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Katharine Murphy @katharinemurphy.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

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.

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The Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

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

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Leeds City of Languages @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

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

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Rocío @rocio.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

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.

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Katharine Murphy @katharinemurphy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

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

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Katharine Murphy @katharinemurphy.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

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 🩺

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Katharine Murphy @katharinemurphy.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

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

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Steven Wilson @profstevenwilson.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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.

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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

Cover image for the Journal of Romance Studies, Volume 25, Number 3, Autumn 2025. The left side shows the journal cover with a decorative tile motif. On the right, text reads: Reading Bodies: Narrating Illness in European Literatures and Cultures (1870s to 1960s and beyond), edited by Katharine Murphy and Olivia Glaze. Logos of the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, the School of Advanced Study (University of London), and Liverpool University Press are also displayed, with a green banner at the bottom reading “Special Issue.”

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Katharine Murphy @katharinemurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

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

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Katharine Murphy @katharinemurphy.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

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/

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TONGUES: NNMHR Congress 2025 - Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research

TONGUES: Medical Humanities across linguistic and cultural frontiers NNMHR Congress, 21-23 May 2025 (online) Organisers: Benjamin Dalton, Alexander Wragge-Morley, and Stephanie Wright, Lancaster Unive...

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Dr Emily Vincent @dremilyvincent.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

*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:

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Reading Bodies Multilingual Network @readingbodies.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

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...

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Writing Bodies: In Conversation with Sarah Moss – Reading Bodies

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Lorraine Ryan @ryanlor.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

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/...

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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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Alex Wragge-Morley @wraggem.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

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

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TONGUES: Medical Humanities across Linguistic and Cultural Frontiers

Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research 2025 Congress | 21-23 May 2025 | Lancaster University, Hosted Online

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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

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Katharine Murphy @katharinemurphy.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

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

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

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! 💬🩺

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The Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

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.

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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

🌍 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

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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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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

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 💬

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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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Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

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...

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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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Angela Woods @literarti.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

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

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Angela Woods @literarti.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

The Polyphony (coming to Bluesky in 2025 ☺️) is one of the world's leading medical humanities platforms. We are recruiting 2 new part-time editors to join our dynamic ECR-led team, working closely with Editor-in-Chief @evasurawy.bsky.social Apply by Jan 20! thepolyphony.org/2024/12/17/w...

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We’re hiring!

The Polyphony is seeking two Editors to join our team, including one Associate Editor (General Editor) and one Guest Editor. Applications close 20 January 2025.

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

We have a jacket for our forthcoming book 'Reading Literature and Chronic Pain' by Josie Billington! Analyzing the phenomenon of chronic pain, it shows the importance of the medical humanities in addressing questions that medical science alone cannot resolve. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/reading-l...

Jacket image for the book 'Reading Literature and Chronic Pain' depicts a cartoon bird flying against a green and burnt orange background.

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Katharine Murphy @katharinemurphy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

We're excited to launch our Reading Bodies creative anthology, with submissions from new and established writers, along with artwork and illustrations. Thanks to our project partners and everyone who contributed! @oliviaglaze.bsky.social @readingbodies.bsky.social issuu.com/universityof...

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Very happy to announce that the Reading Bodies x Riptide Anthology is now available! Made up of creative writing contributions from the public (and a few familiar faces! 👀) exploring the theme of burnout, overload and resilience 💙 Flipbook: tinyurl.com/4xjbrz8t / Download: tinyurl.com/readingbodies

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Reading Bodies Multilingual Network @readingbodies.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to this publication and shared their thoughts and experiences with us 🎉 This anthology is the main public engagement output from our Reading Bodies project - you can find out more about our initial creative writing workshop here: tinyurl.com/24tunn5h

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Our OA platform, Modern Languages Open, is now on Bluesky! To read #OpenAccess research from across the modern languages go give them a follow - @modlangopen.bsky.social‬. The latest article by @sarahhudspith.bsky.social & Olivia Santovetti is now available and freely available to read👇

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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Delighted to share a new #CfP from our friends at the Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research (NNMHR), who are now inviting proposals for their 2025 congress - "TONGUES: Medical Humanities across linguistic & cultural frontiers" (21-23 May)! Find out more here: nnmh.org.uk/tongues/

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TONGUES: NNMHR Congress 2025 - Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research

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UCFL - University Council For Languages @ucflangs.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

New issue of the Languages, Society and Policy journal launched, with a special guest-edited collection on Languages in UK Education. First papers available now, with an introduction by Wendy Bennett and Charles Forsdick. Keep your eyes open for more! x.com/LSPjournal/s... @ilcs.bsky.social

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Olivia Glaze @oliviaglaze.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

As part of our AHRC project, Katharine Murphy and I are launching the Reading Bodies Multilingual Network 🎉 If you're interested in a Medical Humanities network that connects different languages, cultures, and geographies, then this is the spot for you! Come and join in! @readingbodies.bsky.social 💙

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Katharine Murphy @katharinemurphy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Now in the second year of my AHRC Fellowship on multilingual medical humanities, @oliviaglaze.bsky.social and I have decided to launch a Reading Bodies Multilingual Network to connect with others in the field. Find out more here: @readingbodies.bsky.social

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