Dienstag, 14.04.2026

Martina Zimmermann: "An Agenda for the Medical Humanities and Ageing" — Vortrag 21.4.26

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21. April, 17:00, 47.02 und online

 

Mastermodul+ Introduction to Health Humanities

 

21. April 2026

17:00-18.30

HS 47.02

Online: https://uni-graz.zoom.us/j/61723742495?pwd=ukXcrqS0bGa55Q3UYMEMIDygsCAxiW.1s

 

 

 

Martina Zimmermann

King’s College London

“An Agenda for the Medical Humanities and Ageing: A ‘Biological Turn’ in the Medical Humanities That Integrates Narrative and Empowers Policy” (Vortrag auf Englisch)

 

Martina Zimmermann is Reader in Health Humanities and Health Sciences in the Department of English at King’s College London. With a long-term background in neuropharmacology (including a Habilitation in Pharmacology from Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany) and a second PhD in the Health Humanities, she has written two monographs on cultural and scientific dementia narratives. She currently runs a research programme on ageing, The Sciences of Ageing and the Culture of Youth, funded by a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship.

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