Containing Our 'Multitudes' and Negotiating Gastrointestinal Health in the Modern World ‘Even when we are alone, we are never alone,’ writes award-winning science writer, Ed Yong, in his new book I Contain Multitudes. 26 Oct 2016
Dr Emilie Taylor-Brown to join the team The Diseases of Modern Life project is very pleased to announce that Dr Emilie Taylor-Brown will be joining the team on Monday 24th October. 5 Oct 2016
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
ERC 10th Anniversary Week The Diseases of Modern Life project was featured on the Humanities Division website as part of the ERC's 10th anniversary week celebrations and events in March. 4 Apr 2017
Oh what a - Victorian Light - Night! On Friday 16th November Woodstock Road was a hive of activity for "Victorian Light Night", part of both the national Being Human Festival and Oxford’s own Christmas Light Festival. 16 Nov 2018
Podcast series: Diseases in Dialogue Researchers from the ERC-funded "Diseases of Modern Life" project at the University of Oxford join experts from a range of fields to discuss some of the major questions surrounding scientific, technological and medical developments. 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
Songs, Cakes, and Games: Thoughts on Performing, Baking, and Playing Our Research at Oxford's Curiosity Carnival On 29th September 2017, Oxford hosted the Curiosity Carnival – a city-wide public engagement event as part of European Researcher’s night. 3 Oct 2017
The Contagion Cabaret: The Film (and Post Show Decontamination!) The Contagion Cabaret is a brilliant irreverent look at plagues and pandemics, past and present--and now it's also a film! 25 Jun 2020
The Proof is in the Pudding: A Bah! Humbug! Victorian Christmas ‘He is an utter and bombastic fraud. He rolls spluttering and crackling onto the English dinner-table at Yuletide, a sprig of English holly cocked jauntily in his cap, well nigh bursting his rotund body in swaggering sham patriotism.’ 23 Dec 2017
Victorian Dietetics and Sugar-Free February It’s coming to the end of what has been for me, and for many other New Year’s resolution-keepers, “sugar-free February”. 21 Feb 2017
Video of Germs Revisited On Thursday 16 March 2017, Dr Emilie Taylor-Brown gave a talk with Dr Jamie Lorimer (School of Geography and the Environment) and Dr Nicola Fawcett (Medical Sciences Division) on the subject of Germs Revisited. 20 Jun 2017
16 Mar Lunchtime Talk: Germs Revisited On Thursday 16 March 2017, Dr Emilie Taylor-Brown will be giving a talk with Dr Jamie Lorimer (School of Geography and the Environment) and Dr Nicola Fawcett (Medical Sciences Division) on the subject of Germs Revisited.