Writing Bodies: In Conversation with acclaimed author Sarah Moss – 7 May 2025
A summary and recording of this ‘in conversation’ event can be found here.
Conference Presentations
Prof. Katharine Murphy and Dr Olivia Glaze presented research papers about the Reading Bodies project at the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland 70th Annual Conference in Edinburgh, 7-8 April 2025, for a panel on ‘Cultural Portrayals of Illnesses and Disabilities in the Modern Luso-Hispanic World’
Our research findings for Reading Bodies will also be presented at TONGUES: Medical Humanities across linguistic and cultural frontiers, the Northern Network for Medical Humanities Congress, 21-23 May 2025 (online).
Writing Bodies – London workshops
Following on from the Creative Writing Workshop in Exeter in June 2024, two ‘Writing Bodies’ workshops were held in London to extend our public engagement reach. The first took place at Battersea Arts Centre on 7 November 2024; the second at St Marylebone Parish Church on 20 February 2025. More information about these activities is available here.
Creative Writing Workshop on Burnout and Resilience – 14 June 2024
We hosted a creative writing workshop on the theme of ‘Burnout, Overload and Resilience’ in literature and visual artwork at the University of Exeter on 14 June 2024. This was co-led by the PI and project partners working in Creative Writing, Public Health and Psychology to discuss different perspectives on the theme, examples in texts and images, and development of submissions for an edited volume of Riptide. You can find a map of the University Streatham campus here. For more information and materials, please visit our Resources page; for photos and a summary of the day, please visit our Blog.
We have an open call for submissions by 5 July:
Reading Bodies – Exeter Research Workshop on 23 May 2024
The second academic workshop for this project was held at the University of Exeter on 23 May 2024. You can find more information and photos of this event on our Reading Bodies blog.
Programme
Reading Bodies – ILCS Research Workshop on 26 April 2024
The first academic workshop for this project was held at the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies in Senate House, London on 26 April 2024. More information about this event can be found on our blog, and you can find a recording of selected papers on the ILCS website.