis)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 February 2025

Personalised Prevention Research Showcase
Date: 4 February 2025, 10:45 - 17:30
Speaker s: Dr Sarah Briggs (University of Oxford), Dr Louisa Chenciner (University of Oxford), Dr Rachel Horton (University of Oxford), Dr Ali Kay (University of Oxford), Sally Sansom (University of Oxford), Dr Susie Weller (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Anne's College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
Venue Details: Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Catherine Lidbetter (Centre for Personalised Medicine), Thea Perry (Centre for Personalised Medicine)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 5 February 2025

Ethical questions of pregnancy management following a positive NIPT/PND result - Perspectives from England, France, Germany and the Netherlands Type of event: international workshop
Date: 5 February 2025, 9:00 - 15:00
Speaker s: Claudia Wiesemann (University of Göttingen), Christop Rehman-Sutter (University of Lübeck), Valerie Seror, Inserm (University Aix-Marseille), Tamar Nov-Klaiman (University of Augsburg), Adeline Perrot (University of Oxford), Felicity Boardman (University of Warwick), Lidewij Henneman (Amsterdam UMC), Jane Fisher (Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC)), Carine Vassy (University Paris 13), Angus Clarke (University of Cardiff)
Venue: St Luke's Chapel, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Organisers: Professor Ruth Horn (University of Oxford), Adeline Perrot (University of Oxford)
Host: Erica Charters

Monday 10 February 2025

Darkest before Dawn? Medicine in the English Universities in the Later Middle Ages
Date: 10 February 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Peregrine Horden (Oxford)
Venue Details: Maison Française d’Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road, Oxford OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 February 2025

Towards Unequal Care: Developing Sex Informed Treatments for Psychotic Disorders
Date: 11 February 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Bodyl Brand (University of Oxford)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Rania Elgarf (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Robert McCutcheon (University of Oxford)

What is the critical level of description for consciousness? Implications for the possibility of conscious AI
Date: 11 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Shamil Chandaria (Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing, Linacre College, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Stoke House, Linacre College, 7 Stoke Pl, Headington, Oxford OX3 9BX
Organisers: Prof Morten Kringelbach (Professor of Neuroscience, University of Oxford), Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)
Host: Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 12 February 2025

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group
Date: 12 February 2025, 14:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue: Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Colin Matthew Seminar Room
Organiser: Gordon Barrett (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 February 2025

How life works: Dealing with biology’s changing narrative
Date: 13 February 2025, 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker : Philip Ball
Venue: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street OX1 3AZ
Organisers: Catherine Lidbetter (Centre for Personalised Medicine), Thea Perry (Centre for Personalised Medicine)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 17 February 2025

Beautifying the City, Poisoning the Lady. About an Odd Victorian Scientific Conversation (1869)
Date: 17 February 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Judith Rainhorn (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Venue Details: Maison Française d’Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road, Oxford OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 19 February 2025

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group
Date: 19 February 2025, 14:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue: Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Colin Matthew Seminar Room
Organiser: Gordon Barrett (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 24 February 2025

Reconsidering HMS Challenger at 150: Race science, anatomy, and scientific seafaring
Date: 24 February 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Becky Martin (Oxford)
Venue Details: Maison Française d’Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road, Oxford OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 February 2025

Population health impact of new medicines recommended by NICE in England, 2000-2020
Date: 25 February 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Dr Huseyin Naci (London School of Economics and Political Sciences)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Rania Elgarf (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

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

Wednesday 26 February 2025

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group
Date: 26 February 2025, 14:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue: Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Colin Matthew Seminar Room
Organiser: Gordon Barrett (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 3 March 2025

Eugenics and Religion; Eugenics as a Religion
Date: 3 March 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Andrew Moeller (Oxford)
Venue Details: Maison Française d’Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road, Oxford OX2 6SE
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 March 2025

The efficacy and safety of pramipexole augmentation in treatment resistant depression: Results of the PAX-D trial.
Date: 4 March 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Professor Michael Browning (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Rania Elgarf (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Phil Cowen (Professor of Psychopharmacology, University of Oxford )

Title TBC
Date: 4 March 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Merlin Sheldrake
Venue Details: Stoke House, Linacre College, 7 Stoke Pl, Headington, Oxford OX3 9BX
Organisers: Prof Morten Kringelbach (Professor of Neuroscience, University of Oxford), Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)
Host: Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 5 March 2025

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group
Date: 5 March 2025, 14:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue: Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Colin Matthew Seminar Room
Organiser: Gordon Barrett (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 March 2025

Title TBC
Date: 6 March 2025, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Sebastian Calonico (Columbia University)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 10 March 2025

Mapping Animal Motion in the Time of Galileo
Date: 10 March 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker : Nuno Castel-Branco (Oxford)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 March 2025

Understanding and treating social anxiety in youth.
Date: 11 March 2025, 9:30 - 10:30
Speaker : Eleanor Leigh (University of Oxford)
Venue: Department of Psychiatry, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Rania Elgarf (Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Mina Fazel (NIHR Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University Department of Psychiatry, Oxford )

The BLACK-ARTS study: Creative Arts Therapies as a tool for flourishing
Date: 11 March 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Briana Applewhite (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Stoke House, Linacre College, 7 Stoke Pl, Headington, Oxford OX3 9BX
Organisers: Prof Morten Kringelbach (Professor of Neuroscience, University of Oxford), Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford), Professor Morten Kringelbach, Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow, (University Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)
Host: Katarina Jerotic (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 12 March 2025

Medical Humanities Early Career and DPhil Writing Group
Date: 12 March 2025, 14:00 - 17:00
Speaker : Various Speakers
Venue: Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Colin Matthew Seminar Room
Organiser: Gordon Barrett (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 24 March 2025

History, Eugenics, and Human Enhancement: How the Past Can Inform Ethical Debates in the Present
Date: 24 March 2025, 9:00 - 10:00
Speaker
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

This list contains talks from the following series:
Ancient Medicine Seminar
BDI seminars
Centre for Personalised Medicine Seminars
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Seminar Series
DSPI Seminar Series Michaelmas Term 2023
Ethox Centre Seminars
Fertility and Reproduction Seminars
GCHU Public Seminar series
Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation
Global Health DPhil Discourse
Health Economics Seminar
Hilary 2023 Seminar Series: Methodological Advances in Social and Health Care Research
Infectious Disease Seminar Series
Interdisciplinary Seminars in Psychoanalysis
Interdisciplinary talks at Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing
Management in Medicine Programme
Methods and Work in Progress Seminar in Practical and Medical Ethics
Michaelmas 2023 Seminar Series | Ageing with a Disability
Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2022-23
New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar Series
Oxford Centre for the History of Science Medicine & Technology (OCHSMT) Seminars and Events
Oxford Medical Humanities
Oxford Seminar in the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Pandemic Sciences Institute seminar series
Psychiatry Seminar Series
Public Health, Science and Technology in Muslim Societies
Richard Doll Seminars
Science, Technology, Environment and Muslim Societies (STEMS)
TORCH network "Sleep and the Rhythms of Life"
Translational Health Sciences
Trinity 2023 Seminar Series | Caring communities: configuring local support for healthy ageing in place
Tropical Medicine Seminars
Uehiro Practical Ethics and Law Lectures
Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and Ethox Centre