History Department Events Calendar
Researcher Workshop with Honorary Professor Vivian Nutton
The Centre of the History of Medicine, Department of Classics and Ancient History, and the Department of History present an interdisciplinary Researcher Workshop with Guest Speaker - Honorary Professor Vivian Nutton
Convened by Aileen Das (Classics and Ancient History), Collin Lieberg (History) and Dr Roberta Bivins (CHM)
Tuesday 29 January 2013
IAS Seminar Room, Millburn House
Please be advised places and limited and should you be interested in attending please email Aileen Das (Aileen.Das@warwick.ac.uk) or Collin Lieberg (C.Lieberg@warwick.ac.uk)
Speakers Include:
Vivian Nutton, 'History, medicine, and the historiography of medicine'
Madelaine Burrows (Classics): Mystical and Medical Ideas about Blood in 1–2nd-century AD Rome
Aileen Das (Classics): Galen's 'Medical Timaeus' in al-Bīrūnī's 'A Verification on What is Said on India ' (Taḥqīq mā li-l-Hind min Maqālatin)
Paula McBride (History): Magic/witchcraft in early modern medicine
Josh Moulding (History of Medicine): Healthcare and food in 20th century Central America
Rebecca Taylor (Classics): Medicine in 6th-century BC Ionia
Greg Wells (History of Medicine) : John Hall's Little Book of Cures (1611-1635): A New Translation