Last Tuesday of each month HT and TT 2026, 10am - 11am
(Note, dates may change for scheduling reasons)
Seminar Room 56, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
All welcome
Research about health in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) concerns the political, social, legal, and ethical dimensions of developments in health knowledge, technology, and policy. Examples include: how states know what pandemic response should involve, why health gets framed as a problem for markets and who benefits or loses in the process, what structures shape and are shaped by the conduct of experimental research, and, broadly, when ideas about life and its entitlements change. STS pays close attention to the cultural resources involved in the production of scientific and political authority, thereby challenging a simple “progress narrative” to illuminate how people and institutions understand, create, and intervene in the world and imagine potential alternatives.
This year, a “Health and STS” reading group will convene out of the Schwarzman Centre as part of the Medical Humanities Hub. The group will meet once a month and hopes to bring together students and faculty across disciplines to address topics concerning the representations, ethics, and governance of health research, technologies, and interventions.
If you would like to attend, please email: utsa.bose@some.ox.ac.uk or hannah.shrader@linacre.ox.ac.uk
The format of the group will be for us to provide a short summary of the assigned book chapter, followed by an open discussion. Chapters are available in advance here. This is a hybrid meeting, so online attendance is also possible. Refreshments will be provided.
Medical Humanities Research Hub, TORCH Research Hubs
