The Universe on Paper
The exhibition will display a fine selection of drawings produced by distinguished artist Linda Karshan (Minneapolis, 1947) over various periods
Measuring the Intensity of Diseases
In this lecture, Fabrizio Bigotti analyses how the problem of the intensity of forces is taken over in medicine and
The Medical World of Margaret Cavendish
In this lecture, we describe our newly published edition and commentary on Nottingham MS Pw V90: a manuscript collection of recipes and
Going Beyond Weight-Watchers
In this talk, Fabrizio Bigotti and Jonathan Barry discuss the contribution that the Venetian physician Santorio Santori (1561-1636) made to
Between Trust and Controversy
In this lecture, Michael Stolberg will focus on a major aspect of Renaissance learned medicine by looking at the interactions
Paduan Physicians and Heretics
The case study presented will challenge current views by presenting disturbing evidence of foreign London residents having to join English
Summer School 2019
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The Actualisation of the Ideal Human in the Works of Roger Bacon
In this Santorio Lecture, Meagan Allen examines how Bacon incorporated the centuries-old tradition of the physical resurrection body into his
From Automata to Transhumans
This edition of the Vivamente Conference in the History of Ideas intends to shed new light on the early modern origins of
Imagining and Experiencing the Great Pox in Renaissance Florence
Building on the approaches and findings of recent studies of early modern England, Germany and Spain, this lecture will compare the