La médecine arabe à la conquête de l'Europe latine

Arabic Medicine Conquers Latin Europe, 1050-1300: Methods and Motives

Symposium


Duke Univesrity


November 1: Rubenstein Library, RM 153


5PM:Exhibit tour w/ curators Sean Swanick and Rachel
Ingold

5:30PM: Keynote lecture
Cristina Alvarez Millán of the UNED (Madrid), "Arabic Medicine in the World of Classical Islam: Growth & Achievement"

Reception to follow

November 2: Rubenstein Library, RM 249

10AM:Session 1: Constantine the African & the School of Salerno

Eliza Glaze (Coastal Carolina University): “Arabic Medicine from Kaiorouan to Salerno, Monte Cassino and Beyond I”

Francis Newton (Duke): “Arabic Medicine from Kaiorouan to Salerno, Monte Cassino and Beyond II”

1pm: Session 2: Arabic Medicine Captures the Medieval University

Michael Mcvaugh (UNC – Chapel Hill): “The Translations of Gerard of Cremona: Did Something Go Wrong?”

1:40pm: Session 3: Jewish Translators & the Medicine of al-Andalus

Michael McVaugh (UNC – Chapel Hill) for Gerrit Bos (Cologne): “Giovanni da Capua—a Hebrew Translator at the Papal Court”

- Joseph Shatzmiller (Duke): “Jacob ben Machir: an Unexpected Translator of Medical Works”