Pregnancy, Birth and Motherhood are amongst the experiences most central to human lives. In three online events, the University of Southampton Faculty of Arts and Humanities Advanced Seminar Series 2020 brings together scholars working on Pregnancy, Birth and Motherhood from across the arts and humanities and beyond.

Professor Fiona Woollard, Philosophy at the University of Southampton, chaired this first seminar on Pregnancy. Topics discussed ranged from health and wellbeing through and between pregnancies to how pregnancies challenges boundaries between the self and the other.

The session included a panel discussion, followed by a short break, then speakers responded to questions and comments submitted in the live chat by the public.

Speakers:
- Nisreen Alwan (UoS Primary Care and Population Sciences), Health and Wellbeing in Pregnancy and Interconception |
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/medicine/about/staff/naa1f14.page
- Clare Hanson (UoS English), Epigenetics, Maternal Chimeras and Codevelopment |
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/english/about/staff/ch13.page
- Alexander Mortensen (UoS Philosophy), The Metaphysics of Pregnancy |
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/philosophy/postgraduate/research_students/ajm1e19.page
- Yonat Nitzan-Green (Artist), Understanding Maternal Subjectivity Through Art | https://maternalaesthetics.blogspot.com/