19 June 2025, 17:30-20:30 - Karl Jaspers-Haus, Oldenburg

Initially developed as a corrective to medicine and healthcare with a strong focus on the natural sciences and technology, the medical humanities have developed into an increasingly important interdisciplinary field of research in recent decades. Here, medical, social and cultural science perspectives on socio-economic, political and cultural aspects and conditions of medicine, health and illness as well as their treatment and negotiation are intertwined. The workshop is dedicated to potentials and current challenges in the field of medical humanities.

Martin Butler, Mark Schweda and Julia Wurr (Oldenburg): Welcome and introduction
Katharina Fürholzer (Koblenz): "An den Grenzen: Medical Humanities as a key to contemplation and discussion"
Cornelius Borck (Lübeck): "Medical Humanities between icing on the cake and critical basic reflection"
Closing discussion