2026 Health Humanities Consortium Conference
April 8-11, 2026 | Indiana University, Indianapolis | Indianapolis, Indiana
Event Is Live! 
The conference will take place at University Tower and Hine Hall, located at the
center of the IU Indianapolis campus, 875 W North St.
The annual HHC Conference is an international convening of scholars, practitioners, and students that promotes health humanities scholarship, education, and practices at the intersection of the humanities, arts, and social sciences in health, illness, and health care.
HCC and its conference seek to advance understanding of the experiences of patients, caregivers, and communities as they are shaped in relation to models of disease, illness, health, and wellness—and to educate the public, health professionals, and educators about the history, practice, and study of the health humanities.The conference will take place at University Tower and Hine Hall, located at the center of the IU Indianapolis campus, 875 W North St.
The Health Humanities Consortium invites proposals for its annual conference on the theme of “Health Justice: So it goes?” We ask presenters to define the role of the health humanities in our current moment, to consider how health education can transform to meet today’s challenges, and to imagine humanistic approaches to building just futures. Our subtitle, presented in the form of a question, draws upon Indianapolis native and author Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece, Slaughterhouse Five, which prompts us to consider the meanings of devastation, destruction, and death in the world. Following every mention of death throughout the novel, his poignant phrase “So it goes” serves as an acceptance of the inevitable when written as a statement. In the form of a question, however, we are invited to consider the extent to which we must acquiesce; it becomes protest.
Narrating Health Justice for New and Old Problems
Keisha Ray, PhDJohn P. McGovern, MD Professor of Oslerian Medicine
Director of the Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration
McGovern Center for Humanities & Ethics
UT Health Houston
Advocating for Reproductive Justice in a Post-Roe World
Caitlin Bernard, MDAssistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Division Director for Complex Family Planning
Indiana University School of Medicine
Consider staying for the 6th Annual Midwest Medical Humanities Student Conference, which the IU Indianapolis Medical Humanities Student Club is hosting on Saturday, April 11 on the IU Indianapolis campus, just as the HHC Conference concludes. The conference will feature presentations by students from across the nation on topics in the medical/health humanities. All HHC attendees will be automatically registered for the student conference.
JW Marriott Indianapolis
10 S West St, Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 860-5800
Rooms are $229.00/night.
Rates available the nights of April 8, 9, and 10
Here is our reservation link for participants:
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Check-in: 4:00 pm
Check-out: 11:00 am
Daily: $59.00
Daily: $80.00
Hampton Inn by Hilton Indianapolis Canal IUPUI
414 West Vermont Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Rooms are $179.00/night
Rates available the nights of April 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11
Here is our reservation link for participants:
Check-in: 3:00 pm
Check-out: 11:00 am
Not available
$55.00
