Premodern Healthscaping
@prosanitate.bsky.social
We study public & environmental health in the pre-industrial world(s) from multiple disciplines. Our current foci are miners, pilgrims, courts & cities. Share your work on community prophylactics with us: https://premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org/?p=1403
Our warmest congratulations to our old colleague, Janna Coomans, for receiving the Libris Geschiedenis Prijs (Libris History Prize) for her book, Dievenland (Country of Thieves). The prize is awarded to the "best history book aimed at a general public." posthumusinstitute.org/2025/10/27/p...
Posthumus fellow Janna Coomans wins Libris Geschiedenis Prijs for book ‘Dievenland’
The Libris Geschiedenis Prijs 2025 has been awarded to Janna Coomans, Assistant Professor at Utrecht University, fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute and coordinator of our Research Network 'Economy...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Our warmest congratulations to our old colleague, Janna Coomans, for receiving the Libris Geschiedenis Prijs (Libris History Prize) for her book, Dievenland (Country of Thieves). The prize is awarded to the "best history book aimed at a general public." posthumusinstitute.org/2025/10/27/p...
Just published online: Lola Digard's investigation of the expanding role of surgeons and medical professionals in legal proceedings in late medieval Ghent, and its relevance to public health, governmentality, and medical authority.
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Forensic Knowledge, Labour, and the Medical Market in the Peace Procedures of Ghent, 1350–1400
Focusing on forensic practices, this article investigates the process of professionalisation of medical knowledge in late medieval Ghent. It reconstructs how Ghent’s aldermen used biopolitical stra...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Just published online: Lola Digard's investigation of the expanding role of surgeons and medical professionals in legal proceedings in late medieval Ghent, and its relevance to public health, governmentality, and medical authority.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Janna Cooman's chapter "Urban Environmental History", discusses the intersection of urban environmental history and public health with a #deep-time perspective, including the management of #urbanhazards, #waterscapes, and #healthsacaping. #OA #globalhistory
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Urban Environmental History
Urban societies, as multispecies entities, are shaped by the negotiation of environmental actors. This chapter adds to that broadening and seeks to give an overview of the main debates of urban envir....
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October 20, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Janna Cooman's chapter "Urban Environmental History", discusses the intersection of urban environmental history and public health with a #deep-time perspective, including the management of #urbanhazards, #waterscapes, and #healthsacaping. #OA #globalhistory
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
24 October in Leiden: Guy Geltner will be presenting "(Under)mining Preindustrial Europe: Ecology, Society and Culture, 1180-1550 CE" as part of the seminar series Medieval and Early Modern History.
#medieval #earlymodern #mininghistory #envhist #ecology
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#medieval #earlymodern #mininghistory #envhist #ecology
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Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History October 2025
The Research Seminars Medieval and Early Modern History are informal and intended to foster discussion.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:24 AM
24 October in Leiden: Guy Geltner will be presenting "(Under)mining Preindustrial Europe: Ecology, Society and Culture, 1180-1550 CE" as part of the seminar series Medieval and Early Modern History.
#medieval #earlymodern #mininghistory #envhist #ecology
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
#medieval #earlymodern #mininghistory #envhist #ecology
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
"The Medieval in Museums": Fran Allfrey (University of York) and Maia Blumberg are calling for contributions to a proposed edited volume discussing the ways in which the "medieval" appears in a range of GLAM institutions.
Info:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#medieval #heritagestudies #GLAM
Info:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#medieval #heritagestudies #GLAM
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The Medieval in Museums: call for contributions We invite short abstracts (100-200 words) in response to our call for chapters for an edited volume, ‘The Medieval in Museums’. Please send abstracts b...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"The Medieval in Museums": Fran Allfrey (University of York) and Maia Blumberg are calling for contributions to a proposed edited volume discussing the ways in which the "medieval" appears in a range of GLAM institutions.
Info:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#medieval #heritagestudies #GLAM
Info:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#medieval #heritagestudies #GLAM
Tune in to the podcast series, "Source of Life", discussing the histories of water management in the premodern Middle East. Consisting of 8 episodes, the podcasts discuss, among other things, bathhouses, drinking water, aqueducts, and toilets. Produced by the Abbasid History Podcast. #waterhistory
October 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Tune in to the podcast series, "Source of Life", discussing the histories of water management in the premodern Middle East. Consisting of 8 episodes, the podcasts discuss, among other things, bathhouses, drinking water, aqueducts, and toilets. Produced by the Abbasid History Podcast. #waterhistory
An interview about our fieldwork in Sardinia was broadcast on SBS Italiano (in Italian) here in Australia: www.sbs.com.au/language/ita...
#communityradio #historyofmining
#communityradio #historyofmining
Dall'Australia alla Sardegna, alla ricerca della miniera perduta
Il professore Guy Geltner ha partecipato ad un progetto di ricerca in Sardegna che mischia lavoro storico, sociale e quasi da detective alla riscoperta del passato ormai perduto dei minatori medioeval...
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October 6, 2025 at 6:22 AM
An interview about our fieldwork in Sardinia was broadcast on SBS Italiano (in Italian) here in Australia: www.sbs.com.au/language/ita...
#communityradio #historyofmining
#communityradio #historyofmining
In "The Porous City" Claire Weeda discusses the "metabolism" of the 15th century city Sint-Truiden. She describes the circulation (or blockage thereof) of materials and people in and out of "porous" city, as a means of urban and population #publichealth management.
#OpenAccess #medmed #mobilities
#OpenAccess #medmed #mobilities
October 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
In "The Porous City" Claire Weeda discusses the "metabolism" of the 15th century city Sint-Truiden. She describes the circulation (or blockage thereof) of materials and people in and out of "porous" city, as a means of urban and population #publichealth management.
#OpenAccess #medmed #mobilities
#OpenAccess #medmed #mobilities
Open Access article on water management in medieval Trondheim, Norway, by Elisabeth Forrestad Swensen, Roos M.R. van Oosten, & Axel Christophersen:
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#watermanagement #waterhistory #disease #urbaninfrastructure #publichealth #archaeology
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#watermanagement #waterhistory #disease #urbaninfrastructure #publichealth #archaeology
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September 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Open Access article on water management in medieval Trondheim, Norway, by Elisabeth Forrestad Swensen, Roos M.R. van Oosten, & Axel Christophersen:
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#watermanagement #waterhistory #disease #urbaninfrastructure #publichealth #archaeology
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#watermanagement #waterhistory #disease #urbaninfrastructure #publichealth #archaeology
Application Deadline approaching for University of Melbourne post-doc opening: "Amplifying the Voices of Disabled Women and Gender Diverse People in Obstetric Care". unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex...
#postdoc #disabilitystudies #publichealth @unimelb.bsky.social
#postdoc #disabilitystudies #publichealth @unimelb.bsky.social
Research Fellow - Disability Rights, Gender, Reproductive Health
Role type: Part-Time (0.8 FTE); Fixed term for 12 months Faculty: Melbourne Law School Salary: Level A.6 - $108,156 p.a. plus 17% super Lead impactful socio-legal research and influence healthcare pol...
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September 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Application Deadline approaching for University of Melbourne post-doc opening: "Amplifying the Voices of Disabled Women and Gender Diverse People in Obstetric Care". unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UoM_Ex...
#postdoc #disabilitystudies #publichealth @unimelb.bsky.social
#postdoc #disabilitystudies #publichealth @unimelb.bsky.social
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Does your teaching touch upon the Black Death? Then don't miss the one and only Dr. Monica Green's open-access, introductory teaching module for the History for the 21st Century (H21) project! www.history21.com/owit-module/... #earlymodern #histmed #medhumanities #medieval #worldhistory
September 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Does your teaching touch upon the Black Death? Then don't miss the one and only Dr. Monica Green's open-access, introductory teaching module for the History for the 21st Century (H21) project! www.history21.com/owit-module/... #earlymodern #histmed #medhumanities #medieval #worldhistory
Today and tomorrow: "Protecting Bodies at Work", University of Geneva. Online attendance available (4:30pm start in Australia). Papers discuss occupational hazards; child labour and colonial era work/ worker's bodies; clothing, protective gear, & garlic.
#histmed #bodystudies #materiality
#histmed #bodystudies #materiality
September 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Today and tomorrow: "Protecting Bodies at Work", University of Geneva. Online attendance available (4:30pm start in Australia). Papers discuss occupational hazards; child labour and colonial era work/ worker's bodies; clothing, protective gear, & garlic.
#histmed #bodystudies #materiality
#histmed #bodystudies #materiality
“What the Portuguese Inquisitor labelled feitiços (witchcraft or charms) was, for Mónica and her community, simply aduro (medicine) and amammerɛ (custom)."
Jessica O'Leary writes about the distortion of #indigenous medical knowledge in colonial Ghana. #histmed
theconversation.com/monicas-stor...
Jessica O'Leary writes about the distortion of #indigenous medical knowledge in colonial Ghana. #histmed
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Mónica’s story: the woman shipped from Ghana to Portugal in 1556 to stand trial for using traditional medicine
Colonialism criminalised local knowledge systems.
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September 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
“What the Portuguese Inquisitor labelled feitiços (witchcraft or charms) was, for Mónica and her community, simply aduro (medicine) and amammerɛ (custom)."
Jessica O'Leary writes about the distortion of #indigenous medical knowledge in colonial Ghana. #histmed
theconversation.com/monicas-stor...
Jessica O'Leary writes about the distortion of #indigenous medical knowledge in colonial Ghana. #histmed
theconversation.com/monicas-stor...
Medica: the Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Ages, invites abstract submissions for an IMC Leeds 2026 panel, "Time to Heal: Temporalities in Care and Cure", to explore the myriad ways in which time and health intermingled. Due 20/9.
#histmed #imcleeds #medmed @medica.bsky.social
#histmed #imcleeds #medmed @medica.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Medica: the Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Ages, invites abstract submissions for an IMC Leeds 2026 panel, "Time to Heal: Temporalities in Care and Cure", to explore the myriad ways in which time and health intermingled. Due 20/9.
#histmed #imcleeds #medmed @medica.bsky.social
#histmed #imcleeds #medmed @medica.bsky.social
The Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine is organising a MINESCAPES working group. Convened by @tinasmussen.bsky.social and others. Details, membership, and participation here: www.chstm.org/group/minesc...
#mininghistory #envhist #minescapes #extraction
#mininghistory #envhist #minescapes #extraction
Minescapes | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
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August 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine is organising a MINESCAPES working group. Convened by @tinasmussen.bsky.social and others. Details, membership, and participation here: www.chstm.org/group/minesc...
#mininghistory #envhist #minescapes #extraction
#mininghistory #envhist #minescapes #extraction
Baylor University is seeking a new Assistant Professor in global Medieval History (tenure-track). Preferably someone whose work engages in the history of science, medicine, & technology. See details here: apply.interfolio.com/169126
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August 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Baylor University is seeking a new Assistant Professor in global Medieval History (tenure-track). Preferably someone whose work engages in the history of science, medicine, & technology. See details here: apply.interfolio.com/169126
Congratulations to Dr Elizabeth (Libby) Burrell, the 2025 recipient of the AHA Philippa Hetherington Prize, for her PhD thesis, "Words for Wellbeing: Charms, Caregiving and Health in England, 1300–1550." The prize is awarded to the best postgraduate thesis in General History (excluding Aus hist).
July 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Congratulations to Dr Elizabeth (Libby) Burrell, the 2025 recipient of the AHA Philippa Hetherington Prize, for her PhD thesis, "Words for Wellbeing: Charms, Caregiving and Health in England, 1300–1550." The prize is awarded to the best postgraduate thesis in General History (excluding Aus hist).
Recordings of all sessions in our conference last month, "Preventative Care in the Preindustrial World: Comparative and Cross-Cultural Perspectives", are now available. See our blog post for more information:
premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1479
#unani #histmed #mughal #healthhumanities
premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1479
#unani #histmed #mughal #healthhumanities
July 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Recordings of all sessions in our conference last month, "Preventative Care in the Preindustrial World: Comparative and Cross-Cultural Perspectives", are now available. See our blog post for more information:
premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1479
#unani #histmed #mughal #healthhumanities
premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1479
#unani #histmed #mughal #healthhumanities
Congratulations to Meg Leja for her public history work as well as her #histmed and #medmed scholarship, bringing "light" to the so-called "dark ages" and medieval healthcare as understood in popular culture. One step (or trend-worthy cure...) at a time!
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
July 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Congratulations to Meg Leja for her public history work as well as her #histmed and #medmed scholarship, bringing "light" to the so-called "dark ages" and medieval healthcare as understood in popular culture. One step (or trend-worthy cure...) at a time!
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Our latest collaboration with the journal Speculum is out now! #speculumspotlight 💡
July 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Our latest collaboration with the journal Speculum is out now! #speculumspotlight 💡
More photos of our excavation in Antas Valley, Sardinia, to explore the environmental and material impacts of medieval manual mining: Giovanna Bianchi, Nicolas Minvielle Larousse and Luisa Dallai standing at end of a trench, hard at work watching Sarah Laurent. Preparing the groundwork!
July 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
More photos of our excavation in Antas Valley, Sardinia, to explore the environmental and material impacts of medieval manual mining: Giovanna Bianchi, Nicolas Minvielle Larousse and Luisa Dallai standing at end of a trench, hard at work watching Sarah Laurent. Preparing the groundwork!
Just published! Materialities of Disease Across the Medieval World Images, Objects, and Remains, edited by Lori Jones, covers chapters on premodern health and materiality across the world, from Japan and China, to Portugal and Spain.
July 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Just published! Materialities of Disease Across the Medieval World Images, Objects, and Remains, edited by Lori Jones, covers chapters on premodern health and materiality across the world, from Japan and China, to Portugal and Spain.
Currently underway in Antas Valley, Sardinia: excavations and fieldwork to explore the material and geochemical legacies of manual mining in the 12th-14th centuries. Here: Prof Guy Geltner and A/Prof Giovanna Bianchi carrying equipment for the dig.
@monashuniversity.bsky.social #pxrf #archaeology
@monashuniversity.bsky.social #pxrf #archaeology
July 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Currently underway in Antas Valley, Sardinia: excavations and fieldwork to explore the material and geochemical legacies of manual mining in the 12th-14th centuries. Here: Prof Guy Geltner and A/Prof Giovanna Bianchi carrying equipment for the dig.
@monashuniversity.bsky.social #pxrf #archaeology
@monashuniversity.bsky.social #pxrf #archaeology
22 July: “Mercantile Cultures of Health". Massimo Sbarbaro discusses the “deep entanglement between commerce and medicine” between 12th-15th century Italy, as part of the Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance Online Lecture series. csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...
Mercantile Cultures of Health - CSMBR
Using sources like Pegolotti’s "Pratica della mercatura", Morelli’s "Ricordanze", and merchant 'zibaldoni', this lecture reveals a culture of health embedded in the practices of major trading houses. ...
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June 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
22 July: “Mercantile Cultures of Health". Massimo Sbarbaro discusses the “deep entanglement between commerce and medicine” between 12th-15th century Italy, as part of the Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance Online Lecture series. csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...
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The History of Medicine in SE Asia meeting going well in Yoygakarta, Indonesia. Even getting coverage from UGM and in the press.
#histmed #histstm
#histmed #histstm
Merekam Jejak Kesehatan di Asia Tenggara, UGM jadi Tuan Rumah HOMSEA ke-10 - Universitas Gadjah Mada
Universitas Gadjah Mada menjadi tuan rumah bagi gelaran The 10th International Conference on the History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HOMSEA) yang berlangsung pada 24-27 Juni 2025 di Gedung Soegondo...
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June 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM