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
Delaying Death
This talk examines Bacon’s alchemical theories and explains how he believed that the key to extending life lay not in
The System of Lazzaretti Reconsidered
This lecture focuses on the system of quarantine stations in the early modern Mediterranean.
At The Roots of 17th-Century Geology
In this talk, Nuno Castel-Branco focuses on Nicolaus Steno's geological studies and shows how the interest in fossils can be
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
Food, Famine and Social Class
Galen is one of the best sources on ancient nutrition and diet: he has little interest in luxury fashions, he
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
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,