# Centre for Medical Humanities (CMH)
**Source**: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/hss/centres/centre-for-medical-humanities
**Parent**: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/research-centres
Director(s):
[Professor Marius Turda](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/marius-turda)
Contact:
[mturda@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:mturda@brookes.ac.uk)
[+44 (0)18653698](tel:+44 (0)18653698)
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## About us
The Centre for Medical Humanities (CMH) was established in late 2014/early 2015.
First and foremost, it aims to promote world-leading interdisciplinary research and actively engage with new academic and non-academic audiences.
Second, it strives to encourage a fresh collaborative partnership across the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the University more broadly.
Third, it brings together historians of medicine and scholars with interests in medical humanities from History, Philosophy, Social and Life Sciences as well as Anthropology and Religion. Finally, it seeks to explore new opportunities for extending its current academic network and establish new ones.
CMH also hosts the [Working Group on the History of Race and Eugenics](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/hss/groups/history-of-race-and-eugenics), established in 2006, and it provides editorship for the [CEU Studies in the History of Medicine](https://ceupress.com/series/ceu-press-studies-history-medicine), established in 2011.
Professor Turda curates the public history project on the legacies of eugenics: [Confront Eugenics](https://confront-eugenics.org/).
### Part of
- [School of Education, Humanities and Languages](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/ehl "School of Education, Humanities and Languages")
### Related courses
- [History (BA (Hons))](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/history)
## Leadership
### Professor Marius Turda
- [mturda@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:mturda@brookes.ac.uk)
Professor in 20th Century Central and Eastern European Biomedicine
[View profile for Marius Turda](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/marius-turda)
## Groups
[History of Race and Eugenics (HRE)](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/hss/groups/history-of-race-and-eugenics "History of Race and Eugenics (HRE)")
## Eugenic Iconographies and the Public Imagination
Professor Marius Turda explores the history and impact of the eugenics movement. He delves into the origins of eugenics, its rise to prominence, and its influence on social and health policies worldwide. The work highlights the visual and public iconographies used to promote eugenic ideologies, examining their role in shaping societal attitudes and reinforcing discriminatory practices. Through this digital exhibition, the text invites reflection on the legacy of eugenics and its ongoing implications in contemporary debates about genetics and human rights.
[Download flipbook](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/getmedia/ed167b18-e57a-4dbc-bd80-bcd412a2255b/Eugenic-Iconographies-and-the-Public-Imagination-Final.pdf)
## Podcasts
The Centre produced a range of podcast over time on diverse topics linked to Medical Humanities. Latest podcasts include:
- [History of Medicine #25: Race: a history of a bad idea](https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/72507070-350b-44bd-b8bf-b7d8810de6d1/1/)
- [History of Medicine #24: Suitable for Parenthood: The Eugenics of Reproductive Health in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain](https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/c5f9bc04-e9e4-4a88-8007-681e8550ae50/1/)\
- [History of Medicine #23: Spinsters and Lesbians as Spiritual Mothers of the British Race](https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/833150a5-7cf1-4451-a933-4e9542d90ced/1/)\
- [History of Medicine #22: Send in the Clones? Naomi Mitchison (née Haldane)’s Musing on Reproduction, Breeding, Feminism, Socialism and Eugenics from the 1920s to the 1970s](https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/0566899b-a57c-4d27-bf1c-2e42b0694c78/1/)
[See full list in Radar](https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/searching.do?in=C55e404a9-18a6-4196-ad4f-33d6407e928c&q=%23HistoryOfMedicinePodcast&type=standard&sort=name&dr=AFTER)
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## Library special collections on public and allied health
Oxford Brookes curates unique collections for teaching and research. For more information, please visit the [Library Special Collections page](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/collections/special-collections/).
[Dorset House Archive](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/collections/special-collections/public-and-allied-health/dorset-house-archive)
[Medical Sciences Video Archive](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/collections/special-collections/public-and-allied-health/medical-sciences-video-archive)
[Sally Croft Collection](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/collections/special-collections/public-and-allied-health/sally-croft-collection/)
[The Welfare Collection](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/collections/special-collections/public-and-allied-health/the-welfare-collection/)
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