IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1625: Memory of Trauma and Disease
Thursday 5 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
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Organiser: | Gerhard Jaritz, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
Moderator/Chair: | Anu Mänd, Institute of History, Archaeology & Art History, Tallinn University |
Paper 1625-a | Bearing It in Mind: Teaching Medicine in Late Antiquity between Experience and Self-Promotion (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Daily Life, Language and Literature - Greek, Medicine |
Paper 1625-b | Powerlessness: Redeeming the Memory of Trauma in Patience (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Lay Piety, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Abstract | The session concentrates on the use of memory with regard to diseases and medical narratives as different instrument of information: concerning medical teaching, as created imaginary narratives on past events, and for developing concepts of other diseases. |