Benjamin Dalton is Lecturer in French Studies in the School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University. His work explores intersections between contemporary French and Francophone literature and film, philosophy, and the medical and health Humanities. He has published widely on the work of Catherine Malabou, underlining the importance of her philosophy of plasticity for diverse disciplines and contexts, including contemporary literature and film; queer theory; and the medical and health humanities. Benjamin's work also explores questions of health and care, with a particular focus on how philosophy, literature and film can help us to re-imagine the hospitals of the future. He has published a range of articles relating to this project, exploring new models for hospitals and clinical environments in the work of Catherine Malabou (Essays in French Literature and Culture, 2021 and Film-Philosophy, 2024), Jean-Luc Nancy (Nottingham French Studies, 2023), Paul B. Preciado (The Senses & Society, 2024), and Anne Dufourmantelle (Paragraph, 2024). He is founder and leader of the Queer Medical Humanities Network at Lancaster University and Co-I on the project 'The Queer Lives of the Hospital: An Archive of LGBTQIA+ Experiences of Healthcare Environments'.