Medical humanities research showcase: the emergence of a new trans-disciplinary field in a time of precarity

Abstract

This brief showcase of the medical humanities research networks and collaborations emerging at the University of Queensland explores the role this interdisciplinary field may play in post-pandemic Australasia. Suggesting that cultural, social and historical negotiations with medicine will become increasingly important as our societies recover from the COVID-19 crisis, the showcase presents case studies and perspectives from medical educators and practitioners, historians and experts in the fields of cultural studies and communication, on the topics of medical education, historical understandings of sexual health and clashes between public health and social justice movements.