The Polyphony is a web platform that aims to stimulate, catalyse, provoke, expand and intensify conversations in the critical medical humanities. It is hosted by the Institute for Medical Humanities at Durham University. 

A dynamic and talented editorial team of early career researchers produce The Polyphony, publishing more than 100 essays and reviews per year in some of the most exciting areas of medical humanities scholarship. It provides a space for researchers at different career stages, health professionals, arts-in-health practitioners and people living with complex health conditions to connect with each other and experiment with new ideas. 

The Polyphony is committed to providing a platform for marginalised voices, and to diversifying and widening the perspectives that contribute to dominant debates within the medical humanities. 

We advance a number of core projects, including:

MedHums 101
Multilingual MedHums
Medical Posthumanities
Queering Medical Humanities
The Polyphony Meets China
The Polyphony Meets India

Anyone with an interest in the critical medical humanities is warmly invited to contribute to The Polyphony by pitching an idea through our website or contacting one of our editors. 

You can also connect with us on BlueSky: @the-polyphony.bsky.social

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