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In May 2024, a multidisciplinary group of researchers conducted a geochemical survey in the Antas Valley, Iglesiente region, Sardinia, to explore the environmental (and health) impacts of a local silver-mining boom in the 12-14th centuries. See project details here. We … Continue reading →

As part of the Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison (30 October – 2 November) Shireen Hamza will be presenting within the panel “New Approaches to the Study of Smell Culture in South Asia”. Her paper is titled “Therapeutic … Continue reading →

On 17-18 October, University of Siena’s Department of Historical Sciences and Cultural Heritage (Università di Siena, Dipartimento Scienze storiche e dei beni culturali) will host a conference on mining landscapes of medieval Italy: Paesaggi minerari dell’Italia medievale. This exciting conference … Continue reading →

On 22 August 2024, as part of the ARC Discovery Project research group, “Pursuing Public Health in the Preindustrial World, 1100-1800”, we ran our first public event to share the research conducted in the two years of the project’s running. … Continue reading →

The MINESCAPES Summer School, which ran 1-9 June in the Harz ‘minescape’, has concluded with a great sense of satisfaction and inspiration for further cutting-edge research in mining and environmental history. The summer school included 13 PhD students working with … Continue reading →

In May 2024, a multidisciplinary team of researchers carried out a geochemical landscape survey campaign in the Iglesiente historic mining region, in Sardinia. These included Guy Geltner, member for our ARC project, “Pursuing Public Health in the Preindustrial World”, as … Continue reading →

Megan Cassidy-Welch, of the University of Divinity, CI for our international research project “Pursuing Public Health in the Preindustrial World”, will present at Flinders University in Adelaide on 24 May. Her presentation focuses on the health practices of pilgrims as … Continue reading →

Dr. Aydogan Kars of Monash University will be presenting a paper on prophetic medicine at the religious history conference held at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, 2024 April 4th-5th. The conference is titled “Between Reason and Authority. Diverse Paradigms of Doing … Continue reading →

SASMARS has a Call for Papers for its conference, to be held 1-4 August 2024. Proposals should consist of <250 word abstract, with <100 word author details. Papers no longer than 20 minutes. Deadline 31 December 2023. For more information … Continue reading →

The Sufi Studies Network, organised by Dr Milad Milani (Western Sydney University) and Dr Aydogan Kars (Monash University) will present their last talk on 3 November. Our very own team member Aydogan will be presenting “Prophetic Medicine and Sufi Piety … Continue reading →