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.
2022 Sowerby Lecture: “The Puzzle of Addiction” by Hanna Pickard (Johns Hopkins)
2020 Sowerby Lecture: “What does it mean to be healthy?” by Robyn Bluhm (Michigan State University)
2018 Sowerby Lecture: “Reflections on why I want what I want from research and researchers - as a patient” by Sir Iain Chalmers
2016 Sowerby Lecture: “Medical Nihilism: Should We Trust Medical Research” by Jacob Stegenga (Cambridge)
2019 Sowerby Lecture: “Are You Your Brain? Neuroscience and Neuromania” by Raymond Tallis
2017 Sowerby Lecture: “Mental Health and Justice: Classical and Romantic perspectives” by Gareth Owen (KCL)
2015 Sowerby Lecture: ““If I had to live like you, I think I’d kill myself”: Explaining the Disability Paradox” by Havi Carel (Bristol)
