The Medieval Academy of America is delighted to host a Speculum webinar that launches January 2021’s themed issue dedicated to the timely topic of “Disease, Death, and Therapy” (vol. 96.1). In ten-minute, TED-style talks each of the five contributors will preview their articles. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A session. The speakers include:…
As part of the History of Nursing Public Events series from the Royal College of Nursing Library & Archives, Simon Jarrett will give an online talk about the history of care for people with learning disabilities. Further details and free registration can be found at the link below.
The Confabulations panel "Pathologies, Punchlines, Power: The Medicalized Body, Humour and Art," which will address the role of visual humor in medical texts across history, will take place on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 from 10:00 to 11:30 AM CDT. Further details and free registration can be found at the link below.
The 2022-2023 Illinois Medieval Association Symposium will host the session "Medieval Monstrosities" online on October 28, 2022. See link below for further details.
This Webinar will explore and present new research on disability studies and the Middle Ages. The speakers are: Richard H. Godden (Louisiana State University), “Cripping Langland’s Will” Leah Parker (University of Southern Mississippi), “Eschatologies of Disability / Crip Eschatologies” Tory V. Pearman (Miami University), “Cripping Time in Chaucer’s Pardoner’s Tale” The webinar will be moderated by Heide Estes…
Online- via Zoom Speaker: Sarah McBryde (Independent Researcher, London) Event dates: 24 April 2023, 5:30PM - 7:00PM Please note that registration for this seminar will close 24 hours in advance. Details about how to join the seminar will be circulated via email to registered attendees 24 hours in advance. All welcome: This event is free,…
Presented by: Dr. Alexandra F. Morris, Teaching Affiliate in Classics and Archaeology, University of Nottingham, and Access Guide, Diversity and Ability The talk will provide an overview of disability and bodily difference in ancient Egypt from both pharaonic and Ptolemaic periods from a disabled Egyptologist’s perspective. Evidence examined will include art, texts, and skeletal remains.…
Charitable institutions have long been a focus of civic and scholarly attention in the history of early modern Venice. Indeed, charity is often portrayed as being dependent on a division between benefactor and benefitted, with the latter seen as passive and lower in status. Much less studied are organizations such as the Confraternity of the…
Blake’s Visionary Temporalities: Disability and Form in Milton: A Poem While eschewing the potential limits of human perception, William Blake’s poetic vision is remarkable for its commitment to the materiality of human form and sensuality. In fact, the very corporeality of Blake’s metaphorical expression insists that we understand his vision of human experience as essentially…
How can the archaeology of temples account for people with disabilities? Overview Modern archaeological scholarship works under the assumption that the physical space of the ancient world, much like the modern, was oriented towards the able bodied. This has rendered people with disabilities as “archaeologically invisible.” Recent developments have proven that it is possible to…
The Medical and Health Humanities Speaker Series at SHSU is made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Humanities Initiative Grant and the SHSU Department of History *Remote attendance through Zoom requires registration. AB IV Rm. 220 and on Zoom (Zoom registration)
Dr. Moret-Miranda speaks on intersecting gender, race, (dis)ability, colourism and emotions in Hildegard von Bingen's Scivias. On zoom on October 6th at 10am AEDT; email for link (cmrs-postgraduatecommittee@monash.edu)
