This Vivamente Conference addresses a broad spectrum of issues to do with fertility (and infertility), with a particular focus on the transmission of ideas between Europe, the Islamicate world, and beyond. It engages with current discussions and think about the implications of continuities and change of fertility over a long timeframe. 

Organisers:

Catherine Rider & Sarah Toulalan

Keynote Speakers:

Carmen Caballero-Navas

Regina Toepfer

Tracey Loughran

Tommaso Ghezzani

Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa

University of Geneva

David Mesquita

University of Lisbon

Mary Katherine Newman

University of Oxford

Wenyi Quian

University of Toronto

Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz -

Max Planck Institut of Art

Anna Speyart

Princeton University

At the Roots of 17th-Century Geology

Nicolaus Steno (1638-1686) from Human Anatomy to Fossils

Nuno Castel-Branco

Webinar: 16 May 2023 - 5 pm (CEST)

In this talk, Nuno Castel-Branco focuses on Nicolaus Steno's geological studies and shows how the interest in fossils can be fully understood in light of his anatomical studies of the body.

The System of Lazzaretti Reconsidered

The Materiality of Quarantine in the Early Modern Mediterranean

Marina Inì

Webinar: 30 May 2023 - 5 pm (CEST) 

This paper focuses on the system of quarantine stations in the early modern Mediterranean. The system collected and shared information on the state of health of the Mediterranean area and it involved the wide adoption of standardised and consistent quarantine practices among the members of the network. My talk analyses the importance of materials in issues of contagion. 

Aristotle's Theory of Knowledge and Hellenistic Epistemologies

The Principles of Demonstration in the Ancient Commentary Tradition

Orna Harari

Webinar: 6 June 2023 - 5 pm (CEST) 

In this lecture, Prof. Harari explains why the account of the principles of demonstration found in the Greek commentary tradition on Aristotle’s "Posterior Analytics" is significantly different from Aristotle’s own account.

Delaying Death

The Role of Alchemy in Roger Bacon's Medical Works

Meagan Allen

Webinar: 20 June 2023 - 5 pm (CEST) 

This talk examines Bacon’s alchemical theories and explains how he believed that the key to extending life lay not in the curricula as taught in the medical faculties of the universities, but in the study of alchemy.

Heat, Colour and Sound in the Ordering of the Pre-Modern Cosmos

1200-1600

Hybrid Event: 11-14 July 2023

Online Places Still Available!!!

Comèl Grant

The grant  supports young scholars willing to partake in the events organised at the Domus Comeliana.

Santorio Global Fellowship

The scheme offers PhD students the possibility to study at one of the CSMBR funding institutions for a period between two and four months. It runs every year and is accessible only to students of CSMBR funding institutions.

Drawing upon several chapters of his recent book, Ivano Dal Prete focuses on the diffusion of notions of an ancient Earth in vernacular culture and literature.

Joana Pinho explores the forgotten features of Portuguese Hospital architecture, focusing particularly on the adaptation of foreign models (especially Italian) and their adaption to local uses. 

In this lecture, Noël Golvers investigates Terentius’ medical profile which was part of a more holistic education, in the ‘encyclopaedic’ tradition (Lull, Ramus, etc.) and his journeys around Europe and in China. 

Meagan Allen

Santorio Award 2022

Justin Begley & Benjamin Goldberg

Jonathan Barry & Fabrizio Bigotti

Legend has it that when the plant was plucked out of the ground, it screamed and the person uprooting it died. So the best way to get a root safely was to dig a trench around the plant to expose the top of the root and then tie a dog to the exposed root. 

Hospital architecture in Portugal has been the subject of little study both in general and art history, especially so considering the transition from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. 

In his medical works, Maimonides reiterates several times the idea that human life is too short to strive for perfection in the sciences. This physician must not only work on the patient, but also with the patient.

 © Arbor: Knowledge That Grows

CSMBR Newsletter

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Bartholomeus Anglicus

'Livre des proprietés des choses', XV Century

Ms Français 134, f. 169r (detail)

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