Early 17th-Century Physicians and the Peregrinatio Academica
This lecture explores Johann Schreck Terentius’ medical profile and journeys across Europe which was part of a holistic education in
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
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
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
Latitudes of the Body
The Summer School will explore theories, applications, problems, and contexts of human-based measurements across the late medieval and early modern
The Kiln, The Alembic, and the Clockwork
The summer school explores how the representation of the body and its functions changed from antiquity to the early modern period
Dante and the Sciences of the Human
The CSMBR joins the worldwide celebrations for the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death (1321-2021) with an international online symposium
A Natural History of the Soul
In this lecture, Fabrizio Bigotti explores the Renaissance rediscovery of Galenic anatomy and how it impacted the making of early