The Annual Sowerby Lecture is the Philosophy and Medicine project’s flagship event. Past speakers include Robyn Bluhm, Raymond Tallis, Sir Ian Chalmers, Jacob Stegenga, Gareth Owen and Havi Carel. You can find recordings below.
2015 Sowerby Lecture: ““If I had to live like you, I think I’d kill myself”: Explaining the Disability Paradox” by Havi Carel (Bristol)
2016 Sowerby Lecture: “Medical Nihilism: Should We Trust Medical Research” by Jacob Stegenga (Cambridge)
2017 Sowerby Lecture: “Mental Health and Justice: Classical and Romantic perspectives” by Gareth Owen (KCL)
2018 Sowerby Lecture: “Reflections on why I want what I want from research and researchers - as a patient” by Sir Iain Chalmers
2019 Sowerby Lecture: “Are You Your Brain? Neuroscience and Neuromania” by Raymond Tallis
2020 Sowerby Lecture: “What does it mean to be healthy?” by Robyn Bluhm (Michigan State University)
2021 Sowerby Lecture by Neil Ferguson (Imperial)
2024 Sowerby Lecture: “A New Approach to Race Theory in Addressing Racial Disparities in Health” by Quayshawn Spencer (Pennsylvania)
2022 Sowerby Lecture: “The Puzzle of Addiction” by Hanna Pickard (Johns Hopkins)
