Brian Hurwitz
Department of English
Kings College London
United Kingdom
Biography
Brian Hurwitz is D’Oyly Carte Professor of Medicine and the Arts in the Department of English. He is a medical practitioner affiliated to the Division of Health and Social Care Research, King’s College London, directs the Centre for the Humanities and Health and is a member of the Steering Advisory Board of the Centre for Life-Writing Research at King’s.
Research Interest
"Professor Hurwitz's research interests encompass clinical medicine and narrative studies in relation to medical practice, ethics, law and the literary interface between medicine and humanities and arts disciplines. He collaborates with Neil Vickers in convening and teaching the MA in Literature and Medicine and with Lara Feigel in convening the KCL MSc programme in Medical Humanities. Brian welcomes applications for PhD topics related to any of his research interests. "