Von Montag, den 6. Oktober bis Mittwoch, den 8. Oktober 2014 findet ein internationaler Workshop zum Thema „Mental Diseases in Ancient Medicine“ statt, der in Kooperation vom Institut für Klassische Philologie, der Humboldt-Universität und dem Exzellenzcluster TOPOI getragen wird.
On 6-8 October, 2014, the International Workshop on “Mental Diseases in Ancient Medicine” will take place at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Further information please see under: www.classicsmedicine.org/news/workshop-mental-diseases-2014.
The workshop is free to attend, but registration is required for organisational purposes, and in order to gain access to the material for discussion. For registration please email our administrator, Dr Friederike Herklotz (f.herklotz@staff.hu-berlin.de).
For queries please email chiara.thumiger@hu-berlin.de
PARTICIPANTS AND PROVISIONAL TOPICS
1. Marke Ahonen (University of Helsinki). tbd.
2. Sean Coughlin/Orly Lewis (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Topoi Excellence Cluster), ‘The Physiology of Mental Disease according to the so-called Pneumatist School‘.
3. Julien Devinant (Ancient philosophy; Université Paris-Sorbonne/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin). ‚Mental disorders and psychological suffering in Galen’s cases‘.
4. Sarah Francis (Classics/Ancient medicine; London). ‘Mental disorder and disability in ancient medicine and culture’.
5. Ricarda Gäbel (Classics, Graduate Program in Ancient Philosophy Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) ‘The presentation of mental diseases in Aetius of Amida‘.
6. Chris Gill (Classics/Ancient philosophy; University of Exeter). ‘Philosophical psychological therapy – did it have any impact on medical practice?‘
7. Ricardo Julião (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin). ‚Galen on memory and forgetfulness‘.
8. Christian Laes (Ancient History and Latin; University of Antwerp and Free University of Brussels). ‘Writing the Socio-Cultural History of Fatness and Leanness in the Ancient World?’
9. Peter Singer (Classics/Ancient medicine; University of Newcastle) ‘Galen on the Treatment of Mental Disturbance’.
10. Chiara Thumiger (Classics/Ancient medicine; Humboldt Universität zu Berlin). ‘Food and mental disorder’.
11. Philip van der Eijk (Classics/History of Science; Humboldt Universität zu Berlin), Chiara Thumiger (Classics/Ancient medicine; Humboldt Universität zu Berlin). ‘Sex, sexuality, gender identity and mental disorder’.
12. Heinrich von Staden (Classics/History of Science; Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton). ‘Aulus Cornelius Celsus on kinds of insania: classifications, causes, therapies and sources‘
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