Great to see this initiative! The Creative Health Research Round-Up 2025 includes The Burnout Booklet, created for @readingbodies.bsky.social with @oliviaglaze.bsky.social.

National Centre for Creative Health@ncch.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🎉 Our Creative Health Research Round-Up 2025 report is now live! After a strong UK-wide response, this new report brings together the latest evidence showing how creativity supports health, wellbeing & equity. 📘 ncch.org.uk/news/creativ... @rsph.bsky.social @ucl-sbb.bsky.social

AHGBI, led by Professor Sarah Wright, opposes the University of Nottingham’s move to suspend—and effectively close—all Modern Languages degrees. SRUK/CERU, led by Dr Carlos Soler Montes, has also raised concerns. AHGBI urges immediate reconsideration. #SaveNottinghamLanguages

Join us for the webinar: What languages can do for you: Opportunities across the globe. Dr Peter Haysom-Rodríguez will discuss how the study of #languahes and global cultures can help you stand out in the job market! Booking required: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/talk-... #employability

@cforsdick.bsky.social concludes the @readingbodies.bsky.social takeover and discusses how this project contributes to rethinking the medical humanities in ways that are simultaneously multilingual, transnational and translational. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/24/m...

Multilingual, Transnational and Translational: Rethinking the Medical Humanities

Charles Forsdick concludes the Reading Bodies takeover and discusses how this project on historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contributes to rethinking the medical …

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My post is up! Thanks to the editors of The Polyphony and to @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and @oliviaglaze.bsky.social for providing a space to discuss how past cultural narratives are shaping our present.

The Polyphony @the-polyphony.bsky.social · 10mo ago

In Part 4 of the @readingbodies.bsky.social takeover, @rocio.bsky.social discusses the colonial legacies of nineteenth-century medical metaphors and demonstrates their ongoing relevance for the present day. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/23/m...

Thanks for this fascinating contribution to our Reading Bodies takeover this week, @nicolasfmedina.bsky.social! 🩺👇

The Polyphony @the-polyphony.bsky.social · 10mo ago

In Part 3 of the @readingbodies.bsky.social takeover, Nicolás Fernández-Medina examines the Spanish avant-garde’s response to the biomedical sciences through the lens of Ramón Gómez de la Serna’s pioneering avant-gardism. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/22/b...

In Part 2 of the @readingbodies.bsky.social takeover, @oliviaglaze.bsky.social considers the policy and impact potential of research on languages, identity and culture within the medical humanities. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/21/l...

Languages, Medical Humanities and Policy: Intersections in Research and Practice

In Part 2 of the Reading Bodies takeover, Olivia Glaze considers the policy and impact potential of research on languages, identity and culture within the medical humanities.

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Enjoyed presenting my AHRC Reading Bodies project at the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Research Celebration last week at University of Exeter. In conversation here with historian Dr Ljubica Spaskovska on Medical Humanities research intersections. Poster by @oliviaglaze.bsky.social 🩺

Thanks to Jordan McCullough for editing this week's Reading Bodies takeover of @the-polyphony.bsky.social!

The Polyphony @the-polyphony.bsky.social · 10mo ago

@katharinemurphy.bsky.social introduces the @readingbodies.bsky.social takeover and discusses what historical discourses of illness in European literatures and cultures contribute to the medical humanities. thepolyphony.org/2025/10/20/h...

Think Like a Linguist: It’s time for a national conversation about the value of languages www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/10/14/t...

Think Like a Linguist: It’s time for a national conversation about the value of languages  - HEPI

This guest blog was kindly authored by Dr Charlotte Ryland, Director of the Translation Exchange.  ‘Languages are not just a skillset, they’re a mindset.’  I still remember where I was when a teacher ...

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Pleased to have established the new *Global Cultures of Health and Illness* research centre at QUB. Watch this space for future plans and do get in touch if you’d like to collaborate.

Thank you @profstevenwilson.bsky.social for your fantastic contribution!

Steven Wilson@profstevenwilson.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A treat to receive the hard copy of @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and @oliviaglaze.bsky.social’s special issue, ‘Reading bodies: Narrating illness in European literatures and cultures (1870s-1960s&beyond)’. Looking forward to reading all the articles. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/jrs/25/3

The latest JRS special issue explores multilingual & transcultural narratives of health and illness in European literatures (1870s–1960s+). Read the introduction to the issue #OpenAccess. ➡️ bit.ly/JRS-Reading-Bodies @ilcs.bsky.social @katharinemurphy.bsky.social @profstevenwilson.bsky.social

Hot off the press! So happy to share our extended special issue of JRS on 'Reading bodies: narrating illness in European literatures and cultures (1870s to 1960s and beyond)'. 🩺📖 @profstevenwilson.bsky.social @ryanlor.bsky.social @nicolasfmedina.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social

Olivia Glaze@oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Thrilled that @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and my co-edited Special Issue is now out in the Journal of Romance Studies! 🎉 Huge thanks to our contributors across French, Spanish, Italian & Portuguese studies—showing the value of a multilingual approach to the Medical Humanities: tinyurl.com/mrxmznsm

Delighted to share a news story about our Reading Bodies health resource, The Burnout Booklet, created with @oliviaglaze.bsky.social and illustrated by Hannah Mumby. @readingbodies.bsky.social news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Language scholars produce illustrated health booklet on burnout

An illustrated booklet designed to help people talk about burnout and related feelings of stress and fatigue has been published by modern language scholars. The Burnout Booklet: A Health Resource for ...

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An inspiring 3-day conference about Medical Humanities across languages and cultures! Very much enjoyed presenting my reflections on Reading Bodies at a panel on 'Medical Humanities and the Creative Arts', with a creative writing taster session by @oliviaglaze.bsky.social. nnmh.org.uk/tongues/

*Interdisciplinary Disease and Narrative Workshop!* Register below for this in-person event @unibirmingham.bsky.social in Arts 103 on Weds 18th June (5.00-7.15pm) hosted by @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social & 19CC Bham to explore sensational tales of disease:

Thank you so much to everyone who attended this event last week, and in particular Sarah Moss, @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and @laurasalisbury.bsky.social. If you couldn’t attend - fear not! - you can find a recording of the conversation on our website: readingbodies.exeter.ac.uk/2025/05/16/w...

Olivia Glaze@oliviaglaze.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us for the final public event of the Reading Bodies project, where @katharinemurphy.bsky.social will be in conversation online with bestselling author Sarah Moss, discussing all things writing, health and the body. Our Q&A will be chaired by @laurasalisbury.bsky.social 📣💬 shorturl.at/eSnpY

The Centre for the Study of Women´s Writing will host this fantastic New Seminar Series on Female-authored science fiction in Spain. Book now. ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Convergencias literarias: género, narrativa y fandom en la literatura española contemporánea | Literary convergences: Gender, genre and fandom in contemporary Spanish literature

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A reminder to join us online on 7 May for Writing Bodies: in Conversation with author Sarah Moss. Tickets free of charge via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-bo... news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... @readingbodies.bsky.social @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @exetercityoflit.bsky.social

Renowned author Sarah Moss set for public talk on her writing and the human body

An acclaimed novelist whose work has regularly explored themes of health and the human body will give a public interview next month for an international research project. Sarah Moss – a three-time Wel...

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NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION: TONGUES: Medical Humanities across Linguistic and Cultural Frontiers. The Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research 2025 Congress | 21-23 May 2025 | Lancaster University, Hosted Online. For details, programme, and registration, click here: tinyurl.com/5n75xpaz

A reminder to join us online on 7 May for Writing Bodies: in Conversation with author Sarah Moss. Tickets free of charge via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-bo... news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... @readingbodies.bsky.social @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @exetercityoflit.bsky.social

Renowned author Sarah Moss set for public talk on her writing and the human body

An acclaimed novelist whose work has regularly explored themes of health and the human body will give a public interview next month for an international research project. Sarah Moss – a three-time Wel...

news.exeter.ac.uk

Join us for the final public event of the Reading Bodies project, where @katharinemurphy.bsky.social will be in conversation online with bestselling author Sarah Moss, discussing all things writing, health and the body. Our Q&A will be chaired by @laurasalisbury.bsky.social 📣💬 shorturl.at/eSnpY

Over the last 18 months, my AHRC-funded multilingual Reading Bodies project with @oliviaglaze.bsky.social has brought together research on literary and cultural representations of health and illness in Hispanic Studies, French, Portuguese, Italian and German: readingbodies.exeter.ac.uk

Looking forward to presenting alongside @katharinemurphy.bsky.social @petehr.bsky.social and Álvaro Gonzalez Montero for our panel 'Cultural Portrayals of Illnesses and Disabilities in the Modern Luso-Hispanic World’. Taking place on April 8 @ 9.00 - come along! 💬🩺

The Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland@hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social · last yr.

The 70th Annual Conference of the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland will comprise of two face-to-face days at the University of Edinburgh (7-8 April 2025) and one day fully online (10 April 2025). The conference will be hosted by the University of Edinburgh.

The 70th Annual Conference of the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland will comprise of two face-to-face days at the University of Edinburgh (7-8 April 2025) and one day fully online (10 April 2025). The conference will be hosted by the University of Edinburgh.

🌍 ICYMI! Our Global Medical Humanities Roundtable is now available to watch online for anyone who couldn't make it. Featuring talks from leading experts in the UK, Switzerland, USA, China, Ghana & Australia! #DUGlobalweek

ICYMI: Global Medical Humanities Roundtable

If you missed our Global Medical Humanities Roundtable earlier this month, catch up now by watching the recording.

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If you're interested in public engagement, check out @katharinemurphy.bsky.social and my interview with the Public Engagement with Research (PER) team at @exeter.ac.uk, where we share our insights and top tips from our recent work on the Reading Bodies project: tinyurl.com/3mbtnyde 💬

Interdisciplinary Public Engagement: The Reading Bodies Project

Catherine Hurcombe, Regional Engagement Assistant, interviews Associate Professor Katharine Murphy and Dr Liv Glaze on their Reading Bodies project. This project demonstrates the benefits of an interd...

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On Cardiff’s proposals regarding the teaching of languages and cultures The global examination of culture is not possible without languages at degree level, say Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Charles Burdett and Emma Cayley www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/card...

Cardiff’s closure of modern languages will tongue-tie its humanities

The global examination of culture is not possible without languages at degree level, say Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Charles Burdett and Emma Cayley

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Are you looking to connect into conversations across the medical humanities? Do you want to learn more about the latest concepts, writers, projects and people animating the field? The Polyphony has arrived in BlueSky 🎉🦋🐟 Please join us & share widely @the-polyphony.bsky.social #MedHums