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- September 2023/ Upcoming Seminar. Guy Geltner, “The Nature of Preindustrial Mining: Environmental Perspectives and Knowledge Creation” September 6, 2023
- August 2023/ Upcoming Seminar: “The Nature of Extraction in Preindustrial Europe” August 22, 2023
- Photo Gallery: Rocca San Silvestro, summer 2023 August 21, 2023
- Call for contributions: Bibliography update: “The History of Public Health in Pre-Industrial Societies” August 21, 2023
- We are moving to Mastodon August 3, 2023
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- Untitled September 12, 2023Our colleague prof. Megan Cassidy-Welch of ACU writes: "Today the Australian Catholic University announced a plan to disestablish the Medieval and Early Modern Studies research program. A myopic decision needing international condemnation."As director of that program, I will be strongly objecting to this decision."Medieval and early modern studies lies at the heart of university history, […]
- Untitled September 11, 2023#Applications open at California Institute of Technology for a postdoctoral instructor in medieval history. See flyer attachment for more information. Application online through: https://applications.caltech.edu/jobs/medievalhistory#postdoc #medieval #opportunity
- Untitled September 11, 2023Wed 13 Sept 12pm AEST// 4am EST, Guy Geltner presenting University of Melbourne's History of Philosophy and Science Seminar Series: “The Nature of Preindustrial Mining: Environmental Perspectives and Knowledge Creation”For Zoom email premodern.healthscaping@gmail.comhttps://www.hpsunimelb.org/seminars
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September 2023/ Upcoming Seminar. Guy Geltner, “The Nature of Preindustrial Mining: Environmental Perspectives and Knowledge Creation”
Next week Wednesday 13 September, Guy Geltner will present at Melbourne University as part of its HSP (History of Philosophy and Science) Seminar Series. OVERVIEW When: 12.00(Melbourne local time), 13 September 2023 Where: Old Arts 155, The University of Melbourne … Continue reading
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August 2023/ Upcoming Seminar: “The Nature of Extraction in Preindustrial Europe”
This week, Guy Geltner will present at Monash University, “The Nature of Extraction in Preindustrial Europe”, highlighting his research on miners in preindustrial Europe. OVERVIEW (More details here) When: 12.00-13.00 (Melbourne local time), 25 August 2023 Where: Menzies Building, Monash University … Continue reading
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Photo Gallery: Rocca San Silvestro, summer 2023
We have released a photo gallery of 2023 summer fieldwork in Rocca San Silvestro, to be found in Media > Photo Gallery. A description follows, written by anthropologist and team member Serena Viva, who worked on site: From the 3rd … Continue reading
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Call for contributions: Bibliography update: “The History of Public Health in Pre-Industrial Societies”
As part of our years-long research track spanning two key research projects on premodern/ preindustrial health (About Us), we provide a bibliography of “The History of Public Health in Pre-Industrial Societies”. It is constantly updated, but our last revision was … Continue reading
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We are moving to Mastodon
We have set up a Mastodon account and aim to transition slowly into this federated, non-profit platform. Mastodon focuses on users’ privacy and collective governance. Our platform is on the Humanities Commons server, which has been hosting our project portal … Continue reading
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Symposium: Medieval Bodies: New Projects, New Perspectives
Organised by Professor Megan Cassidy-Welch (Australian Catholic University) this symposium explores the ‘medieval body’ as a site of critical inquiry, through three ongoing research projects of disparate focuses: ‘Literature and the Face’; ‘Queer Medievalism’ and our very own project, ‘Pursuing … Continue reading
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Workshop: Workers’ Health and Material Environment in Port Cities (1300-1700)
Workshop: Workers’ Health and Material Environment in Port Cities (1300-1700) Organised by Dr. C.V. Weeda (Leiden University) and Marie-Louise Leonard (University Ca’ Foscari Venezia), this workshop includes three of our fabulous team: Claire Weeda, Janna Coomans, and Léa Hermenault. The … Continue reading
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New project: Mining Activities, Public Health Strategies and Pollution Legacies in Europe, 1200-1600
We are excited to announce we have received funding from Monash Arts Faculty for a Health and Medical Research Accelerator project on preindustrial public health. This research project builds on the work done in our two (previous/ current) projects, Healthscaping … Continue reading
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Lecture: Supplying the slave trade in 10th-century Prague
Lola Digard, member of our previous research project, Healthscaping Premodern Europe, will be in discussion with Jane Fontaine tomorrow. Dr Fontaine’s lecture focuses on the role of the Prague market in the trade of enslaved people. 14 February 2023, 3.30pm EST … Continue reading
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Medieval Round Table: The Nature of Extraction in Preindustrial Europe
Guy Geltner will be presenting at The University of Melbourne’s Medieval Round Table discussion group on 6 February 2023. The Round Table is an informal forum that meets monthly, usually on the first Monday of the month, to discuss works … Continue reading
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