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benbgdalton.bsky.social
Lecturer in French Studies in the School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University. Queer Medical Humanities and Philosophies of the Hospital! 🏥🏳️‍🌈 Founder of the Queer Medical Humanities Network + programme lead for MA Global Medical and Health Humanities
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Want to find out more about our new suite of MA programmes? Sign up for a taster webinar! We will be running a series of four throughout February and March, starting with this session hosted by @benbgdalton.bsky.social and Prof Deborah Sutton on 28th Feb events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fbcca4...

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Great report by MRes — now PhD! — student @emonroe02.bsky.social on ‘French Studies and the Medical Humanities’ @ilcs.bsky.social, featuring Anna Elsner and @benbgdalton.bsky.social among others. Emily’s participation was funded by the research initiation scheme we run in QUB Modern Languages.

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A real joy to be working with Dr Andrew Ainscough from the Department of English Lit and Creative Writing-who also happens to be my wonderful partner❤️-on research on the reimagining of the NHS hospital in contemporary theatre. We are currently looking at Alan Bennet’s Allelujah (2018)

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Interested in interdisciplinary approaches to health and healthcare across the arts, humanities and social sciences? Come along to this event to find out more about our MA in Global Medical and Health Humanities 🌎🩺 Sign up via the Eventbrite link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ma-in-glob...

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A beaut Lancaster Chrismois 🎄💅✨

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I’ve created a Starter Pack for anyone interested in the Queer Medical Humanities 🩺🏥🏳️‍🌈 - interdisciplinary approaches to queer and LGBTQIA+ healthcare across the humanities, arts, social sciences and medicine go.bsky.app/5LB1Drg

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Fantastic to meet delegates last week from Zhejiang International Studies University 浙江外国语学院 to discuss our new MA in Global Medical and Health Humanities at Lancaster University and interdisciplinary heath/care research and teaching!

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Beautiful, sleepy weekend in Lancaster 😴🐶🎄🏰

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The latest issue of Paragraph (47: 3, Nov '24) has recently published. SI on "Post-Deconstructive Thought & Biological Theory" ed. Ian James. Articles include free-to-access piece by @benbgdalton.bsky.social on Catherine Malabou, Anne Dufourmantelle, & healthcare. www.euppublishing.com/toc/para/47/3

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Come to the online launch of the Special Issue of Film-Philosophy, “Catherine Malabou, Plasticity, and Film” co-edited by Ben Tyrer & me! We are joined by the philosopher Catherine Malabou herself, as well as contributors to the Issue. Monday 25th November, 5-6pm GMT on Zoom.

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Find out more about the new MA in Global Medical and Health Humanities in the School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University! www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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Loved Light Up Lancaster last weekend!💡💡💡

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Great to receive the Special Issue of Paragraph on “Post-Deconstructive Thought and Biological Theory” edited by Ian James. 🧫🔬🧬🧪 My article here is: “Gentle biologies: reconceptualising bodily metamorphosis and healthcare between Catherine Malabou and Anne Dufourmantelle”

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Had a fantastic time at the Lancaster University School of Global Affairs’ Global Karaoke last week singing Edith Piaf’s Je ne regrette rien! Brilliant to see such a good turnout and hear colleagues and students perform a range of music from around the world 🌍🌎🌏🎶🎼🎵🎤

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My first BlueSky “tweet”? What do we call them? The walk to work this morning 😍 and a new plant from my colleague 🌱

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