Conference
Polo Benedettine - Pisa
16-17 July 2025
Organised by Amalia Cerrito, Paola Bernini, Stefano Perfetti
Keynote Speakers: 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐨 𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐨, 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞, 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐚, 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢, 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐨, 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐚, 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐮𝐠𝐭, 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐙𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧
CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION
This VivaMente Conference examines the interplay between medicine and society in the Late Medieval period through an interdisciplinary lens, assessing how medical theories, practices, and language both shaped and were shaped by philosophical, theological, and political thought. It will explore how concepts such as diagnosis, prognosis, and health served as conceptual bridges connecting medicine with philosophy and theology, shaping broader debates on uncertainty, anomalies, and crisis management. The conference speakers will investigate how medical theories, practices, and language both influenced and were influenced by philosophical, theological, and political thought.
It will explore how concepts such as diagnosis, prognosis, and health served as conceptual bridges connecting medicine with philosophy and theology, shaping broader debates on uncertainty, anomalies, and crisis management. The conference speakers will investigate how medical theories, practices, and language both influenced and were influenced by philosophical, theological, and political thought. Specifically, it will address the following key themes:
- The interplay between medicine and natural philosophy and the integration of classical Greco-Roman medical knowledge with Arabic and Jewish traditions.
- Medical knowledge at the Faculties of Arts and its role as a preparatory discipline for philosophical and theological education
- Medical metaphors, language, and practices in medieval political theory.
- The contribution of medicine and physiognomy to medieval ideas of ideal rulership and the legitimacy of power
- Medical doctrines in ethical and political debates: rational techniques to understand and regulate the interactions between bodily and emotional dynamics.
- Rationalization of diseases and epidemics at the crossroad of medicine, philosophy, and social concerns.
- Extraordinary biological phenomena, particularly congenital anomalies, monstrous birth, and hereditary conditions.
REGISTRATION DEADLINES
𝟑𝟎 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: In-Presence Participation
𝟏𝟒 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: Online Participation
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭: https://csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/vivamente-conferences/diagnosis-prognosis-and-health/
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