The next meeting of 'Medieval European Medical Manuscripts' of the CHSTM is on April 23.
Melissa Reynolds (Texas Christian University) will be speaking on 'The Material Culture of Later Medieval English Medicine'.
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Open Access Article! "The plague of 1720 and migration in Martigues (France) in the 17th and 18th centuries" by Pierre Darlu and Isabelle Séguy.
The study helps us understand how epidemics can affect the evolution of a population on a local scale.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Are you interested in public health in the premodern Islamic World?
All three Open Access chapters of "Public Health in the Premodern World" published by @oxfordunipress.bsky.social will be of interest to you then. Check it out!
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Our G. Geltner is giving a talk on "Lucifer’s Land: Entanglements with the Netherworld during Europe’s first mining boom, 1180-1550" at the @ihr.bsky.social on the 7th May. Come along!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
"Do Less Harm: Ethical Questions for Health Historians"
Courtney E. Thompson and Kylie M. Smith bring together historians and scholars to confront one of the most pressing questions in health history: How can we ethically approach stories of medicine and health without perpetuating harm?
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The Objects, Images, and Spaces of Health April 17th meeting hosts Briana Brightly, who has shared a chapter from their doctoral dissertation titled "How to Draw the Buddha and Dissect a Corpse: Iconometry and Anatomy in Early-Modern Tibet".
@yoelitlalim.bsky.social will open as commentator
There is a new study on the Black Death burials in Ta\rrega (Catalonia) that offers the first genetic analysis of the victims
"Uncovering a Medieval Pogrom: Genetic History of a Jewish Community in Catalonia (Spain)" by Laura Pallarés-Viña et. al.
www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/17...
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The Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine is opening proposals for a new working group. The call is for groups that will meet during the 2026-2027 academic year.
www.chstm.org/news/propose...
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For those on the other side of the world, or unable to make it to Oxford, launching the book will be part of the focus of our hybrid July Conference in Melbourne, Australia. See more information of that at the following link: premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1701
Three chapters of the book Public Health in the Premodern World: Dynamic Balances are also available Open Access, find them at the following link: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Please come along to our book launch in Oxford of Public Health in the Premodern World: Dynamic Balances, edited by G. Geltner, Janna Coomans, and Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim @yoelitlalim.bsky.social published by @oxfordunipress.bsky.social
Come along to our book launch!
If you’re sadly on the wrong side of the globe for this one, part of our (hybrid!) conference will be dedicated to launching this volume in Melbourne
premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1701
Part of our final conference (in Melbourne! But also virtual) will be dedicated to launching this edited volume…
premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1701
Also if you’re interested in Paige’s work you can hear her talk about how eighteenth-century women viewed ideal and less-than-ideal forms of
birthcare in our upcoming hybrid conference!
Check it out here:
premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1701
Discount code in the comments of the below!
Thank you so much! For those interested in buying a copy, please use discount code BB135 at Boydell & Brewer: boydellandbrewer.com/book/mola-fa...
A conference poster. The text will not fit in this alt but can be found at: https://premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org/?p=1701
Registration has opened for our conference - "Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches"!
Attendance is both virtual and in-person in Melbourne, Australia.
See the program here: drive.google.com/file/d/1mZ4F...
Registration: forms.gle/TqQ6GmN9c6pK...
Вook standing on wooden table. The cover reads: Mola, False Conception, and False Pregnancy in British Medicine 1550-1850 PAIGE DONAGHY
A huge congratulations to Paige Donaghy (@paigedonaghy.bsky.social) for the launch of “Mola, False Conception, and False Pregnancy in British Medicine, 1550–1850”
The book reveals how ambiguous pregnancies reshaped knowledge, emotion, and the cultural meaning of conception across centuries
What an excellent book on the multilingual and cross-cultural nature of medical learning in medieval northern Europe!
Registration has opened for our conference - "Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches"!
Attendance is both virtual and in-person in Melbourne, Australia
Program: drive.google.com/file/d/1mZ4F...
Registration: forms.gle/w49zfP3CPBQj...
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A conference poster. The text will not fit in this alt but can be found at: https://premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org/?p=1701
Registration has opened for our conference - "Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches"!
Attendance is both virtual and in-person in Melbourne, Australia.
See the program here: drive.google.com/file/d/1mZ4F...
Registration: forms.gle/TqQ6GmN9c6pK...
CFP: International Conference Moving Beyond Prevailing Narratives: Rethinking the Medical Knowledge of Pre-Modern Jews at the Crossroads of Cultures, Sources and Traditions
Granada, 7-8 September 2026
semiticos.ugr.es/investigacio...
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A poster giving the information of the conference. All of this exact text can be found following the link in the post - it is too long to list here.
We're hosting a hybrid conference!
"Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches" will explore traditional and recent themes in public health history.
To be notified when registration opens, fill out this form: forms.gle/Tr9n7u2Mr41B...
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Poster advertising a promo code for the book 'public health in the premodern world, dynamic balances.' More information about the book, including the table of contents, can be found at global.oup.com/academic. Use promottion code AUFLY30 to save 30%
Have you had your eye on “Public Health in the Premodern World” ed. by our G. Geltner with Janna Coomans & Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim (@yoelitlalim.bsky.social) which illustrates the rich history of public health?
Check out the code below to get 30% off!
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I now teach this fantastic paper in fact as the corrective the author intended in enlarging the scope of modern public health beyond modernism and into astrology ... The anthology will no doubt provide much more for this effort! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Looks like an excellent paper!
Absolutely! Useful context that can help ground research beyond the pre-modern
Santorio Award for Excellence in Research!
This biannual award is designed to support and promote the best PhD theses in the history of medicine and science, focusing on Europe and the Mediterranean, 500-1800.
See the link for more details: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/grants-and-a...
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Poster advertising a promo code for the book 'public health in the premodern world, dynamic balances.' More information about the book, including the table of contents, can be found at global.oup.com/academic. Use promottion code AUFLY30 to save 30%
Have you had your eye on “Public Health in the Premodern World” ed. by our G. Geltner with Janna Coomans & Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim (@yoelitlalim.bsky.social) which illustrates the rich history of public health?
Check out the code below to get 30% off!
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