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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.
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Our next event this Monday on Faith, Culture, and Public Health, discussing the way religious and cultural practices affect disease prevention. More information
torch.ox.ac.uk/event/faith-c…
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Our event this week is the Ox-Cam-Lon Philosophy of Medicine Society seminar "Understanding Symptoms: Diagnosis, Cure, and Bodily Reintegration", by Helene Scott-Fordsmand (UCL), with a commentary by Oxford philosopher Joe Gough. All welcome, details here torch.ox.ac.uk/event/underst…
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During the break, keep an eye on our blog section, which is constantly updated with new content torch.ox.ac.uk/medical-human…
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Oxford Medical Humanities retweeted
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-…
@TORCHOxford @OxMedHum
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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)
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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-a…
@ethicsinthenews @TORCHOxford
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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-val…
@ethicsinthenews @TORCHOxford
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Oxford Medical Humanities retweeted
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
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Medical Humanities event this week at Reuben College, check out this webpage for more information. @TORCHOxford @ethicsinthenews
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Oxford Medical Humanities retweeted
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
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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…
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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/medic… @TORCHOxford
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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-human…
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10 Dec 2025
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/gradu…
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3 Dec 2025
Historian Sara Farhan joins us next Monday to discuss her book, 'Medical Education and the Making of Iraqi Doctors'
@torchoxford
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28 Nov 2025
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/desig…
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27 Nov 2025
We're now on Facebook and Instagram! 🌐
Stay connected and follow our latest work, updates and events:
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"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?"
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