Healing Beyond the Body: Texts, Contexts and Practices

Organizer: Department of English, CMS College Kottayam

About the Lecture Series

• Start on: 29 July 2026
• Mode of Participation: Virtual

Speakers of the Sessions 

Prof. Paul Crawford, Professor of Health Humanities at the School of Health Sciences, Director of the Centre for Social Futures at the Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, UK

Dr. Nikhilesh Menon, Writer, Medical Practitioner and Specialist in Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Dr. Fraser Riddell, Associate Professor in Literary Medical Humanities, Durham University

Dr. Deepthiman Gowda, Assistant Dean for Medical Education Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Prof. Alan Bleakley, Emeritus Professor of Medical Education and Medical Humanities at University of Plymouth

Prof. Angela Woods, Professor and Director of Institute of Medical Humanities, Durham University

Who Should Participate: 

• Faculty Members
• Researchers
• Healthcare Professionals
• Postgraduate Students
• Humanities Scholars
• Anyone interested in Health Humanities

Key Focus Areas

• Narrative Medicine
• Literary Medical Humanities
• Medical Humanities Research
• Illness Narratives
• Ethics and Care
• Medicine and Society

This series aim to foster interdisciplinary dialogues on medicine, health, ethics, culture, arts and the humanities by extending it beyond the body to texts, contexts and practices. By bringing together multiple perspectives from eminent speakers in the field, the lecture series provide a platform for scholars, academicians, students, healthcare professionals, and artists to engage with critical issues at the intersection of health and human experience. 

Registarion Fee

• For students/Research scholar/ Independent Researcher: 200/-
• Faculty/healthcare professional/Others: 500/-