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Our Upcoming Events

Expectation and Healing: Medieval 'Placebo Effect'

Expectation and Healing: Medieval 'Placebo Effect'

Expectation and Healing: Medieval 'Placebo Effect'

Mon, Dec 08

Tel Aviv-Yafo

Conference at Tel Aviv University by the MedPlaceboEffect team.

Admitting Errors and Advocating Remedies: Documenting Medical Practice in the 15th Century

Admitting Errors and Advocating Remedies: Documenting Medical Practice in the 15th Century

Admitting Errors and Advocating Remedies: Documenting Medical Practice in the 15th Century

Wed, Dec 03

Jerusalem

A lecture by Prof. Naama Cohen-Hanegbi

III INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF SEPHARDIC STUDIES

III INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF SEPHARDIC STUDIES

III INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF SEPHARDIC STUDIES

Wed, Oct 22

Lisboa

Alma Eliaz's lecture at the III INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF SEPHARDIC STUDIES: Jews in the Mediterranean and their Diasporas: Economic, Social and Cultural Intersections.

Leeds IMC 2025

Leeds IMC 2025

Mon, Jul 07

University of Leeds

Giving Faith in Late Medieval Healthcare I, II.

Childbirth and Mental Distress in the 15th-century Mediterranean: Jewish and Christian Perspectives

Childbirth and Mental Distress in the 15th-century Mediterranean: Jewish and Christian Perspectives

Childbirth and Mental Distress in the 15th-century Mediterranean: Jewish and Christian Perspectives

Tue, Apr 08

Newark

A talk by Prof. Naama Cohen-Hanegbi.

Faith, Trust, and Records of Medical Advice in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries - Prof. Naama Cohen-Hanegbi

Faith, Trust, and Records of Medical Advice in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries - Prof. Naama Cohen-Hanegbi

Faith, Trust, and Records of Medical Advice in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries - Prof. Naama Cohen-Hanegbi

Wed, Mar 26

Philadelphia

Medicine by and for Medieval Women (as Told by Men) - Prof. Naama Cohen-Hanegbi

Medicine by and for Medieval Women (as Told by Men) - Prof. Naama Cohen-Hanegbi

Medicine by and for Medieval Women (as Told by Men) - Prof. Naama Cohen-Hanegbi

Thu, Feb 13

Zoom Webinar

Jewish women had diverse roles in late medieval medical practice: They were patients, healers and caregivers, and they produced medical knowledge too. Through male physicians’ writings we will trace this mostly unknown history.

VivaMente Conference in the History of Ideas

VivaMente Conference in the History of Ideas

VivaMente Conference in the History of Ideas

Thu, Oct 24

Pisa

Narratio in Medicine and the Law: Interpretative and Scientific Knowledge in Medical and Medico-Legal Case Histories from Antiquity to the Renaissance.

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