CIRAC - Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Aging and Care, Uni Graz

29/05/2026

Join us for next week's edition of the CIRAC "Introduction to Health Humanities" lecture series as Amelia DeFalco (University of Leeds) will deliver her guest lecture "Introducing Health Humanities: Representing Illness, Disability, and Care."

The lecture will be held online on Tuesday, June 2nd (5:00-6:30) pm.

Click this link to join on Zoom: https://uni-graz.zoom.us/j/61723742495?pwd=ukXcrqS0bGa55Q3UYMEMIDygsCAxiW.1s

We look forward to seeing you online for another interesting lecture!

07/05/2026

CIRAC cordially invites you to our roundtable taking place at Forum Stadtpark next Tuesday, May 12th (6:00–8:00pm).

Under the topic “Interoception: Artistic Explorations of Loneliness, Aging, Grief, and Death”, Ulla Kriebernegg and Nina De Bettin Padolin will lead a discussion with Garry Barker (Leeds Arts University), Katja Heitmann (Tilburg, NL), Iza Kavedžija (University of Cambridge), and Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl (University of Graz). Using interoception—the perception of internal bodily states—as its departure point, the roundtable will explore perspectives and questions of how aging, disability, loneliness, grief, and death can be made visible through artistic and scholarly practices.


We look forward to seeing you at Forum Stadtpark for an engaging conversation!

27/04/2026

Join us for a lecture by Patrick Schuchter (University of Applied Sciences Campus Vienna) as he presents his guest lecture as part of the CIRAC “Introduction to Health Humanities” lecture series. Patrick Schuchter will present a talk on “Finitude, Care, and the Commons: Toward a Philosophical Literacy of Care—Hospice Lessons for Health Humanities” on Tuesday, April 28, at 5:00pm.

We look forward to seeing you either online on Zoom or in person at HS 47.02!
Zoom Link: https://uni-graz.zoom.us/j/61723742495?pwd=ukXcrqS0bGa55Q3UYMEMIDygsCAxiW.1s

21/04/2026

"An Agenda for the Medical Humanities and Ageing: A ‘biological turn’ in the medical humanities that integrates narrative and empowers policy" - Prof. Martina Zimmermann at CIRAC's Health Humanities Lecture

Join us at the University in person or online!

27/03/2026

Places of Health Practice in Graz: On-Site Visit at Gesundheitsdrehscheibe Graz

As part of the new Master’s Plus module in Health Humanities, the course moved outside of the classroom and into “Gesundheitsdrehscheibe” for an on-site visit. Founded in 2023, Gesundheitsdrehscheibe is an initiative that aims to provide people living in Graz with access to information surrounding questions about health, navigating health care systems, and health promotion. In an in-depth conversation with project leaders and team members, students had the opportunity to get insights into their diverse work and ask questions about the initiative. In this insightful exchange, students and team members of Gesundheitsdrehscheibe reflected on the potentials and challenges of their work as well as on what it means to work in a public health-oriented institution. The visit allowed students to deepen their knowledge and gain insights into how health is practiced in Graz and which organizations shape this practice.

23/03/2026

Join us online!

09/03/2026

Herzliche Einladung zum Vortrag:

„Das gute Leben und die Medizin: Eine Reflexion aus ärztlicher Perspektive“

von

Elisabeth Medicus (Medizinische Universität Innsbruck)

Wann? 10. März 2026, 17:00-18:30
Wo? HS 47.02, Heinrichstr. 78a

Dieser Vortrag finden im Rahmen des Mastermoduls+ Health Humanities der Universität Graz statt.

19/12/2025

16/11/2025

Mit Beiträgen des CIRAC zu den Themen
"Mitfühlende Arbeitswelten fördern", "Caring Communities starten und nachhaltig verankern", "Sorgen am Lebensende in der postmigrantischen Gesellschaft" uvm.

09/11/2025

Geteiltes Leben - ein Forumtheater von InterACT
Die partizipative Theaterworkshop-Reihe für 24-Stunden-Personenbetreuer*innen und für Menschen, die sich für die Verbesserung der Arbeitsbedingungen sowie für Angehörige einsetzen, findet noch am 18., 19., 20. November, um 19:30 Uhr im Theater am Lend statt.

Foto: Aufführung am 8.11. mit Kommentaren von Ulla Kriebernegg und Anna Durisova