Let's talk about stigma

How do we talk about disease and the stigma that often comes with it?  

Can stigma ever be good? Can we find a beneficial way to better support people by talking about stigma? Join us for this event where a group of experts, including ANTITHESES researchers, have an open conversation exploring how illness and stigma shape our experiences, perceptions, and histories. 

You'll hear from five thought-provoking speakers who will guide small breakout discussions, each inspired by intriguing objects, some of which are from collections in the History of Science Museum. 

Then we’ll come together as a group as the speakers share their reflections. You'll have an opportunity to contribute to the conversation and ask questions. Will hearing each other’s stories shift how we think?  

Meet the ANTITHESES researchers involved

• Dr Tess Johnson, Ethox Centre in Oxford Population Health. Ethox researchers look at 'should' questions about health and wellbeing and the environment. Tess focuses on superbugs and how doctors, farmers and the public should go about using antibiotics to avoid creating new superbugs.
• Dr Hohee Cho, Research Associate, Pandemic Sciences Institute and the Faculty of History. Hohee is a historian specialising in colonial health systems and the history of disease in the Pacific Islands. Her research explores the intersection of medicine, empire, and stigma, with particular focus on Hansen’s disease and its quarantine regimes in the Pacific.

Booking required. Visit the event website to reserve your seat

This event was coordinated in partnership with the Pandemic Sciences Institute and the History of Science Museum.

Please be aware that a photographer will be capturing the event.