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Guy Geltner, CI for our international research project “Pursuing Public Health in the Preindustrial World”, will present at Ghent University his presentation focusing on preindustrial mining and environmental history. As part of the specialist Medieval Seminar Series lectures. OVERVIEW  When: … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →