Writer & Historian
Events & Exhibitions.
I have organised large and small events for academics, members of the public, and healthcare professionals, and consulted on and curated exhibitions.
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Events​
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Museum Late, ‘Open Hearts, Racing Pulses’, Royal College of Nursing (February 2020)
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Surgical Speed-Meet, London (July 2019); Manchester (November 2019)
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Emotions and Team-Working in the Hospital, Workshop with surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses, healthcare assistants, policymakers, and historians examining the emotions of team-work in the modern hospital and operating theatre’, Royal College of Nursing (March 2019)
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My First Death, Public engagement event as part of the Being Human Festival, Royal College of Nursing, (November 2018)
Surgery & Emotion, Public lecture at the Wellcome Library, (October 2018)
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Operating with Feeling, Workshop with surgeons, policymakers, and historians examining the place of emotions in modern surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England (June 2018)
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Operating with Feeling: Can Surgeons Feel Our Pain?, Public Engagement 'Open Platform' Event, Wellcome Library Reading Room, (March 2018)
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The Genital Touch: Understanding Male Cancers Past and Present, Public lecture for the Royal College of Nursing Library & Archives, Manchester Central Library, (November 2016)
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Cancer and Animals, Public lecture as part of the Being Human Festival, Hunterian Museum, (November 2015)​
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Exhibitions
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​‘Who Cares? Emotions in the History of Nursing’, Royal College of Nursing (2019-)