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Southampton Centre for Medical and Health Humanities

Drawing of a heart transplant operation

Our group explores the intersection of medicine, healthcare practices and the human experience through the lens of the humanities. We provide a platform for teaching innovations, public engagement, research collaborations and grant applications.

About

The Faculties of Medicine, Arts and Humanities, and Social Sciences created the Centre for Medical and Health Humanities based on their existing work together and future collaborations.

The centre promotes interdisciplinary research and hosts external events including guest speakers, seminars and conferences.

Our main aims are to publicise the work done by our members, and to forge and extend links with researchers in other institutions globally.

News and events

We will be hosting the event Contemplating Evil: ‘Monstrous’ Women in History, Medicine, and Law, 1890s to the Present on 15 May, to celebrate the relaunch of the Southampton Centre for Medical and Health Humanities.

People, projects and publications

People

Dr Sofia Bull

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Television studies
  • Science, medicine and policing on television
  • Medical humanities

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: s.bull@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

Professor Sonia Zakrzewski

Prof of Bioarchaeology & BioAnthropology

Research interests

  • bioarchaeology and palaeopathology
  • disAbility, impairment, injury and disease
  • race, migration and mobility

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: s.r.zakrzewski@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

Dr Vivienne Orchard

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Francophone film, literature and cultural theory 20th and 21st century
  • Disability Studies and Cultural Representation
  • Film and literature of migration and displacement

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: v.orchard@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF

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Enquiries

For enquiries please contact Dr Aude Campmas.