Public Health Humanities Network

Description

The Public Health Humanities Network advocates for the importance of arts and humanities research and education within public health; works to overcome barriers to their inclusion; and facilitates connections amongst and between arts and humanities professionals and the wider public health community. It adopts a broad understanding of the humanities which includes (but is not limited to) history, human geography, languages and linguistics, law, literary studies, philosophy, and theology, as well as the visual and performing arts.

The network is led from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, with an organising group of twenty members based in the UK and abroad. Its activities have included an inaugural online workshop in May 2023, a seminar series on historical perspectives on ethics, morals, and values in public health, a webinar held in partnership with the UK Faculty of Public Health in January 2024, a reading group launched in May 2024, a two day conference at the University of Southern Denmark in September 2024, and support for five sessions at the Lagos Studies Association conference in June 2025. The network reports that it is working on a toolkit for public health professionals, educators, and learners.

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No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

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University affiliation(s)

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
London

Partner Infrastructures

LSHTM Centre for History in Public Health (CHiPH)

Historical research is of central relevance to understanding public health in the present. Current developments cannot be understood without a knowledge of the past. The Centre for History in Public H… read more about LSHTM Centre for History in Public Health (CHiPH)

London

Additional Partnerships

UK Faculty of Public Health