Yearly Archives: 2017

Re‐thinking medieval and early modern pestilences from a biosocial perspective: advanced methods and renewed concepts in archaeological sciences, Barcelona 5‐8 September 2018

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Peyman Amiri

EAA Barcelona 2018 – 5‐8 September 2018 Call for Papers and Posters Deadline: 15 February 2018 Re‐thinking medieval and early modern pestilences from a biosocial perspective: advanced methods and renewed concepts in archaeological sciences   While contagious diseases have affected … Continue reading →

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To your health! EAA 2018, Barcelona, 5-8 September, session #208

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Peyman Amiri

To your health! Tracing health in urban environments in medieval Northern Europe Although inhabitants of Northern European medieval towns conceived of and knew about disease and “not being healthy” in ways other than ours, similar health risk factors were at … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Conference – Representing Infirmity: Diseased Bodies in Renaissance and Early Modern Italy, Monash University, 13-15 December 2017

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Peyman Amiri

This conference represents the first analysis of how diseased bodies were represented in Italy during the ‘long Renaissance’, from the early 1400s through ca. 1650. Many individual studies by historians of art and medicine address specific aspects of this subject, … Continue reading →

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Reminder: CfP in panels on Premodern Public Health in 2018 ESUH conference in Rome

Posted on October 3, 2017 by G. Geltner

CfP to a session/s on “Premodern Public Health: Comparing Cities, 1250-1750” Deadline is fast approachng: 5 October 2017

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Two postdoctoral positions in HealthScaping, University of Amsterdam

Posted on August 15, 2017 by G. Geltner

PostDoc in Low Countries urban history (later Middle Ages) Postdoc in European medical-cultural history (later Middle Ages) Application deadline 24 September 2017; jobs begin 1 February 2018

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CfP to a session/s on “Premodern Public Health: Comparing Cities, 1250-1750”

Posted on May 30, 2017 by G. Geltner

We are delighted that a session we proposed for the European Association for Urban History Conference (Rome 29/8-1/9/2018) has been accepted. You can apply to submit papers for this session until 5/10/2017 (note the very early deadline). See the full … Continue reading →

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Pre-modern Public Health @ The Medici Archives

Posted on April 23, 2017 by G. Geltner

Another group of projects, directed by John Henderson, and exploring preventative practices in medieval and early modern Tuscany: http://www.medici.org/medicine-and-the-medici-in-grand-ducal-tuscany-research-program/ Enjoy!  

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PhD positions in urban archaeology of health at NTNU University Museums

Posted on March 11, 2017 by G. Geltner

 NTNU University Museums announces two PhD positions in urban archaeology/historical archaeology and iron age/Viking age archaeology specializing in archaeological human genetics (please follow the links below). https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/134537 https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/134540 For the project homepage see http://www.ntnu.edu/museum/medieval-urban-health-from-individual-to-public-responsibility-ad-1000-1600-medheal600-    

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Call for Papers: Historical Aspects of Preventive Healthcare in Germany and Poland (Hamburg, 12-14 July, 2017)

Posted on February 17, 2017 by G. Geltner

From our colleague Fritz Dross (abstracts due 1 April 2017). cfp Hamburg Preventative Medicine in History

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Challenging the paradigm of filthy and unhealthy medieval towns in the Low Countries

Posted on February 16, 2017 by G. Geltner

Our colleague and frequent collaborator Roos van Oosten will further our knowledge of waste disposal systems in the medieval Low Countries thanks to an NWO Veni Grant: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/research/research-projects/archaeology/challenging-the-paradigm-of-filthy-and-unhealthy-medieval-towns  

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