Yearly Archives: 2020

Roads to Health wins AAIS Book Awards in Medieval Studies

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Peyman Amiri

Roads to Health: Infrastructure and Urban Wellbeing in Later Medieval Italy (University of Pennsylvania Press) wins American Association for Italian Studies Book Awards in Medieval Studies for 2019. In this book, Guy Geltner “proposes to examine public health from an … Continue reading →

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“Rural Policing in Trecento Piedmont: A Forgotten Urban Gaze and Its Obstruction”

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Peyman Amiri

Thursday 23 April 2020, 08:00 CET Seminar on Zoom Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program seminar Professor Guy Geltner Professor of Medieval History Monash University Hinterlands’ role in the growth of cities emerges from a unique metabolic perspective and with … Continue reading →

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New Publication: Mapping Health in the Middle Ages

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Peyman Amiri

“Public health is often thought of as a by-product of modernity, yet historical evidence shows that numerous stakeholders in Medieval Europe took steps to reduce risks and improve health outcomes.” Guy Geltner, Janna Coomans, and Claire Weeda explain how the … Continue reading →

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Historical Parallels between the Black Death/Second Plague Pandemic and the Current Coronavirus Crisis

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Peyman Amiri

Janna Coomans discussed the historical parallels between the Black Death/Second Plague Pandemic and the current Coronavirus crisis on Radio 1 (Sunday 22 March) and in a recent blog post, (both in Dutch). They can be found here: https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/ovt/luister/afleveringen/2020/22-03-2020.html# https://www.historici.nl/pest-in-tijden-van-corona/?type=bijdrage

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Salutaria! Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing in Medieval and Early Modern History

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Peyman Amiri

Friday, 24 April 2020, 09:00-17:00 Monash Club, 32 Exhibition Walk, Monash University, Clayton Campus The preservation of health and the pursuit of wellness were major preoccupations during the Medieval and Renaissance period. This was not limited to just the body … Continue reading →

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Calling Some Public Health Initiatives “Medieval” is Harmful

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Peyman Amiri

The “Middle Ages” have been making the headlines since the recent outbreak of COVID-19 and its presence in at least 29 countries around the globe. As the list of the dead and infected grows worryingly long, observers seem eager to … Continue reading →

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Symposium on Paleopathology, Disability, and Care

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Peyman Amiri

The next Paleopathology Association European Meeting will be held in the city of Vilnius, capital of Lithuania. The central theme for the conference will be “Paleopathology and its impact on medicine and society” and will focus on the importance of … Continue reading →

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Janna Coomans Won the 2019 Pro Civitate Award of Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Peyman Amiri

Janna Commans, a member of the Premodern Healthscaping Project, has won the prestigious Pro Civitate award of Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts for her doctoral thesis In Pursuit of a Healthy City: Sanitation and the … Continue reading →

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Medicine in the Medieval North Atlantic World

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Peyman Amiri

Maynooth University, Ireland 19–21 March 2020 This interdisciplinary conference explores the reception and transmission of medical knowledge between and across England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and Scandinavia during the medieval period, and will draw on history, literature, philosophy, science, religion, art, … Continue reading →

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‘Public Health’ in the Middle Ages: Healthscaping Urban Europe

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Peyman Amiri

Bijeenkomst van de werkgroep ‘History, Health and Healing’ vrijdag 7 februari 2020, 13.00-18.00 uur Universiteitsbibliotheek locatie Uithof, Heidelberglaan 3, Utrecht (Boothzaal) Tijdens deze bijeenkomst van de werkgroep HHH presenteren leden van de onderzoeksgroep ‘Healthscaping Urban Europe’ hun onderzoek. Na een … Continue reading →

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