The Project A03 (“The Transfer of Medical Episteme in the ‘Encyclopaedic’ Compilations of Late Antiquity”), as part of the SFB 980 “Episteme in Motion”, is organizing an international conference on the topic of practical knowledge and actual practices in medical traditions of different ancient cultures.
The heads of project, Prof. Philip van der Eijk and BaBMed principal investigator Prof. Markham J. Geller, welcome speakers from the US, the UK and Germany who will address in multi-disciplinary presentations the different healing practices (diagnosis, bloodletting, surgery and other forms of treat¬ment, incantations) and the role of the “practitioners”. Furthermore, the papers will shed light on the ways in which this practical medical knowledge was gained and transferred via experts, institutions and procedures.
Strahil Panayotov (BabMed) will talk about ancient Mesopotamian surgery; M.Martelli (A03/HU) will present on pharmacological practice; and L. Lehmhaus (A03/FU) will discuss Talmudic texts on bloodletting. BabMed-team members Ulrike Steinert and Cale Johnson will act as chairs/ moderators during the conference.
The conference includes keynotes/ public lectures by Ralph Jackson (British Museum, London), Nils P. Heeßel (Würzburg) and Paul U. Unschuld (Charite).
A detailed description and the conference programme are published online at the SFB webpage:
https://www.sfb-episteme.de/en/veranstaltungen/Vorschau/2015/tagung_a03_practical-knowledge.html
Date: 2–3 November 2015
Venues:
Humboldt-Unversität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, Marmorsaal, Room 2249a.
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Einstein-Saal, Jägerstraße 22-23, 5th floor.
Freie Universität Berlin, Vortragssaal, TOPOI Haus, Dahlem, Hittorfstraße 18, 14195 Berlin
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