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
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
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
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
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
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
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
On Saturday we concluded our 3-day conference focusing on preindustrial public health in South Asia. It was a fantastic opportunity to explore and propose what we hope will be a worthwhile line of (comparative) research for the subcontinent and beyond. Recordings to come. #preindustrial #histmed
June 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
On Saturday we concluded our 3-day conference focusing on preindustrial public health in South Asia. It was a fantastic opportunity to explore and propose what we hope will be a worthwhile line of (comparative) research for the subcontinent and beyond. Recordings to come. #preindustrial #histmed
Days 1 and 2 of our conference in New Delhi off to a great start - good sessions, great people, and incredible food. Which, for the purpose of robust academic exchange, is more important? Hint: there's a reason we've got lots of tea breaks! #histmed #conference #medmed #preindustrial #unani
June 13, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Days 1 and 2 of our conference in New Delhi off to a great start - good sessions, great people, and incredible food. Which, for the purpose of robust academic exchange, is more important? Hint: there's a reason we've got lots of tea breaks! #histmed #conference #medmed #preindustrial #unani
The Inaugural Session of the International Conference on Preventative Care in the Preindustrial World, with Guy Geltner introducing the methodology of healthscaping, and the field of the #preindustrial public health at large, has now started. 👏
#histmed #publichealth @monashcmrs.bsky.social
#histmed #publichealth @monashcmrs.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
The Inaugural Session of the International Conference on Preventative Care in the Preindustrial World, with Guy Geltner introducing the methodology of healthscaping, and the field of the #preindustrial public health at large, has now started. 👏
#histmed #publichealth @monashcmrs.bsky.social
#histmed #publichealth @monashcmrs.bsky.social
Professor Deepak Kumar of #MANUU Maulana Azad National Urdu University, will be presenting as part of the International Conference on Preventative Care in the Preindustrial World: Comparative and Cross-Cultural Perspectives tomorrow. Full abstract +zoom details:
drive.google.com/file/d/1_MRk...
drive.google.com/file/d/1_MRk...
June 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Professor Deepak Kumar of #MANUU Maulana Azad National Urdu University, will be presenting as part of the International Conference on Preventative Care in the Preindustrial World: Comparative and Cross-Cultural Perspectives tomorrow. Full abstract +zoom details:
drive.google.com/file/d/1_MRk...
drive.google.com/file/d/1_MRk...
Join us tomorrow for the Inaugural Lecture of a conference focusing on #preindustrial #publichealth in #Mughal India and the Indo-Islamic world. Guy Geltner will provide a research methodology of #healthscaping. Brochure and registration: projects.https://premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org/?p=1471
June 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Join us tomorrow for the Inaugural Lecture of a conference focusing on #preindustrial #publichealth in #Mughal India and the Indo-Islamic world. Guy Geltner will provide a research methodology of #healthscaping. Brochure and registration: projects.https://premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org/?p=1471
Registration link is up, and the full brochure and final programme for our hybrid conference "Preventative Care in the Preindustrial World: Comparative and Cross-Cultural Perspectives", 12-14 June. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#conference #histmed #mughal #unani #healthscaping
#conference #histmed #mughal #unani #healthscaping
June 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Registration link is up, and the full brochure and final programme for our hybrid conference "Preventative Care in the Preindustrial World: Comparative and Cross-Cultural Perspectives", 12-14 June. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#conference #histmed #mughal #unani #healthscaping
#conference #histmed #mughal #unani #healthscaping
Stay tuned! We are finalising the Conference Programme for "Preventative Care in the Preindustrial World: Comparative and Cross-Cultural Perspectives", with a focus on the Indo-Islamic world. To be held 12-14 June, save the dates.
#histmed #healthscaping #mughal #publichealth #conference
#histmed #healthscaping #mughal #publichealth #conference
May 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Stay tuned! We are finalising the Conference Programme for "Preventative Care in the Preindustrial World: Comparative and Cross-Cultural Perspectives", with a focus on the Indo-Islamic world. To be held 12-14 June, save the dates.
#histmed #healthscaping #mughal #publichealth #conference
#histmed #healthscaping #mughal #publichealth #conference
Join us tomorrow, 12pm-1pm local Melbourne time (GMT+10), to listen to Daryn Lehoux present "Contagion and concepts of disease in ancient medicine" as part of University of Melbourne's History and Philosophy of Science Seminar Series. Zoom link available 👉: www.hpsunimelb.org/seminars
May 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Join us tomorrow, 12pm-1pm local Melbourne time (GMT+10), to listen to Daryn Lehoux present "Contagion and concepts of disease in ancient medicine" as part of University of Melbourne's History and Philosophy of Science Seminar Series. Zoom link available 👉: www.hpsunimelb.org/seminars
Nolan et al. (2025) were able to discern that the man was of a higher status and received significant, long-term care for his serious and lifelong leg fracture. They also revealed the utility of archaeological methods for researching complexities of identity and human experience in the past. (3/4)
May 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Nolan et al. (2025) were able to discern that the man was of a higher status and received significant, long-term care for his serious and lifelong leg fracture. They also revealed the utility of archaeological methods for researching complexities of identity and human experience in the past. (3/4)
Disability care in medieval Sweden: “Compassion and sustained care for the disabled were not absent in medieval society”. Our group recently discussed the “disability” and “impairment” in disability literature – when does impairment become a #disability (or is disabling) in a society? (1/4) #medmed
May 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Disability care in medieval Sweden: “Compassion and sustained care for the disabled were not absent in medieval society”. Our group recently discussed the “disability” and “impairment” in disability literature – when does impairment become a #disability (or is disabling) in a society? (1/4) #medmed
19 March in Brussels, 12.30pm: Guy Geltner will give a lunch seminar at the Centre for Urban History at Universiteit Antwerpen: "The Minescapes of Preindustrial Europe: Ecology, Society and Culture". Attendance is in person only
www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-...
www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-...
May 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM
19 March in Brussels, 12.30pm: Guy Geltner will give a lunch seminar at the Centre for Urban History at Universiteit Antwerpen: "The Minescapes of Preindustrial Europe: Ecology, Society and Culture". Attendance is in person only
www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-...
www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-...
"Meet the miners, bones tell the story": The addition to the museum displays a skeleton with clear characteristics of a miner, and panels discuss the results of over 2 years of research. The project has blossomed into this beautiful initiative for future visitors to the park.
May 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
"Meet the miners, bones tell the story": The addition to the museum displays a skeleton with clear characteristics of a miner, and panels discuss the results of over 2 years of research. The project has blossomed into this beautiful initiative for future visitors to the park.
Meet the Miners! In May, Giovanna Bianchi and her team - including among others Mauro Buonincontri and Serena Viva - inaugurated an addition to the Rocca San Silvestro museum. It displays the skeleton of a miner; the gallery showcases the early findings of this team of (bio)archaeologists.
May 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Meet the Miners! In May, Giovanna Bianchi and her team - including among others Mauro Buonincontri and Serena Viva - inaugurated an addition to the Rocca San Silvestro museum. It displays the skeleton of a miner; the gallery showcases the early findings of this team of (bio)archaeologists.
PhD candidate Rose Byfleet will be presenting at #RSA2025 on frescoes, garden pavilions, the stimulation of good air, and preventative healthcare.
#histmed #galenicmedicine #renaissance #premodern #publichealth #arthistory
#histmed #galenicmedicine #renaissance #premodern #publichealth #arthistory
March 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
PhD candidate Rose Byfleet will be presenting at #RSA2025 on frescoes, garden pavilions, the stimulation of good air, and preventative healthcare.
#histmed #galenicmedicine #renaissance #premodern #publichealth #arthistory
#histmed #galenicmedicine #renaissance #premodern #publichealth #arthistory
Our research group is organising a hybrid conference in New Delhi, on preindustrial public health in South Asia, the Persianate world, and the Indian Ocean network. 12-15 June. Stay tuned for updates.
#conference #indianocean #histmed #medievalsky
premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1403
#conference #indianocean #histmed #medievalsky
premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1403
March 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Our research group is organising a hybrid conference in New Delhi, on preindustrial public health in South Asia, the Persianate world, and the Indian Ocean network. 12-15 June. Stay tuned for updates.
#conference #indianocean #histmed #medievalsky
premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1403
#conference #indianocean #histmed #medievalsky
premodernhealthscaping.hcommons.org?p=1403
One of our researchers, Aydogan Kars, is also co-convenor of the Sufi Studies Network, a great group of scholars and experts interested in the academic study of Sufism. The SSN has just released their 2025 seminar calendar.
#intellectualhistory #sufism #ghazali
www.monash.edu/arts/Ibn-Ara...
#intellectualhistory #sufism #ghazali
www.monash.edu/arts/Ibn-Ara...
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
One of our researchers, Aydogan Kars, is also co-convenor of the Sufi Studies Network, a great group of scholars and experts interested in the academic study of Sufism. The SSN has just released their 2025 seminar calendar.
#intellectualhistory #sufism #ghazali
www.monash.edu/arts/Ibn-Ara...
#intellectualhistory #sufism #ghazali
www.monash.edu/arts/Ibn-Ara...