Mastodon feed- Untitled February 4, 2025PhD #scholarship #opportunity in interdisciplinary approaches to infection biosciences: "Investigating Co-infections and Co-Morbidities in the Ancient World" under the BBSRC Wessex One Health (WOH) Doctoral Landscape Award. Application closes 28/02.https://www.surrey.ac.uk/bbsrc-wessex-one-health-doctoral-landscape-award
- Untitled January 16, 2025One of our researchers, Megan Cassidy-Welch, has published a short piece on the health of pilgrims - please share! https://theconversation.com/fruit-and-veg-exercise-frequent-bloodletting-and-more-tips-on-staying-healthy-from-medieval-travellers-244638#histmed #pilgrim #healthhumanities
- Untitled December 5, 2024PhD scholarship opportunity: "Mining Frontiers in the Kingdom of Hungary". PI Tina Asmussen is not only a great scholar, but a lovely person to work with -- we can attest! What a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the field with leading scholars + institution, Mining Museum Bochum.https://karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/0952d6d3e3f583fbd76eac1cb76e36bf9e032e2e0
- Untitled February 4, 2025
Category Archives: Uncategorized
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
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Medieval Round Table: The Nature of Extraction in Preindustrial Europe
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
Posted in Announcements, Events, Uncategorized
Comments Off on Virtual Book Launch: Death and Disease in the Medieval and Early Modern World
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
Posted in Publications, Uncategorized
Comments Off on New Article: Public Works, Spatial Strategies, and Mobility in Late Medieval Ghent
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
Posted in Publications, Uncategorized
Comments Off on The dynamics of healthscaping: Mapping communal hygiene in Bologna, 1287–1383