People
We are a research team with a passion for Medical Humanities situated at the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, University of Vienna. We are curious about the way societies think and talk about health and illness, the ethical and social impacts of such narratives and images, and the medical/cultural practices that shape our ideas about these topics. As humanities scholars, we also care deeply about the potential of creative work and the arts to help patients, doctors and caregivers.
If you are interested in our current events such as workshops and conferences, as well as our Medical Humanities projects, please get in touch with us via the contact form. We are looking forward to collaborations of any kind!
Meet our Research Team, Partners, and Speakers below
Research Team
Department of English and American Studies
University of Vienna
Spitalgasse 2, Hof 8.3 (Campus)
A-1090 Vienna
monika.pietrzak-franger@univie.ac.at
+43-664-60277-42481
Department of English and American Studies
University of Vienna
Spitalgasse 2, Hof 8.3 (Campus)
A-1090 Vienna
alina.lange@univie.ac.at
+43-1-4277-42484
Department of English and American Studies
University of Vienna
Spitalgasse 2, Hof 8.3 (Campus)
A-1090 Vienna
james.green@univie.ac.at
Department of English and American Studies
University of Vienna
Spitalgasse 2, Hof 8.3 (Campus)
A-1090 Vienna
carina.hilmar@univie.ac.at
Partners
Speakers
From our COVID-19 beyond Borders: Rethinking Medical Humanities at the Frontlines lecture series and conference
Kirsten Ostherr, PhD, MPH (Rice University / University of Texas School of Public Health) – Keynote Speaker
“The Future of Translational Medical Humanities: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic”
Dr. Monika Ankele (Medical University Vienna) / Prof.in Dr. phil. Céline Kaiser (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Ottersberg)
“Transparent boundaries. Material and performative aspects of dynamic boundary control in the context of the COVID19 pandemic”
Assistant Prof. Kathleen Rice (McGill University)
“‘And nobody would hold him’: The Implications of COVID-related Barriers to Touching Newborns for Identity, Personhood and Subject Formation”
Associate Prof. Lise Saffran (University of Missouri)
“Mapping—and crossing—the boundaries between Medical Humanities and Public Health Humanities”
Dr. Elena Denisova-Schmidt, MBA (University of St. Gallen HSG / Boston College)
“The Effects of Media Depictions of the COVID-19 Response across Borders”
Juniorprof. Dr. Monika Class (Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
“In the shadows of human health?: The relevance of the ‘one health’ approach for the medical humanities in light of the Covid-19 pandemic”
Farah Yamini / Raymond K. Awadzi / John “Jack” Vertovec (Florida International University)
“Lenses of Compassion: Exploring the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Participatory Photographs Across Borders”
Cindy Smalletz, MS, MA, OTR/L, BCB / Joseph H. Eveld, MS, MFA (Columbia University)
“Narrative Medicine Without Borders”
Dr. Anne Hudson Jones (University of Texas Medical Branch UTMB)
“Bryan Doerries’ Theater of War at the Frontlines during COVID-19: How Greek Tragedies Can Help”
Dr. Benjamin Dalton (Paris Nanterre University / New Sorbonne University Paris)
“Hospitals Beyond Borders: Opening Up Clinical Architectures in Maylis de Kerangal’s Réparer les vivants (2013), Katell Quillévéré’s Réparer les vivants (2016), and Contemporary French Philosophies of Medicine”
Brie Winnega (University of Texas at Austin)
“‘I’ve seen so many deaths’: COVID-19 Nursing Testimony as Literary Caretaking”
Dr. phil.habil. Julia Hoydis (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz)
“Narrating the COVID-19 Risk Society”
Dr. Sofia Varino (University of Potsdam)
“A Viral Ecology: Tracing Planetary Temporalities of Care Across a Pandemic Anthropocene”
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Eva Horn (University of Vienna)
“Tipping Points: Covid-19 and the Anthropocene”