Creative Health; or, what would Vernon Lee have to say to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing? It was Mental Health Awareness Week last week, and I’ve been looking back at the July 2017 Inquiry Report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing (#ArtsHealthWellbeing). 23 May 2018
Dracula and Modern Life Dr Emilie Taylor-Brown, Dr Hosanna Krienke, and Dr Sarah Green recently led a post-performance panel discussion for Creation Theatre’s production of Dracula, which was staged at Blackwell’s Bookshop. 2 May 2018
Not Having Sex in the Victorian Period If you don’t have sex, you will be better at something else. 18 Oct 2017
Past, Present, or Fiction?: Playing Mind-Boggling Medical History The room is quiet. Groups of students – year ten mostly – have just been given little piles of cards to sort through. Each card has a statement about medicine. 3 Jun 2019
Podcasts: Recordings from Solitude and Modernity colloquium The ‘Solitude and Modernity’ colloquium was co-sponsored by ‘Diseases of Modern Life’ (Oxford) and ‘Pathologies of Solitude’ (Queen Mary University of London). 3 Jun 2019
Sneak Preview of Victorian Speed! On the evening of Thursday 18th October, the Museum of the History of Science will be throwing open its doors for a special event – Victorian Speed: The Long History of Fast Living. 11 Oct 2018
Victorian Light Night video wins Public Engagement Award We are beyond excited to announce that 'The Victorian Speed of Life' project has won an University of Oxford Vice-Chancellor’s Public Engagement with Research Award. 3 Jun 2019