Aristotle’s Theory of Knowledge and Hellenistic Epistemologies
In this lecture, Prof. Harari explains why the account of the principles of demonstration found in the Greek commentary tradition
The Ages of Man in the Kitāb al-Malakī
The "Kitāb al-Malakī" (or 'Royal Book', KM), written by the Zoroastrian physician ʿAlī ibn al-ʿAbbas al-Maǧūsī is one of the
On the Edge of Eternity
Drawing upon several chapters of the book: "On the Edge of Eternity. The Antiquity of the Earth in Medieval and
Hospital Architecture in Portugal at the Dawn of Modernity
In this lecture, the art historian Joana Balsa de Pinho sheds light on the institutional transformations that led to changes
Intensity and the Grades of Nature. Heat, Colour, and Sound in the ordering of Pre-Modern Cosmos (1200-1600)
This summer school will explore how heat, colour, and sound have been used, conceptualised and graded in the pre-modern cosmos
Early Modern Galen’s Pharmacology
The conference will focus on the early modern reception of Galenic pharmacology up to the late seventeenth century.
Melancholy and Fever in the Early Modern Period
In this lecture, Jil Muller explores the role that Montagne and Descartes associate with the mesentery, the influence of Montaigne
Sweat it Out!
This paper argues how perspiration could undergo a drastic reconceptualisation in eighteenth-century medicine. Thanks to Santorio Santori’s famous studies with
Drinking Water Cures and the Body in 17th-Century Tuscany
Bacon believed that the key to extending life lay not in the curricula as taught in the medical faculties of
Poisoning and Suspicious Deaths in the Classical World
Building on the latest research findings, this paper proposes to further explore the dialectic between, and the parallel development of,