Disease, Death, and Therapy
The Medieval Academy of America is delighted to host a Speculum webinar that launches January 2021’s themed issue dedicated to the timely topic of “Disease, Death, and Therapy” (vol. 96.1). The […]
Epidemics and Infectious Disease
For the next Dissertation Inspiration Seminar (Wellcome Collection), the session will use a variety of materials in the collection to explore how infectious diseases have been understood across different time […]
Plague Ecologies in the Ottoman Empire
For the Environments and Ecologies of Transmission colloquium (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science), Nükhet Varlık will give a talk on “Plague Ecologies in the Ottoman Empire: Rethinking […]
Experiencing Illness in Colonial Yucatán
For the next Premodern Seminar, the Newberry Library will host Ryan Kashanipour (University of Arizona) on “Epidemics and Epistemologies: Experiencing Illness in Colonial Yucatán”. This talk addresses how indigenous populations […]
Culinary Knowledge in Ficino’s Medical Recipes
For the online Symposium on Culinary Recipe from the Twelfth to the Seventeenth Centuries (University of Tours), Wanessa Asfora Nadler will give a talk entitled “The role of culinary knowledge […]
Plague and Mental Health Institutions in the Low Countries
For Space and the Hospital: International Network for the History of Hospitals Conference (Nova University Lisbon), Mats Dijkdrent (University of Cambridge) will give a talk entitled “Healing through Space: Plague […]
Plague and Public Health in the Prague Ghetto
For next Premodern Studies Seminar at Newberry Library, Joshua Teplitsky (Stony Brook University) will give a talk entitled “Quarantine in the Prague Ghetto: Plague and Public Health between Jews and […]
Approaches to Life and Health in Medieval Cities
The Premodern Healthscaping ERC project will host an online workshop entitled “Approaches to Life and Health in Medieval Cities,” featuring the launch of the Healthscaping WebGIS. Introduction: Launching the Healthscaping […]
Astrological Forecasting of Epidemic Disease
The History of Science webinar at Oxford University will host Michelle Pfeffer on “Astrological forecasting of epidemic disease in early modern England.” Tuesday 6 July 2021, 18:00 BST Source: https://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/alumni-event/history-of-science-webinar-from-dr-michelle-pfeffer-astrological-forecasting-of-epidemic-disease-in-early-modern-england/
Pestilential Soundscapes and Early Colonial Order
The next Workshop for the Early Modern Period (University of Cambridge) will host Claire Turner (Leeds) on “Pestilential Soundscapes and Permeable Spatial Boundaries in 17th–Century London” and Tathagata Dutta (Tufts) […]