Event Description
The Monash Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies will host its Sixth Annual Symposium “Salutaria! Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing in Medieval and Early Modern History.”
The preservation of health and the pursuit of wellness were major preoccupations during the Medieval and Renaissance period. This was not limited to just the body but also to the mind, the soul, the community and the environment. As a complex subject that affected everybody, the quest for wellbeing was understood and experienced in a multitude of ways. This symposium aims to explore both the changing and continuing perceptions of wellbeing during the medieval and early modern period as well as the various strategies people employed to pursue it for themselves and for others.
Keynote: Guy Geltner
Speakers: Elizabeth Burrell, Merav Carmeli, Nat Cutter, Aydogan Kars, Rosa Martorana, Melissa Raine (University of Melbourne), Kathryn Smithies (University of Melbourne), Richard Tait, Gordon Whyte
Friday 23rd April 2021, 9:00–16:30 BST
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