We are looking for a creative writer to engage with Catch Your Breath, a new temporary exhibition at Palace Green Library, Durham, and with support groups for people with respiratory illness. The writer will work with the support groups and … Read more…
Closing date: 26 January 2018 We’re recruiting! We are seeking a medical anthropologist to join our Durham team on an 18 month contract. We are particularly looking for someone who can contribute to our developing research on the relationship between … Read more…
Do you know that singing can have a positive impact on people living with a lung condition? The British Lung Foundation (BLF) is working with leading singing for lung health trainer and Music Therapist, Phoene Cave, to develop and roll out a … Read more…
Closing date: 21 June 2017 The Life of Breath team at the University of Bristol are recruiting a postdoctoral research associate in history of medicine. The post, offered for 2 years, could examine the recent history of COPD, which has not … Read more…
Artist Caroline Wright writes: Earlier this year, a two-day project called Space to Breathe took place at Somerset House in London, a building that is located in one of the most highly polluted areas of the city. Commissioned by the … Read more…
Funded by the British Lung Foundation, Singing for Lung Health leaders take music into hospital wards, teaching and encouraging patients with reduced lung function to sing, as well as working with outpatients in community settings. From the first Singing for … Read more…
Inspired is a competition for students studying Music at the University of Bristol, to compose a breathing-related piece for the acclaimed trombone quartet Bones Apart. The winner will be chosen by composer, conductor and Professor of Composition John Pickard, and Teaching … Read more…
Do you live with everyday breathlessness? Would you be willing to share your experiences? If you or someone you care for struggles to breath (for whatever reason), the Life of Breath project at Durham University would like to talk with you. We would … Read more…
Life of Breath PI Havi Carel is a keynote speaker at the conference Modernism, Medicine and the Embodied Mind: Investigating Disorders of the Self, on July 15th & 16th, University of Bristol. Havi’s paper is on ‘Illness as Epoché’. The … Read more…
What does breathlessness feel like? How do thoughts, emotions and beliefs affect our breathing? Would better ways of describing breathlessness help doctors and patients communicate? Our researchers are trying to answer these questions and others. We want to help people with … Read more…
Would you like to join the Durham Life of Breath project team? We are inviting medical humanities PhD proposals which address either of the following topics Stigma and/or stereotypes in relation to breathing, breathlessness and/or lung disease Engaging with Life … Read more…
On Tue 8 and Wed 9 March the Life of Breath team, colleagues and guests gathered in the Joachim Room at Durham University to discuss a range of cross-cultural and historical perspectives on breath. The symposium addressed just what breath is, and … Read more…
The Life of Breath project is recruiting two new post-doctoral researchers, to be based at the Centre for Medical Humanities, Department of English Studies, Department of Anthropology, and School of Medicine Pharmacy and Health at Durham University. These will both … Read more…
The Centre for Medical Humanities (CMH) at Durham University is looking to appoint a Project Manager to for the Life of Breath, a five-year research project supported by a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award in the Medical Humanities. The Life … Read more…
Project Manager (Bristol) on the Life of Breath Jess Farr-Cox writes: We’re currently advertising for a new post-doc on the Life of Breath project. The successful applicant for this position will pursue a three-year project of research within the medical history … Read more…