Selling Hope and Herbs in the Later Middle Ages
The next Medieval Studies webinar at Loyola University Chicago will host Naama Cohen-Hanegbi (Tel Aviv University) on “Medieval Placebo: Selling Hope and Herbs in the Later Middle Ages.” Monday 31 January […]
The Reception of Renaissance Botanical Literature in the Enlightenment
For the next Plants in Early Modern Knowledge webinar (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), Alexandra Cook (University of Honk Kong) will give a talk on “Reception of Renaissance Botanical Literature in […]
Snakes, Worms, and Finding God in Kerala
The next webinar (Bibliotheca Hertziana) will host Daniel Margócsy (University of Cambridge) on “Snakes, Worms, and Finding God in Kerala: The Origins of the Hortus Malabaricus.” Wednesday 4 May 2022, […]
European Knowledge-Making in the New Worlds
The second Scientiae Summer webinar series will be devoted to European Knowledge-Making in the New Worlds. Carolyn Podruchny (York University) – “Dying in the North American Fur Trade: The Changing […]
Herbal Medicine Cultures in Transition
The HHRN – Herbal History Research Network (UK) will host a webinar on “Herbal Medicine Cultures in Transition.” Medieval Welsh recipes: interpreting the plant names of the past – Diana […]
Mechanical Philosophy and Life Sciences in the Early-Modern Period
Radboud University Nijmegen will host a hybrid conference on “The Mechanical Philosophy and the Life Sciences in the Early-Modern Period.” Thursday 23 June Carla Rita Palmerino (Radboud University) – Opening […]
Descartes’s History of Nature
The Cabinet of Natural History seminar (University of Cambridge) will host an online session with Fabrizio Baldassarri (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) on “Descartes’s History of Nature: Method and Experiments […]
Medieval Women’s Horticulture and Book on Medicine
The next Medieval History Graduate (hybrid) Workshop at the University of Cambridge will host Caitlin Williams (London) on “Medieval Women’s Horticulture: Medicinal Plants and Plant Based Medicines in Late Medieval […]
Gardening and Medicines in Late Medieval England
The next History of Gardens and Landscapes webinar at the University of London will host Caitlin Williams (University of London) on “Medical Plants and Plant Based Medicine: Gardening and Medicine […]
Plants and Philosophy: From Wisdom to Science
The CREMT center at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice will host a two-day hybrid conference on “Plants and Philosophy: From Ancient Wisdom to Today’s Science.” Tuesday 30 May Andrea Falcon […]