Health and Humanities Lab at UNC Chapel Hill

HHIVE Blog

HHGR Lecture by Dr. Virlana Shchuka: Premature Birth, Medicine, Guilt Culture, and the Power of Storytelling

By Tara Penman On Tuesday, October 21st, I attended the Health Humanities Grand Rounds lecture given by Dr. Virlana Shchuka. I was intrigued by the subject matter, as well as the statement that one of the first feelings mothers have … Read more
MicroPop HHGR Lecture and Exhibit

By Niko Wiguna with Elizabeth Alene and Olivia Hankinson On September 16, I (NW) curiously attended the MicroPop lecture and exhibit, a Health Humanities Grand Rounds event featuring German scholars Davina Höll and Michael Pelzer from the University of Tübingen, … Read more
HHIVE Newsletter

View this email in your browser HHIVE Lab Newsletter 10/6/25 Announcements, upcoming events, and news about the health humanities at UNC Lab Meeting Today at 2:30pm The HHIVE Team will meet at 2:30pm today for our bi-weekly lab meeting. Jenny … Read more
HHIVE Digest: Welcome Back!

View this email in your browser HHIVE Lab Digest Announcements, upcoming events, and news about the health humanities at UNC Welcome Back! Our team spent the summer attending conferences like the European Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts conference … Read more

Health Humanities: An Interdisciplinary Venue for Exploration

We are a group of researchers dedicated to linking the humanities and health sciences through student-centered research projects, innovative curricula, and public engagement. Our mission is to help prepare the next generation to think across disciplines, consult their values and passions, and tackle real-world problems to create meaningful social change.

Admissions for the English M.A. concentration in Literature, Medicine, and Culture are open every fall. In this interdisciplinary program, students can focus on Global Health; Medicine and the Arts; Constructions of Illness; Narrative Medicine; Race, Justice, and Health. Courses can be taken in departments across the university, including social medicine, anthropology, and English.