Reevaluating Knowledge Contained in Medieval and Early Modern Plague Treatises

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Contagions: Society for Historic Infectious Disease Studies

Organizer Name

Michelle Ziegler

Organizer Affiliation

Southern Illinois Univ.-Edwardsville

Presider Name

Michelle Ziegler

Paper Title 1

Astrology of Epidemics: An Ottoman Treatise on the Appearance of Pleiades

Presenter 1 Name

Ahmet Tunç Şen

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Columbia Univ.

Paper Title 2

Calibrating Medical Knowledge in Early Modern Ottoman Plague Treatises

Presenter 2 Name

Nükhet Varlık

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Rutgers Univ.-Newark

Paper Title 3

Remaking Medieval Plague Treatises for Early Modern Sensibilities

Presenter 3 Name

Lori Jones

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Carleton Univ.

Paper Title 4

Respondent

Presenter 4 Name

Jean-Charles Coulon

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes, Paris

Start Date

10-5-2019 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1220

Description

This session will focus on the uses of medieval plague treatises by Islamic and Christian communities around the Mediterranean and beyond. Michelle R. Ziegler