La médecine gréco-romaine au XXIe siècle

Vital Traditions: Greco-Roman Medicine and the Life Sciences in the Twenty-First Century

A Conference in Honor of Heinrich von Staden



19-20 April 2013
Princeton University

In a world where medicine and the life sciences increasingly shape how we understand and imagine who we are and the milieu we live in, what can we learn from the early history of these fields of inquiry? And what does their modern study bring to our grasp of ancient and medieval cultures? Over the past few decades, Heinrich von Staden has played a pioneering role in bridging past and present and in putting Greco-Roman science and medicine into dialogue with the history and philosophy of science, the natural sciences, cultural studies, and contemporary intellectual culture. “Vital Traditions” will celebrate Heinrich’s achievements and capitalize on the intellectual momentum he has created.


PROGRAMME
Friday 19 April
morning session 9:30–12:30

Opening Remarks
BROOKE HOLMES (Princeton University) & JOSHUA KATZ (Princeton University)

The Prospects for Ancient Science: A Personal View 
G. E. R. Lloyd  (University of Cambridge)
Christian Wildberg (Princeton University) Chair

Insides, Outsides: Imagining Sexual Difference from Herophilus to the “Knit Your Own Uterus” Movement

Helen King (Open Universit)
Peter Brooks (Princeton University) Chair

Afternoon session 2:00–5:30

The Hippocratic Oath(s) and Their Relevance to Contemporary Bioethics
Jacques Jouanna (Université de la Sorbonne–Paris IV)
Andrew Ford (Princeton University) Chair


Systematicity in the Texts of Ancient Greek Medicine and Science
Markus Asper (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Angela N. H. Creager (Princeton University) Chair


Life and Intense Beauty
Shigehisa Kuriyama (Harvard University)
Caroline Bynum (Institute for Advanced Study) Chair


Reception 5:30–7:00



SATURDAY 20 April

morning session 10:00–12:30

Anatomy as Religion: Viscera and Votives in Republican Italy
Rebecca Flemming (University of Cambridge)
Harriet Flower (Princeton University) Chair

Making Sense of the Body
Philip Van Der Eijk (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Véronique Boudon-Millot (Université de la Sorbonne–Paris IV)Chair

Afternoon session 2:00–5:00

Galen, from Windbag to World Author, and Beyond

Vivian Nutton (University College London)
Daniel J. Kevles (Yale University) Chair


Aretaeus: Ekphrasis and Empathy

Maud Gleason (Stanford University)
Glen Bowersock (Institute for Advanced Study) Chair


Closing Remarks
Heinrich Von Staden (Institute for Advanced Stud)

REGISTRATION
There is no registration fee, but advance registration for the conference is strongly encouraged. Space is limited. Reservations will be accepted in the order they are received. Please register by 31 March 2013. Late registration and walk-ins will be accepted, space permitting.

To register, please contact:
Lucy Weise
Conference & Event Services
71 University Place
Princeton, NJ 08544-2088
Telephone: (609) 258-1741
Fax: (609) 258-4656
lweise@princeton.edu



CONTACT

For further information, please contact Nancy Barthelemy at nbarthel@princeton.edu or (609) 258-3951.


Questions may be directed to Brooke Holmes (bholmes@princeton.edu) and Joshua Katz (jtkatz@princeton.edu).




http://www.princeton.edu/classics/edita/conferences/vitaltraditions/