Diseases in the News: The Heavy Burden of a Modern Age On 10th September 2016, the Diseases of Modern Life project was featured in the Dutch national newspaper Trouw. 29 Sep 2016
Full video from Contagion Camerata This is the full video from our Contagion Camera event from 2 February, 2018. See more at Contagion Camerata 16 Feb 2018
Introducing the India Office Medical Archives Project We are very happy to be featuring a guest post from Alex Hailey, who has kindly agreed to introduce to our readers the India Office Medical Archives at the British Library. 29 Apr 2015
Pathology of Progress: Cancer in Nineteenth-Century Britain This is a guest post by Agnes Arnold-Forster, a third-year PhD candidate in the History Department at King’s College London. Agnes's research, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, looks at cancer in Britain, from 1792 to 1914 17 Oct 2016
Stressed out? So were the Victorians. We didn’t invent the ‘diseases of modern life’; people in Victorian England worried about anxiety and overwork, too. 19 Jul 2017
26 Apr Free Workshop for GCSE English Language Students! On Tuesday 7th May, Diseases of Modern Life will be back in Dorset this time to talk to students on the theme of Illness and Well-being in the Nineteenth Century. Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum
2 Jan Join us for a Contagion Camerata Local students have been working with Dr John Traill (University of Oxford) to compose musical pieces about science and medicine. For inspiration, the students attended the Contagion Cabaret at Oxford's Curiosity Carnival in September.
20 Jun The Contagion Cabaret The Constructing Scientific Communities and Diseases of Modern Life projects are taking part in the Oxfordshire Science Festival with The Contagion Cabaret.
24 May The Contagion Cabaret at the British Academy If you missed previous performances of The Contagion Cabaret, catch it* at the British Academy on May 24th!