Un/silencing Healthcare
This two-day conference, supported by the Irish Humanities Alliance and South East Technological University (SETU) - brings together scholars, clinicians, artists, community partners and practitioners for a major gathering in the medical and health humanities. SETU's modern interdisciplinary environment, home to vibrant research clusters, creative practice and community-engaged scholarship, offers an ideal space for critical conversations about the future of healthcare and its contested narratives. Further details and registration available at the Conference website.
This year's conference theme addresses the paradoxes that define contemporary healthcare. It considers the coexistence of extraordinary technological advances alongside deepening inequalities, the expansion of patient advocacy alongside enduring structural silence, and the emergence of global connectivity that is continually challenged by local exclusion. Download schedule.
The conference asks what it means to 'Un/silence' healthcare by asking whose voices shape medical and healthcare knowledge, whose experiences are marginalised, and how we might create more just, plural, and compassionate futures.
The first IHA AGM will be held during the annual conference - 9-10am - Fri 4 September at SETU. Chaired by the incoming IHA Chair 2026-27, Prof. Yvon Bonenfant. The AGM is an opportunity to reflect on IHA activities 2025-26 and plans for the coming academic year. All staff and students from our member institutions are welcome to attend. AGM Registration for in-person attendance or to stream online.
