Call for Papers
The call for papers has been announced for the international conference “Perceptions of Health in the Nile Valley: The Social and Cultural Dimension of Healing Practice in the Egyptian Context from Antiquity to the Middle Ages (4th Millennium BCE – 16th Century CE)”. The conference will take place in Cairo in the spring of 2026.
The event is jointly organized by the Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale (IFAO) and the Research Centre in Cairo of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA UW).
The conference aims to explore new and innovative approaches to the study of medicine in ancient, late antique and medieval Egypt, reconstructing the presence of healing and health in the social community, with a more comprehensive understanding of the health and life experiences of individuals in antiquity. Different types of sources (texts, materials, human remains) will be brought into dialogue to explore the process of formation, systematisation, dissemination, accessibility and perception of healing know-how and the concept of health.
Scholars active in the study of Ancient Egyptian, Graeco-Roman, Coptic, and Islamic medicine are invited to submit papers tackling one of the following themes:
- Narrating health and healing: Systematisation and dissemination of medical know-how through the texts
- Materialising health and healing: New approaches in the definition and study of healing tools and remedies
- Embodying health and healing: Human bodies as evidence of the cultural and social perception of health
- Socialising health and healing: Role of society and social constructs in shaping healing practices and personal well-being
Conference will take place in Cairo from 8 to 9 April 2026 at both the IFAO and PCMA.
The deadline for abstract submission is December 7, 2025.
Contact Email
bm.szymanska@student.uw.edu.pl
URL
https://pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/2025/10/21/call-for-papers-perceptions-of-health-in-t…
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