{"id":1129,"date":"2016-11-23T07:50:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T07:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/babylonianmedicine\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2016-11-25T15:40:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T15:40:26","slug":"deadline-applications-nov-30-2016-groningen-master-class-on-ancient-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/babylonianmedicine\/2016\/11\/23\/deadline-applications-nov-30-2016-groningen-master-class-on-ancient-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadline Nov 30, 2016: Groningen Master Class on ‘Ancient Health’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear PhD students,
\nPlease find below the information for the next CRASIS Masterclass (2 ECTS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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ANCIENT<\/strong>\u00a0HEALTH: Concepts, Materiality and the Experience of Life
\nKeynote & Master: Prof. Ralph Rosen (UPenn)<\/strong><\/p>\n

We cordially invite PhD and Research Master students, post-doctoral researchers, and established scholars to submit a proposal for the sixth\u00a0CRASIS Annual Meeting and PhD\/ReMa Master Class<\/strong>, to be held on\u00a02-3 March 2017, at the University of Groningen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Health\u2014we think we know what it is, until we start thinking about it. Is\u00a0health\u00a0the mere absence of disease? Does it always involve a subjective feeling of well-being? Is it a purely private concern, or something to be regulated by governments \u2013and if so, how? Does\u00a0health\u00a0have a moral component? And to what extent does it lie in our control? All of these questions were equally alive and urgent in the\u00a0ancient\u00a0Mediterranean. During the 2017 CRASIS Master Class and Annual Meeting we therefore aim to explore what \u2018health\u2019 meant in the\u00a0ancient\u00a0world.<\/p>\n

Conceptually,\u00a0our sources reveal vastly\u00a0different approaches to \u2018health\u2019, depending on region, time-period, political background, social and religious structures. Classical Greece, for example, saw the beginning of systematized medicine, with claims to a rationality that was supposed to set it apart from theological thinking. With this came materialist conceptions of\u00a0health, rooted in elements observable in the natural world, and empirically-based arguments for cause and effect. But Greek (and later Greco-Roman) medicine was only one of many systems that addressed\u00a0health\u00a0and disease in antiquity, and it competed not only with much older, complex systems of medicine in other parts of the Mediterranean and the Near East, but also, internally, with non-literate traditions of \u2018folkloric\u2019 healing and temple medicine.<\/p>\n

How did\u00a0ancient\u00a0discourses of\u00a0health, with their particular terminologies, iconographies and contexts, relate to the institutional and religious frameworks, the places of healing and the practices in existence? And how can we square narratives of sickness and\u00a0health\u00a0and prescriptive regimes that have come down to us in the written sources, with the realities of\u00a0ancient\u00a0nutrition, disease, and life expectancy, accessible though modern archaeological science (such as paleo-osteology and paleo-botany)?<\/p>\n

We welcome papers exploring \u2018ancient\u00a0health\u2019 from textual, historical, philosophical, visual, and material perspectives. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n

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\u2013 conceptualizing\u00a0health\u00a0in philosophical and vernacular traditions;<\/p>\n

\u2013 discourses, institutions, and metrics of public\u00a0health\u00a0in Mediterranean antiquity;<\/p>\n

\u2013\u00a0health, sickness, and healing in\u00a0ancient\u00a0imaginative literature<\/p>\n

\u2013 the role of the divine in physical and mental\u00a0health<\/p>\n

\u2013 moral, mental, and physical\u00a0health\u2014connections and distinctions;<\/p>\n

\u2013 practical\u00a0health\u00a0regimens prescribed, modelled, or alluded to;<\/p>\n

\u2013 the materiality of\u00a0health\u2014sanctuaries,\u00a0ancient\u00a0spas, gymnasia, medical implements, archaeo-botanical evidence for diet;<\/p>\n

\u2013 the iconography of\u00a0health\u00a0and sickness;<\/p>\n

\u2013 the physical body: human remains as indicators for\u00a0health\u00a0and diet.<\/p>\n

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CRASIS is the interdisciplinary research institute for the study of culture, religion and society in the\u00a0ancient\u00a0world at the University of Groningen. This year\u2019s event is already its sixth Master Class and\u00a0Annual Meeting. It is set up as a meeting place for students at PhD or Research Master level, post-docs, and established scholars to promote discussion and exchange of ideas beyond disciplinary boundaries. For more information about past events visit\u00a0our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Keynote Speaker and Master<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Master and Keynote Speaker is\u00a0Ralph Rosen<\/a>, Vartan Gregorian Professor of the Humanities and Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His expertise spans a wide field of interests, including\u00a0ancient\u00a0medicine and old comedy and satire. His most recent work is the co-edited volume\u00a0Ancient<\/em>\u00a0Concepts of the Hippocratic<\/em>, published with Brill.<\/p>\n

Submission of abstracts
\n<\/strong>– PhD and Research Master students are invited to submit a title and abstract (500 words) for the Master Class (March 2nd), explaining how their own research relates to the theme.
\n– We invite post-docs and established scholars to submit a title and short abstract (250 words) for a lecture on the conference day (March 3rd).
\n– Please accompany your application for either part of the event with a brief (~75 words) academic background and deliver both parts in a single Word document to facilitate processing.
\n– Proposals should be submitted no later than\u00a030 November 2016\u00a0with Sjoukje Kamphorst, via\u00a0crasis.aws@rug.nl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please note that at this point, CRASIS unfortunately is unable to offer compensation for travel and accommodation costs of the presenters.<\/p>\n

Further information for PhD\/ReMa students<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research Master students are expected to submit a paper of 3000-4000 words and PhD students a paper of 5000-6000 words. These papers will circulate among the participants and are to be submitted before\u00a01 February 2017<\/strong>. During the Master Class participants will briefly present their paper, followed by a response and discussion under the expert guidance of professor Ralph Rosen. Student participation will be graded, and is eligible for the award of\u00a02 ECTS<\/strong>\u00a0from your institution or research school.<\/p>\n

For more information, send an e-mail to\u00a0crasis.aws@rug.nl<\/a>\u00a0or visit\u00a0www.rug.nl\/crasis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On behalf of CRASIS,<\/p>\n

Lidewijde de Jong<\/p>\n

Sjoukje Kamphorst<\/p>\n

Steve Mason<\/p>\n

Onno van Nijf<\/p>\n

Bettina Reitz-Joosse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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