Storytelling as Pharmakon in Premodernity and Beyond: Training the New Generation of Researchers and Professionals in Health Humanities (StoryPharm)

Storytelling as Pharmakon in Premodernity and Beyond: Training the New Generation of Researchers and Professionals in Health Humanities (StoryPharm) delivers an international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral programme of doctoral training recruiting 19 fellows, who are trained to become highly skilled cultural historians specialising in premodern intellectual and healthcare worlds (Greco-Roman, Sasanian, Byzantine, Western Medieval, and Islamic). Acquiring interdisciplinary knowledge in Classics, Medieval Studies, Narrative Medicine, Health Humanities, and Medievalism, along with transferable skills, the fellows are trained to use, develop, and deploy cutting-edge approaches to storytelling and its ethical ramifications for scientific, professional, business, healthcare, and social purposes.