Religion et médecine

RELIGION AND MEDICINE

A seminar series, open to all, on the History of Health and Medicine at Kings College, London, generously supported by the Principals Innovation Fund. 



NB All seminars start at 6pm EXCEPT ON 13TH FEBRUARY WHEN WE START AT 6.30.

Wednesday 23rd January 2013 ? Safra Lecture Theatre
Andrew Cunningham (University of Cambridge) GOD AND THE PLAGUE

Wednesday 6th February 2013 ? K3.11
Peter Elmer (University of Exeter) MEDICINE, RELIGION AND THE POLITICS OF HEALING IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND


Wednesday 13th February 2013 AT *6.30* Anatomy Museum, Floor 6, Kings Building

Miri Rubin (Queen Mary, University of London) MIRACULOUS CURES AND A MARTYR?S VIRTUE IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY

[Please note this seminar follows a half-day workshop between 2.00 and 4.45 on Portraiture and Death. For further details contact Dr. Keren Hammerschlag: keren.hammerschlag@kcl.ac.uk


Wednesday 20th February 2013 K3.11
Jonathan Barry (University of Exeter) RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION AND MEDICAL PRACTICE IN EARLY MODERN BRISTOL


Wednesday 27th February K2.31
Christina Benninghaus (University of Cambridge and University of Bielefeld) RELIGION AND THE MEDICAL TREATMENT OF INFERTILITY, GERMANY ca 1750-1930

Wednesday 13th March 2013
Afternoon visit to the Wellcome Library to see visual materials related to the theme of the seminar series. It is essential to book in advance for this visit as places will be limited. Further details will be announced when numbers are known. Please indicate your interest by emailing Sophie Mann details below as soon as possible but in any case no later than 5.00pm on 1st March 2013


Wednesday 20th March K.3.11
Concluding round table: David Crankshaw, Sophie Mann, and Ludmilla Jordanova (Kings College, London) and Stephen Brogan (Independent Scholar). RELIGION AND MEDICINE: AVENUES FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

This seminar series has been organized by Ludmilla Jordanova and Sophie Mann, Department of History, with support from Anne-Marie Rafferty, School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Julia Howse, Centre for Humanities and Health

Ludmilla.jordanova@kcl.ac.uk<mailto:Ludmilla.jordanova@kcl.ac.uk>

Sophie.mann@kcl.ac.uk<mailto:Sophie.mann@kcl.ac.uk>