Healing and Curing, Medieval to Modern
University of Glasgow, 27-28 August 2012
From physicians, surgeons and hospitals to shrines, pilgrimages and processions, this conference will explore the varied ways in which people sought methods of healing and curing from the medieval period, circa 500, to the nineteenth century and the advent of ‘modern medicine’. By investigating continuities and disparities across a broad time period in a comparative European context, we hope to encourage an interdisciplinary approach to examine this important and exciting theme.
The plenary speakers will be Professor Samuel K Cohn: 'Epidemics in History: Cultural Toxins, Cultural Healing', and Professor Peregrine Horden: 'Hospitals in the Eastern Mediterranean: the modern and the medieval'.
Postgraduate bursaries are available.
Rachael Allen, a professional artist, has undertaken new drawings tailor-made for the conference theme, which will be exhibited in the Senate Room on 27 and 28 August.
Organisers: Sarah Erskine and Marie-Louise Leonard can be contacted on healingandcuring@gmail.com
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- Previous related event: Healing and curing symposium, 8 Feb 2012
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