IMC 2024: Sessions
Session 935: (WITHDRAWN) Exploring Medieval Health Crises, IV: A Round Table Discussion
Tuesday 2 July 2024, 19:00-20:00
| Sponsor: | Medica: Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Ages |
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| Organiser: | Anna M. Peterson, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cantabria |
| Moderator/Chair: | Nichola Harris, Department of Social Science, History & Education, State University of New York, Ulster |
| Respondents: | Winston Black, St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia Naama Cohen-Hanegbi, Department of History, Tel Aviv University Lauren Cole, Department of History, Northwestern University Alba Lara Granero, Department of Hispanic Studies, Brown University Ginger Smoak, Honors College, University of Utah Quinty Uitman, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
| Abstract | From epidemics and famine to barber surgeons and midwives, healing during the Middle Ages represented the ultimate response to social and personal crises. While the medieval medical experience was often a tale of hardship and loss, historians of medicine continue to demonstrate that healing knowledge and practice in this period also revealed remarkable resilience, practicality, and innovation. In the preceding three sessions and this round table, Medica hopes to explore how society and individuals coped with health crises and the healing interventions that resulted from these events. Participants include Winston Black (St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia), Naama Cohen-Hanegbi (Tel Aviv University), Lauren Cole (Northwestern University), Alba Lara Granero (Brown University), Ginger Smoak (University of Utah), and Quinty Uitman (University of Leeds). |