Mastodon feed- 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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Virtual Book Launch: Death and Disease in the Medieval and Early Modern World
13 January 2023, 12pm EST/ 6pm CET/ 10.30pm IST/ 4am + 1 AEDT Online, zoom Begin the new year with a virtual book launch for the fourth title in the “Health and Healing in the Middle Ages” series by publishers … Continue reading
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New Article: Public Works, Spatial Strategies, and Mobility in Late Medieval Ghent
Coomans, J., & Hermenault, L. (2022). Public Works, Spatial Strategies, and Mobility in Late Medieval Ghent. Journal of Urban History This article argues that medieval urban authorities developed nodal spatial strategies to mitigate various risks—from accidents, floods, and military vulnerability … Continue reading
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The dynamics of healthscaping: Mapping communal hygiene in Bologna, 1287–1383
Taylor Zaneri & G. Geltner Abstract: This article traces how urban communities operating with a humoral or Galenic medical paradigm understood and confronted the health challenges facing them, using the extraordinarily well-documented case of Bologna, Italy. Working within a GIS environment, … Continue reading
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