Fertility, Medicine and the Body
This Vivamente Conference in the History of Ideas addresses a broad spectrum of issues to do with fertility (and infertility),
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
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
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
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,