Yearly Archives: 2019

Turning Global with Public Health: How to Move Beyond Networks of Prophylactic Knowledge and Communities of Practice in Preindustrial Europe

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Peyman Amiri

Premodern Healthscaping will present recent developments in health history during The Pursuit of Global Urban History conference at University of Leicester. Chair: Janna Coomans, University of Amsterdam Organizers: Guy Geltner and Janna Coomans, University of Amsterdam Panel: Geneviève Dumas, University of … Continue reading →

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Policing the Urban Environment in Premodern Europe; Symposium and Book Launch

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Peyman Amiri

Thursday, 20 June 2019, 14:00-17:00 Bushuis, F2.08B (Kloveniersburgwal 48, Amsterdam) You are warmly invited to attend the symposium and book launch of Policing the Urban Environment in Premodern Europe, edited by Carole Rawcliffe and Claire Weeda.   Program Symposium 14.00-14.40| … Continue reading →

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Premodern Healthscaping in China

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Peyman Amiri

Saturday, 1 June 2019, 08:30-11:30 Guy Geltner and Taylor Zaneri will present their paper Mapping Health in Medieval Bologna: A Geospatial and Environmental Approach in Renmin University of China (Beijing) during a two-day conference titled The Nature of Health, the Health of … Continue reading →

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Water, Urban Space and Environment 1200-1700: Workshop with Chloe Deligne

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Peyman Amiri

Tuesday, 21 May 2019, 10:00-12:00 Oudemanhuispoort (Oudemanhuispoort 4-6), Room C1.23 As part of the ERC Healthscaping workshop series, Chloe Deligne will host a workshop on water, urban space and environment 1200-1700, with a specific focus on the Low Countries and … Continue reading →

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Forthcoming: “Policing the Urban Environment in Premodern Europe” Edited by Claire Weeda & Carole Rawcliffe

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Peyman Amiri

Tapping into a combination of court documents, urban statutes, material artefacts, health guides and treatises, Policing the Urban Environment in Premodern Europe offers a unique perspective on how premodern public authorities tried to create a clean, healthy environment. Overturning many … Continue reading →

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“Models of Balance and Their Role in the Formation of Ideas, 1250-1375” – Public Lecture by Joel Kaye

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Peyman Amiri

03 April 2019, 16:00-18:00. University Library (Singel 425), Doelenzaal. Joel Kaye’s presentation centers on the changing ways that balance has been modeled over historical time and the profound impact these changing models exercise in the realm of ideas.  In the … Continue reading →

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Medical History and Legal Systems: Public Lecture by Sara Butler

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Peyman Amiri

Monday, 28 January, 17:00-20:00 Belle van Zuylenzaal, University Library (Singel 425) This workshop will explore the links between medical knowledge and judicial systems in late medieval Europe. Abstract: Common law was an all-male system, with one glaring exception: juries of … Continue reading →

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