“The Ideal Body”: Perceptions of Perfection from Early Modernity to the Present
This virtual conference organized by Cambridge Body and Food Histories Group will bring together academics and professionals working within interdisciplinary fields including history, sociology, medicine and theology. It aims to […]
Pestilence, Disease, and Healing in Medieval and Early Modern Art
14th Annual Imago Conference, University of Haifa. Organizing committee: Gil Fishhof, Mazi Kuzi, Jochai Rosen, Margo Stroumsa-Uzan. Tuesday, 12 January 2021 9:00-9:30 Greetings and Opening Remarks Efraim Lev, Dean — […]
Crip Authority and the Art of Consolation in Renaissance Representations of Disability
The next Premodern Disability Histories Seminar (Warburg Institute) will host Elizabeth B. Bearden (UW Madison) on “Crip Authority and the Art of Consolation in Renaissance Representations of Disability.” Having explored […]
Abnormal Generation: Disability, Race, and Gender
For next History of Science, Medicine and Technology Group seminar (University of Edinburgh), Natalie Goodison (Edinburgh) will give a talk entitled “Abnormal generation in Medieval and Early Modern Britain: Disability, race, […]
Experiencing the Material Body in Early Modern Europe
Online workshop at the University of Stockholm on the body in early modernity, organized by Karin Sennefelt and Anton Runesson. Wednesday 16 June Sasha Handley (University of Manchester) – Lusty […]
Health and Work in the Early Modern World
The Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice will host a hybrid conference entitled “Health and Work in the Early Modern World, 1500-1750.” Tuesday 20 […]
Embodied Ageing Masculinities in Early Modern England
For the next Gender and Ageing in Premodern Europe webinar at the University of Bergen, Amie Bolissian (University of Reading) will give a talk entitled “Thriving in the Head: Embodied […]
Aging Women in Late Medieval and Early Modern Times
The Aging Women Across Ages hybrid conference (University of Bergen) will host Laura Cayrol-Bernardo (University of Bergen) on “Caring for women’s aging bodies in the Late Middle Ages” and Amie […]
Blind in Early Modern Japan
The next Disability Studies and Mad Studies webinar at CHSTM will host Wei Yu Wayne Tan (Hope College) on “Blind in Early Modern Japan: Disability, Medicine, and Identity.” Tuesday 9 […]
Humans: A Monstrous History
The next hybrid lecture at Science History Institute (Philadelphia) will host Surekha Davies (Harvard University) on “Humans: A Monstrous History.” Thursday 17 April 2025, 6–7pm EST Source: https://www.sciencehistory.org/visit/events/humans-a-monstrous-history/