The exhibition was featured on Roma Cultural Awareness Day, organised on 12 November 2025 by Care for Young People’s Future and Welcoming Cultures UK in Sheffield.
With many thanks to Terezia Rostas.
Following the exhibition ‘s successful trip to Rio de Janeiro Marius was interviewed by Vivian Mannheimer for História, Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos, a quarterly publication of the Casa de Oswaldo Cruz.
Read the interview here:
https://www.scielo.br/j/hcsm/a/k8jTRZBTWxbDGnKPXGGpLnG/?lang=en
On 4 November 2025 Prof Marius Turda spoke about disability, eugenics and dehumanisation at the Wiener Holocaust Library in London. The talk as was held as part of the “Finding Ivy: a life worthy of life” exhibition.
Between 15 and 17 September 2025, Prof Marius Turda joined a number of scholars and Dr Leon Weintraub, a survivor of the Holocaust, for the 6th International Conference entitled ‘Medicine behind the Barbed Wire’, organised by Medical Review Auschwitz at the Medical College of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He presented on ‘Confronting Eugenics and Scientific Racism’.
Prof Marius Turda won the 2025 essay prize awarded by Romania’s most prestigious literary journal, Observator Cultural, for his book In Search of the Perfect Romanian (Polirom 2024, 2nd. ed. 2025) https://polirom.ro/historia/8557-%C3%AEn-c%C4%83utarea-rom%C3%A2nului-perfect.html
Prof Marius Turda gave a paper at the conference on history, eugenics and human enhancement organised by the Uehiro Oxford Institute at St Anne’s College on 24 March 2025.
Students at Purdue University’s College of Liberal Arts (USA) engage with the exhibition on eugenics curated by Professor Marius Turda in a class entitled “Literature in the Age of Eugenics” taught by Professor Maren Linett, Founder and Coordinator of Critical Disability Studies.
‘We are not Alone’: Legacies of Eugenics now exists as a digital exhibition. It is available here:
https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/hss/centres/centre-for-medical-humanities#flipbook
Professor Marius Turda explores the history and impact of the eugenics movement. He delves into the origins of eugenics, its rise to prominence, and its influence on social and health policies worldwide. The work highlights the visual and public iconographies used to promote eugenic ideologies, examining their role in shaping societal attitudes and reinforcing discriminatory practices. Through this digital exhibition, the text invites reflection on the legacy of eugenics and its ongoing implications in contemporary debates about genetics and human rights.
