The online workshops for doctoral researchers and early career researchers explored topics such as career opportunities, applying for postdoctoral funding, publishing, and applying for job posts within and beyond the health and medical humanities. Panellists for each session include former doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers in the health and medical humanities, as well as experts on the topic. Supported in kind by Eastern Arc.
Event info for reference: https://easternarc.ac.uk/news/everyday-health-and-wellbeing-new-training-series/
Session 1: Career Opportunities Within and Beyond the Health and Medical Humanities
Monday 13 January, 6.00-7.30pm
Panellists: Gareth Millward (University of South Denmark), Kate Mahoney (Healthwatch Essex), Daisy Payling (University College London)
This session explores different possible careers for health and medical humanities doctoral students. Panellists are former doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers in the health and medical humanities who have developed careers within academia outside the UK, within research organisations in the voluntary sector, and in a professional services role within a university.
Session 2: Applying for Postdoctoral Funding in the Health and Medical Humanities
Monday 27 January, 6.00-7.30pm
Panellists: Laura Kelly (University of Strathclyde), Tracey Loughran (University of Essex), Hazel Marzetti (University of Edinburgh)
This session introduces doctoral students to the main postdoctoral funding schemes for health and medical humanities researchers. It considers challenges in formulating postdoctoral research projects, what makes good research grant applications, and the practicalities of the application process. Panellists combine experience of review for major funding bodies and experience as recipients of health and medical humanities postdoctoral funding.
The slides used in this session can be downloaded here:
Session 3: Publishing in the Health and Medical Humanities
Wednesday 12 February, 6.00-7.30pm
Panellists: David Cantor (Manchester University Press), Des Fitzgerald (Radical Humanities Laboratory, University College Cork)
This session helps doctoral students think about where and how to pitch journal articles and book proposals, consider how the review process works and what it offers, and think through publishing plans. It especially considers how to place scholarship that does not have an obvious disciplinary ‘home’. The panellists have experience of writing, publishing, reviewing, and editing in the medical humanities.
The slides used in this session can be downloaded here:
Session 4: Applying for Posts in the Health and Medical Humanities
Monday 24 February, 4.00-5.30pm
Panellists: Luna Dolezal (University of Exeter), Veronica Heney (Durham University)
This session helps doctoral students think about applying for academic posts that relate to the health and medical humanities. It considers how to look for posts related to the health and medical humanities, what interview committees are looking for in a rounded application, how to put together a good job application, and how to pitch expertise that lies at the intersection of different disciplines. Panellists speak from their differing experience of both sides of the process: applying for posts in the medical humanities, and assessing applications.
The slides used in this session can be downloaded here: