History of Science, Medicine and Technology Group seminars
The History of Science, Medicine and Technology Group seminars take place throughout the academic year and are open to all.
Seminar description
This research group organises a seminar series about the history of science, medicine and technology. We also have a seminar series in the history of medicine, in collaboration with the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and you can find details on their seminar webpage.
Time and location
Seminars take place every Thursday at 1pm via Zoom. Details to be circulated via HSMT-Ed listserver or contact Dr Richard Oosterhoff, richard.oosterhoff@ed.ac.uk
Event schedule
Semester 2, 2020/21
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
|
Thursday 21 Jan |
Salim Al-Gailani (University of Cambridge) |
'Not purely a family problem': The 'discovery' of spina bifida in post-war Britain' |
| Thursday 4 Feb |
Sietske Fransen (Herziana, Rome) |
'Translation and the history of knowledge' |
| Thursday 25 Feb | Lauren Kassell (University of Cambridge) and Sophie Page (UCL) |
'"Why doesn’t astrological medicine work?" The science of the stars and the history of medicine' In conversation with Richard Oosterhoff (University of Edinburgh). |
| Thursday 11 Mar |
Isabel Grimm-Stadelmann (Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities) |
'From Egypt to Byzantium: Iatromagical motifs in Byzantine medicine' Co-organised with the Byzantine Studies Seminar Series |
| Thursday 25 Mar |
Natalie Goodison (IASH, Edinburgh) |
'Abnormal generation in Medieval and Early Modern Britain: Disability, race, and gender' |
| Thursday 22 Apr |
Ericka Johnson (Linköping University, Sweden) |
'A cultural biography of the prostate' |
Semester 1, 2020/21
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Thursday 1 Oct | Lauren Kassell (University of Cambridge) and Sophie Page (UCL) |
*POSTPONED TO SEMESTER 2* ‘Why doesn’t astrological medicine work?’ The science of the stars and the history of medicine' In conversation with Richard Oosterhoff (University of Edinburgh) |
| Thursday 22 Oct |
Dr Chiara Thumiger (University of Kiel) Excellence Cluster Roots - Institut für Klassische Philologie,Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel |
'Brain or chest: Ambiguities and solutions in the medieval reception of the Greek disease phrenitis' |
|
Tuesday 10 Nov |
Panel event |
'Pandemics, Past and Present' - Adia Benton (Northwestern University), Mark Honigsbaum (University of London), Richard McKay (University of Oxford), Christos Lynteris (University of St Andrews) and Dora Vargha (University of Exter) Register at pandemicspastandpresent.eventbrite.co.uk A panel event co-hosted by the Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History and the Edinburgh Centre for Global History Centre. NB 5-7pm |
|
Thursday 12 Nov
|
Charlotte Holmes (University of Edinburgh) | Work-in-progress: 'Ingredients in Early Modern Scottish recipe collections' |
| Thursday 26 Nov | Lukas Engelmann (University of Edinburgh) |
'Covid-19 and the case for a (new) history of epidemiological reasoning'
https://ed-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/87556405088 Meeting ID: 875 5640 5088 Passcode: XYZ=B!1V |
Further information
Please contact the organiser if you have any questions.
Dr Zubin Mistry (BA, MA, PhD)
Lecturer; Early Medieval European History
- University of Edinburgh
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Contact details
- Email: Zubin.Mistry@ed.ac.uk
Dr Richard Oosterhoff
Lecturer in History; Early Modern Europe
- University of Edinburgh
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Contact details
- Email: richard.oosterhoff@ed.ac.uk
Dr Petros Bouras-Vallianatos
Wellcome Lecturer in History of Medicine
- University of Edinburgh
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology