Yearly Archives: 2018

New Article by Guy Geltner: “In the Camp and on the March: Military Manuals as Sources for Studying Premodern Public Health”

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Peyman Amiri

Abstract: Historians tend to view public health as a quintessentially modern phenomenon, enabled by the emergence of representative democracies, centralised bureaucracies and advanced biomedicine. While social, urban and religious historians have begun chipping away at the entrenched dichotomy between pre/modernity … Continue reading →

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Of Cesspits and Sewers – Will Hunt

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Peyman Amiri

Exploring the unlikely history of sanitation management in medieval Holland By Will Hunt “On a balmy July afternoon, archaeologist Roos van Oosten strides through a muddied plot of land near the center of the Dutch city of Leiden and takes … Continue reading →

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Science and Medicine in the Insular Middle Ages

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Peyman Amiri

Queen’s University Belfast 7th December 2018 This one-day symposium focuses on the reception, transmission and translation of scientific and medical knowledge in the Insular Middle Ages. The papers presented overview a variety of subjects: Old and Middle English, Old and Middle Irish, Latin, Old Norse, Medieval Welsh, … Continue reading →

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Preserving the Past in 3D. Application of GIS and Photogrammetry to Human Burials

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Peyman Amiri

Presentation and Workshop with Francesco Coschino and Taylor Zaneri Thursday, 13 December, 17:00-20:00 Oudemanhuispoort (Oudemanhuispoort 4-6), Room C1.23 This workshop presents preliminary results of an urban health analysis of medieval Bologna, as part of the Healthscaping Urban Europe project; this … Continue reading →

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The Path to Pistoia: An Infrastructural Approach to Urban Hygiene before The Black Death

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Peyman Amiri

02 November 2018, 16:00. Bushuis (Kloveniersburgwal 48), room E1.02. In the second seminar of UvA Medieval Historians, Guy Geltner will discuss his new artile “The Path to Pistoia: An Infrastructural Approach to Urban Hygiene before The Black Death”.

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Lecture and Masterclass with Monica H. Green

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Peyman Amiri

Lecture Monica Green, Arizona State University, 13 November 2018 in Utrecht On November 13th, Monica Green will give a lecture: A New Story of the Black Death: The Latest Work on the Science and History of the World’s Largest Pandemic Our understanding of the … Continue reading →

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Lecture and Masterclass with Monica H. Green on Black Death

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Peyman Amiri

Lecture Monica Green, Arizona State University, 13 November 2018 in Utrecht A New Story of the Black Death: The Latest Work on the Science and History of the World’s Largest Pandemic Our understanding of the Black Death, the plague pandemic … Continue reading →

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New Horizons in Premodern Public Health: An Interdisciplinary Workshop with Kathleen Davis

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Peyman Amiri

Thursday, 4 October, 13:00-16:00 Potgieterzaal, University Library (Singel 425) During this workshop, members of the research team, in dialogue with Kathleen Davis, discuss various aspects of the Premodern Healthscaping research project. Kathleen Davis is Professor of English and Medieval Studies at the … Continue reading →

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“From Periodization to the Autoimmune Secular State” – Kathleen Davis

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Peyman Amiri

Public lecture, organised by Premodern Healthscaping Research Project and Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis. 03 October 2018, 16:00-18:00. Bushuis (Kloveniersburgwal 48), VOC room. My main concern in this talk is the fundamental but often unrecognized work (political, legal, historical) that is … Continue reading →

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New Article by Guy Geltner: “In the Camp and on the March: Military Manuals as Sources for Studying Premodern Public Health”

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Peyman Amiri

Abstract: Historians tend to view public health as a quintessentially modern phenomenon, enabled by the emergence of representative democracies, centralized bureaucracies and advanced biomedicine. While social, urban and religious historians have begun chipping away at the entrenched dichotomy between pre/modernity … Continue reading →

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