Claire Turner
Bridging Fellow in Medical Humanities
@durhamimh.bsky.social | ECR Visiting Fellow @thejohnrylands.bsky.social | Currently working on the sensescapes of cancer in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
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- Reposted by Claire TurnerCan you 'hear' disease? What does it feel like to 'smell' sickness? We're excited to be hosting a one-day in-person workshop exploring sensory studies and medical humanities. 📅 Tue 24 Feb, 11am–4pm Book your free spot 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-senses...
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- Reposted by Claire TurnerPls share - a must for anyone interested in interdisciplinary working & material methods in the medical humanities! A truly innovative project by glass artist Matt Durran and the Royal Free Hospital. Weds 4th Feb (1-2pm, online, free). Register at shorturl.at/GpkG6 Full series: shorturl.at/T6WDE
- 📣 Introducing Lab Coat Lunches: A new free online event series from the Visual & Material Lab! 🥼 Starting in February 2026, these events will explore visual and material practices within and beyond the medical humanities. Find out more: medhumsplatform.org/lab-coat-lun...
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- Reposted by Claire TurnerWe are excited for our inaugural Lab Coat Lunches event on Wednesday 4 February! 🥼 In this event, Matt Durran will talk about his work with the Royal Free Hospital in London combining modern technologies with traditional crafts techniques. Book your free spot 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bringing-t...
- I'm delighted to share details of the first of two workshops I'm hosting this year on The Senses and Medical Humanities. The first workshop will take place in Durham on 24 February. Spaces are limited, so reserve yours now. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-senses...
- Reposted by Claire TurnerGreat symposium coming up on 24 February in Durham @claireturner.bsky.social @durhamimh.bsky.social The Senses and Medical Humanities - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-senses...
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- Reposted by Claire TurnerThe Senses and Medical Humanities – 24 February A one-day workshop exploring sensory studies and medical humanities, organised by @claireturner.bsky.social with the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University Details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-senses...
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- What a great surprise, and on my birthday no less! Very excited to receive my copy of the latest issue of History Today, which hits shelves tomorrow. You can read my article, 'The Taste of Death', on pp. 16-18.
- Really enjoyed presenting my new research with the LSHTM team today. Thanks so much for having me!
- Reposted by Claire Turner1/ A shout out to seriously the most stunning article I have read perhaps ever - Erin Maglaque's in the December @Journalofmoder. I was one of the readers for this piece, and I even wrote in my report that it was such an intense read that I had to go for a walk afterwards to calm down.
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- Enjoyed reflecting on @thackraymuseum.bsky.social's 2024 exhibition 'You Choose' in this piece with @jackgann.bsky.social for @the-polyphony.bsky.social. Some fascinating insights into the prevalence of cancer in the popular imagination among all age groups. thepolyphony.org/2026/01/12/y...
- Today marked the start of my research project with @thackraymuseum.bsky.social, generously funded by their research trust. I’ll be using their collections to identify medical and surgical approaches to cancer over the past four hundred years. Some of the images of cancer patients are very striking.
- Reposted by Claire TurnerClaire Turner and Jack Gann explore questions of personalised medicine, digital technologies, and prevalent health concerns in the exhibition You Choose. thepolyphony.org/2026/01/12/y...
- Reposted by Claire TurnerCONFERENCE - 'Sociability & Political Life', University of York, 3rd/4th July 2026 Get your abstracts in by 14th Feb!
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- Reposted by Claire TurnerDeadline approaching for 'In/Out' SSHM2026 at University of Leeds! Submit your paper or panel proposals by 5pm GMT, 11 Jan 2026 to sshm2026leeds@leeds.ac.uk More details at: sshm.org/sshm-2026-in... @sshmedicine.bsky.social @historynerdess.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social #histmed
- Reposted by Claire TurnerI'm hiring 2 postdocs on my Wellcome project "How Did Infectious Diseases Become Wild?: Plague, Yellow Fever, and Disease Ecology in the Brazilian Hinterland (1920-1975)" Department of Global Health and Social Medicine King's College 3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29 Deadline: 01/02/26 shorturl.at/KZ6Vh
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- -- historians of death and dying -- I'm looking for any studies of men dying from illness/old age as opposed to '''exceptional''' circs i.e., war, execution
- Reposted by Claire TurnerThis #UKDisabilityHistoryMonth we're celebrating our Disability History Series, a selection of works exploring global perspectives on disability across society, culture, and time. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/disab...
- Reposted by Claire TurnerExcited to be launching this new series of online talks, running Feb-July 2026. We'll be talking to a bioengineer, an immersive reality specialist, a visual artist, a glass artist, and a speculative designer on how a whole range of visual & material practices can transform healthcare. Sign up below!
- 📣 Introducing Lab Coat Lunches: A new free online event series from the Visual & Material Lab! 🥼 Starting in February 2026, these events will explore visual and material practices within and beyond the medical humanities. Find out more: medhumsplatform.org/lab-coat-lun...
- Reposted by Claire TurnerI will never tire of reading ordinary people's descriptions of the smells that have defined them. It feels like the most intimate, generous, entry into another person's life. A person unfurls their world and it wraps those wreaths of scent about you both and draws you together.
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- Today marks my first day as a Visiting Early Career Research Fellow at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social! I’ll be using the time to develop my research on sensory experiences of cancer in the past. If you’re in Manchester between now and June, drop me a line - I’d love to connect!
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- Reposted by Claire Turner📣 Applications are open for our 2026-27 Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship scheme! The scheme supports professionals and researchers from health or voluntary and community sectors to develop research within the medical humanities. Apply by 30 Jan:
- Reposted by Claire Turner📢Call For Papers📢 Sociability & Political life Marc Jaffré & I are organising a conference! We're asking: can there be politics without sociability? How have friendship, intimacy, socialising & informal attachments been central to political projects & movements? Get your abstracts in by Feb 14th!
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- Places almost completely filled for this! Let me know if you'd like a spot reserving before they run out.
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- Does anyone happen to have a digital copy of Religion and life cycles in early modern England (Edited by Caroline Bowden, Emily Vine and Tessa Whitehouse)? TIA!
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- why is it that it's always when you've got an important deadline or event that your body decides it's the right time to get covid
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- I'm planning an interactive workshop on the senses and medical humanities, to be held in Leeds in July 2026. It will involve creative practitioners, academics, and clinicians. If this is something you'd be interested in attending, please drop me a message or reply to this post and we can chat more!
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- Interesting to see how entertainment industries are tackling sensory-based sensitivities including intense smells and sounds. @aromaprime.bsky.social doing a great job as always with the various themed smellscapes! Examples from Alton Towers this weekend.
- Reposted by Claire TurnerWe're putting on an exciting range of research events this year at @manchester.ac.uk on 'Queer Bodies' in 18 & 19C Britain. Colleagues in English, Art History (@emmamerkling.bsky.social), & History are exploring queer approaches to bodies and embodiment and their cultures. See poster for more!
