Celebrating 25 years of medical humanities at Durham on the occasion of Jane Macnaughton's retirement.
Earlier this week we celebrated 25 years of medical humanities at Durham University in honour of the inspirational Jane Macnaughton. A true interdisciplinarian, Jane established the Centre for Arts and Humanities in Health and Medicine at Durham back in 2000. Since then, she has played an unparalleled role championing the field of Medical Humanities, locally and globally.
Thank you to everyone who joined us to pay tribute to Jane. We heard of Jane’s focus on mentorship over the course of her career, her ground-breaking publications and leadership of the award-winning Life of Breath project, as well as the instrumental role she has played in encouraging international medical humanities partnerships and projects, including her work with the Centre for Medical Humanities and Bioethics (CMHB) at Linköping University in Sweden, where she is collaborating on a major interdisciplinary study of Long Covid. We also heard of her commitment to bringing medical humanities thinking into other spheres and spaces – for example, through her role as Chair of the Governing Board of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. Jane has also been dedicated to Durham University, building our world-leading Institute for Medical Humanities as its first Director, becoming a Governor of St Chad's College, Durham University and serving as the first Associate PVC for Research Culture. We are incredibly proud of Jane and everything she has achieved. Thank you to our speakers and our IMH colleagues, especially Angela Woods and Mary Robson, and to our stellar Operations team who masterminded the event, from the Macnaughton tartan inspired decorations to the celebratory drinks and canapes.
Congratulations Jane – best of luck on your next adventure!
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