Knowledge, Experiment, and Practical Advice
In this Santorio Lecture, Marsha Wubbels explores eighteenth-century physicians’ efforts to popularise measuring as a health practice.
The Shaping of Psychosomatics in the Latin West
In this Santorio Lecture, Tamar Nadav examines how 12th-century physicians’ notions of embodiment become more intricate and more oriented towards the
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
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
Medical Alchemy in Renaissance Florence
This lecture will revolve around a painting of an alchemical laboratory created by Johannes Stradanus (1523-1605), a Flemish-born artist settled
The Skin of Saint Bartholomew
This talk sets out to explore the iconography of St Bartholomew, placing special emphasis upon skin and the act of