Events

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Upcoming events

23.2.2026 From PhD to Publication: How to Write a Book. 13:00-14:00 (online)

Register for this event here.

The Centre for Culture and Health welcomes Meredith Carroll, Senior Commissioning Editor at Manchester University Press (UK), to discuss academic publishing.

Aimed particularly at doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, Meredith will discuss the merits of publishing with a University Press and offer advice for writing, editing, and advertising – from book idea to published product. Whether you are thinking of editing a collection together with colleagues, or of turning your PhD into a monograph, join us online to learn more and ask questions in a relaxed and friendly environment.

4.12.2025 Guest Lecture: Ulrika Maude. Thursday December 4th, 16:15-17:30 (A269 BlackBox) EVENT POSTPONED. MORE INFORMATION COMING IN 2026.

Past events

10.12.2025 Flash Seminar (Centre for Culture and Health/SELMA event).

9.12.2025 Research Seminar: Arts & Humanities in the Clinic.

19.11.2025 Current Intersections Seminar. Conversations on: Forests and Wellbeing.

4.11.2025 Research Seminar: Kieli & Kulttuuri (in Finnish).

7.10.2025 Research Seminar. Trauma & Testimony

9.9.2025 Centre for Culture and Health: Meet the Team

3.6.2025-29.6.2025 ‘Modern’ Mothering, Childhood and Healthcare. Exhibition (Turku City Library)

20.5.2025 Current Intersections Seminar: Autism in Representations and Social Interaction

9.5.2025 Danielle Spencer presents “Narrative Medicine and Metagnosis”

5.2.2025 Current Intersections of Culture, Language and Wellbeing: Mental Health, Culture and Communication (Zoom)

12.11.2024 Current Intersections of Culture, Language and Wellbeing: Agency and Care in Literature and Film

14.5.2024 Current Intersections of Culture, Language and Wellbeing: Mind and Body in Culture and Health

12.4.2024 Current Intersections of Culture, Language and Wellbeing: Structural racism and migration

8.3.2024 SELMA & Kulttuurin ja terveyden tutkimusyksikkö: Symposium – Humanistinen terveyden ja sairauden tutkimus: lähestymistapoja, menetelmiä, käsitteitä.

23.11.2023 Current Intersections of Culture, Language and Wellbeing: Linguistic inclusion in social and healthcare services

12.10.2023 LaWen, KULTVAn sekä Kulttuurin ja terveyden tutkimusyksikön etäseminaarisarja, Current Intersections of Culture, Language and Wellbeing, seminaari: Narratives of Illness and Recovery

11.5.2023 LaWen, KULTVAn sekä Kulttuurin ja terveyden tutkimusyksikön etäseminaarisarja, Current Intersections of Culture, Language and Wellbeing, ensimmäinen seminaari: Can we talk about death?