News

The Centre is pleased to announce its new public engagement event: Inside the Irish Giant: History, Science and Art.

This public outreach event centres on a famous historical story that took place in Georgian London: the encounter between the Irish giant Charles Byrne (1761 – 1783) and the famous anatomist and surgeon John Hunter (1728-1793). With Cartoon de Salvo's Irish Giant production, open forums and expert panel discussions; Religion, Science and Commerce & Gigantism, Genetics and History.

For more information please see our web: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/chm/outreach/irish_giant

Please be advised that deadlines have changed for Wellcome Trust Funding: please see Urgent Information on MA Funding for more details

It is with great pleasure we announce Dr Rupert Whitaker of the Tuke Institute as a new Honorary Fellow to the Centre. We look forward to working with him in the future and welcome him to the Centre and History wholeheartedly.

Rupert is the founder and chairman of the Tuke Institute. For almost 30 years, he has worked in the fields of medicine and community advocacy with a keen focus on empowering individuals to care for their own health. Following the death of his partner Terry Higgins from AIDS in 1982, he co-founded the Terrence Higgins Trust—now Europe’s leading HIV and sexual health charity—and helped establish the prevention, mental health, and peer-led social services there. He has been a leading civil advocate for people with HIV and chronic illness, appearing on television and in the news-media with his expertise and personal experiences since the early 1980s.

For more information on the Tuke Institute please see: http://www.tukeinstitute.org/