Nächste Termine:        
                  

Montag, 27.11.2017, 10:00 Uhr

Petros Bouras-Vallianatos, Kings College London:

"Pulse Theory in Byzantium"

This seminar deals with theories of the pulse in Byzantine medical literature. By looking at a wide range of authors from the sixth to the fifteenth century, it aims to show how ancient theories were received and developed throughout the Byzantine period. Particular attention will also be given to a previously unpublished late Byzantine text on the subject.

Petros Bouras-Vallianatos (BA, MPharm, MSt, PhD) is Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at King’s College London.
             

Dienstag, 12.12.2017, 14-16:00 Uhr

Nico Carpentieri, University of Connecticut:

„Protean Guises of Madness: Arabic and Latin Transformations of ‘Melancholia’ and ‘Phrenitis’“

Achtung abweichende Zeit und abweichender Veranstaltungsort: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Hauptgebäude, Raum 3071, Unter den Linden 6, 10119 Berlin-Mitte
            

       
Vergangene Termine:
               

Montag, 06.11.2017, 10:00 Uhr

Iuliana Soficaru, Central European University, Budapest:

"Cities and Health in Late Antiquity: The Problem of Written Sources"

This seminar will be based on my doctoral research and will revolve around the topic of urban health in the Eastern Mediterranean. My comments will address the relevance of late antique medical compilations and their contextual dimension. It will explore several fragments from Alexander of Tralles and Paul of Aegina’s medical works in order to tackle the relation between the urban way of life and its implications for health.

Iuliana Soficaru holds a BA in History from "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University Iasi (Romania), an MA in Greco-Roman History and Archaeology, from University of Bucharest, and an MA in Medieval Studies from Central European University, Budapest. She is currently a PhD candidate in Medieval Studies at Central European University, Budapest, under the supervision of Prof. Volker Menze. She is interested in urban health in the Eastern Mediterranean, medical compilations and medical translations, and transmission of knowledge.

Montag, 13.11.2017, 10:00 Uhr

Antonio Ricciardetto, Collège de France:

„The Animal Paradigms in the Anonymus Londiniensis Papyrus“

Following my previous work on the text, layout and context of the Anonymus Londiniensis ( P.Lit.Lond. 165, Brit.Libr. inv. 137; Hermopolis?, second half of the I st c. AD), which resulted in the publication of an edition and French translation of this text (Liège, 2014; 2nd ed. Paris, 2016), whose contribution to our knowledge of scribal practices, ancient medicine and philosophy is nothing but exceptional, here I will examine the references to animals used within the text to demonstrate medical theories relating to the composition and operation of the human body. Thus, I aim to gain a better understanding of the author’s personality, scientific reasoning, and school of thought, as well as of the nature of the text itself, which might be a personal writing exercise.

Antonio Ricciardetto est Docteur en Langues et Lettres (2015) de l’Université de Liège et actuellement A.T.E.R. au Collège de France (Paris), rattaché à la chaire « Culture écrite de l’Antiquité tardive et papyrologie byzantine ». Sa thèse de doctorat a porté sur des papyrus documentaires grecs de médecine. Poursuivant des recherches dans les domaines de la papyrologie et de l’histoire de la médecine, il est membre du Centre de Documentation de Papyrologie Littéraire (CEDOPAL) de l’Université de Liège, où il collabore à plusieurs projets, et secrétaire de la Société Belge d’Études Byzantines / Belgisch Genootschap voor Byzantijnse Studies. Il est l’auteur de L’Anonyme de Londres (P.Lit.Lond. 165, Brit.Libr. inv. 137). Édition et traduction d’un papyrus médical grec du Ier siècle (Liège, PULg, 2014 = Papyrologica Leodiensia, 4 ; 2e éd. Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2016), et coéditeur des Actes de la Journée d’étude internationale « En marge du Serment hippocratique : contrats et serments dans le monde gréco-romain », qui s’est tenue à Liège, le 29 octobre 2014 (Liège, PULg, 2017 = Papyrologica Leodiensia, 7).