medical humanities

Ask a chronobiologists about the history of the discipline, and you find that specific places are central to it.

What does time mean to you? Is it the ticking of a clock? The rhythm of a dance? The oscillation of a cell?

We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow with a background in philosophy of science, science studies or history of science, for a project investigating diagnostic categories at the fault line between patient bodies, research labs and the clinic.

A reflection on curating the Z-time digital exhibition during a COVID 19 lockdown

The lockdown seems to have only intensified our obsession with our sleep and how to sleep better – if the proliferation of sleep tracking apps is anything to go by. And while all of this might seem very modern, people have actually been worrying about how to get a good night’s sleep for a very long time.

When creating the concept for the exhibition The Body Collected, I investigated the use of human tissue in medicine from 19th century pathological museums to today’s biobanks containing small samples of frozen tissue. On the surface the museum and the biobank are very different kinds of places. But on closer inspection? We are easily led […]