MEDICAL HUMANITIES TERM CARD MICHAELMAS TERM 2026
MEDICAL HUMANITIES TERM CARD
MICHAELMAS 2026 EVENTS
Wednesday 7 October,10am-5pm, Uehiro Oxford Institute, Lecture Room
Death, dying, and afterlife in the age of AI - Workshop I
Workshop, part of the Uehiro Oxford Institute/Medical Humanities Program Scenario Planning: Death, Dying, and After-Life in the Age of AI; by invitation only
Thursday 8 - Friday 9 October, Schwarzman Centre
Unsettling Familiarity in Community Health
Workshop, please contact Yuxin Peng at communityhealth.oxmedhum@gmail.com if interested
With a keynote by Rosie Read (Bournemouth) on ‘Unsettling the Familiarity of Care in the Community’. Keynote page and registration
Tuesday 13 October, 2-5pm, Schwarzman Centre
Prosthetic Bodies: The Human, the Human-Like, and the Monstrous
Workshop, open to everyone
Panellists: Wes Williams (Oxford), Helen Scott-Fordsmand (UCL), Olivia Bennison (Oxford), Diggy Chappell (Oxford). Charlotte Dewarumez (Toulouse)
Wednesday 21 October, all day, Harris Manchester College
Arts and Humanities for the Education of Medicine (AHME) annual workshop
Workshop, please email medicalhumanities@hmc.ox.ac.uk for any queries.
With a keynote by Louise Younie (Queen Mary/Oxford) on 'Pockets of the Future: What the Arts Makes Possible in Medical Education'.
Tuesday 3 November, 4-5.30pm, Schwarzman Centre
Understanding Cancer: absurd diagnosis, natural disease, unnatural cures
Seminar/Roundtable, open to everyone
Panellists: Jeffrey Bishop (St Louis), Eben Kirksey (Oxford), more TBC
Thursday 12 November, Fusion Arts, 15 Park Ends St
The Valley Children: Exploring genetics through theatre
Public event as part of the Being Human Festival? with the Antitheses platform
Saturday 14 November, 4-6pm Schwarzman Centre
The Utopia of Disease Eradication
Medical Humanities Panel as part of the Conference “Utopia Now” (ticketed event, led by Prof Peter Boxall) – Cultural Program Utopia Season
Conference link and info forthcoming
Thursday 19 November, 5.45pm, The Ultimate Picture Palace, Jeune St/Cowley Rd
Mauvais Sang + Panel discussion
Film screening and panel discussion, part of the Immunity and the Humanities Program
Tickets at reduced price (6£) available from UPP
Monday 7 December, 10am-5pm, Schwarzman Centre
Death, dying, and afterlife in the age of AI - Workshop II
Workshop, part of the Uehiro Oxford Institute/Medical Humanities Program Scenario Planning: Death, Dying, and After-Life in the Age of AI; more details to follow
Tuesday 8th December, 3-5pm, Life and Mind Building
Medical Humanities – Global Health Glossary: “Global”
Workshop, part of Medical Humanities-Oxford Global Health collaboration. More details to follow soon
REGULAR TERMLY EVENTS
Weekly on Fridays throughout the term Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
DPhil and Early Career Medical Humanities Researchers writing group
More details here (please notice this will start from week 2)
The Boundaries of Humanity Discussion Group Online
Convened by Andrew Moeller
- Tuesday 20 October 2026, 5.30pm - 6.45pm: Is it Possible to 'Merge' the Human Brain with Artificial Intelligence?
- Tuesday 17 November 2026, 5.30pm - 6.45pm What is the Future of Germline Genome Editing?
Last Tuesday of each month, SR 56, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities/online
Health and STS Reading Group
Convened by Samantha Vanderslott, contact for information and to participate: samantha.vanderslott@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Please check our website or follow us on social media for updates and newly added events.
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