2019
The UK’s national festival of the humanities, November 2019
Our Beyond Bodies events in the Being Human Festival engage with how diverse, multiple and ‘normative’ bodies are imagined and situated in health, biomedicine and biotechnological developments. Based on an interdisciplinary programme of medical humanities research, we seek to explore how biomedical and biotechnological developments are shaped by and shape how we understand and engage with the idea of the body, and to consider the ethical, cultural, social and legal implications of these developments.
Your Robot Doctor Will See You Now

14 Nov: Explore how artificial intelligence is shaping the future of healthcare
Haunting Our Bodies

18 Nov: Graphic-novel workshop
Transplants & HIV on Screen

20 Nov: Film screening of All About My Mother
Bedtime Stories for the Brain

21 Nov: Write a bed-time story for your brain
Makin' Babies and the Law

23 Nov: Zine-making workshop