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CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 1d

The preliminary Programme for the Conference
𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐋𝐄𝐃𝐆𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘
𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭, 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞-𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
It is Out! Join us in Pisa or attend remotely: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/confe...

#CSMBR #Conferences #ATLOMY

Studiolo Digital Humanities Lab is a new format for the Winter School, designed to meet the needs of those who, both inside and outside of academia, are faced with the digital revolution and want to m...

CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 1d

Medical Humanism 13:

Hippocrates Teaching his Students, Byzantium, 15th century

from Hippocrates, "Aphorisms", MS 3632, f. 35v, Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna.

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Hippocrates #MedicalEducation #Aphorisms

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CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 2d

PSMEMM 11
𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞
Michael Stolberg

𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

#CSMBR #PSMEMM #Body #Medicine #EarlyModern #Medicalhistory

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CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 3d

Reminder
CSMBR Winter School Series: Humanities for the Future
𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐎 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐛

Deadline for regular registration: 𝟐𝟎 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

Secure your slot now: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/studi...

#CSMBR #MedicalHumanities #MedicalHistory

Studiolo 2025 - CSMBR

csmbr.fondazionecomel.org

CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 4d

Reminder
𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄 (𝟏𝟑𝟓𝟎-𝟏𝟕𝟓𝟎): 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐬, 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬

Online slots still available: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/.../medical-...

#CSMBR #MedicalEducation #MedicalHistory

Medical Education in Europe (1350-1750) - CSMBR

This conference explores the creation and dissemination of medical knowledge in late medieval and early modern Europe within established and informal networks.

csmbr.fondazionecomel.org

CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 5d

Aspects of the History of Psychiatry 3:

An Epileptic Person Restrained, c. 1670

Drawing attributed to Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet, ShelfMark: Wellcome Collection 18622i, Wellcome Library, London.

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Psychiatry #Epilepsy

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CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 6d

Mariska Leunissen, "Aristotle's Gynecology. Facts, Evidence, and Early Medicine"

Oxford University Press, 2025

Available at: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 7d

Folk Medicine Series 12:

The Tooth-Puller, 1651

Oil on canvas (32.5 x 26.7 cm) by Jan Steen, Accession No: 165, Maurithsuis, The Hague.

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #FolkMedicine #ToothPuller

CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 8d

CSMBR Online Lecture Series

𝐈𝐍 𝐈𝐁𝐍 𝐀𝐋-𝐍𝐀𝐅𝐈𝐒' 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐖
𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎-𝟏𝟓𝟐𝟎)

Nahyan Fancy

𝟕 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 – 𝟓 𝐏𝐌 (𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓)
To register for this event: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...

#CSMBR #ArabicMedicine #MedicalHistory

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CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 8d

Reminder:

𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐎 𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐋𝐀𝐁
Winter School Series: Humanities for the Future

Applications are still open and CSMBR Members enjoy the early bird fee throughout!
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/studi...

#CSMBR #WinterSchool #Google #DigitalHumanities

CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 8d

𝐀𝐑𝐁𝐎𝐑: 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬
CSMBR NEWSLETTER: September-October 2025
The latest issue of our Newsletter is out!
𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧, 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/arbor-newsle...

#CSMBR #ArborNewsletter #Medicalhistory #Renaissance #KnowledgethatGrows

Summer School 2025: Heidi Hausse (Auburn University)

CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 9d

Food and Diet over the Centuries 9:

Collection of Manna

Fig. 1: J.-P. Houël, "Voyage pittoresque" (Paris 1782), p. 54.
Fig. 2-3: "Horae cum calendario ou Livre" MS Leber 142, f. 152 (details), BnF, Paris.
Fig. 4: Fraxinus Ornosus.

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Diet #Manna

CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 11d

𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐔𝐓!
Full programme: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/confe...

Registration open – don’t miss it!

#CSMBR #MedicalEducation #MedicalHistory #Conference

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CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 11d

𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
In this interview, Prof. Heidi Hausse (Auburn University) shares her reflections on the discussions and the intellectual and social environment she experienced at the CSMBR.

Enjoy: youtu.be/DNmKWwlD5UA?...

#CSMBR #SummerSchool #Interviews

Santorio Fellowship 2025: Sabrina Engert

CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 12d

Weird Physicians Series 22:

A Satire of Alchemical Medicine, Netherlands c. 1610

Drawing by Anonymous, Object number: RP-T-1900-A-4422, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Alchemy #Distillation

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CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 13d

𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
A friendly chat with @Sabrina Engert, Santorio Fellow 2025, about her experience at the 2025 CSMBR Summer School, and the career opportunities provided by the fellowship.

𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: youtu.be/gtpihFuJjM4

#CSMBR #santoriofellowship #SummerSchool2025

CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 13d

Tod F. Stuessy, "Organizing the Green World: A Conceptual History of Botanical Classification", Springer 2025

Available at: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

#CSMBR #SuggestedReadings #Botany

WITH AND BEYOND TAXONOMY - S. Müller-Wille (Cambridge)

CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 13d

CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES

𝐓𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...

#MedicalHistory #MedicalHistory #RenaissaceStudies #SexualPleasure #Hippocrates

CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 14d

Infectious Diseases Series 8:

Saint Elzéar Curing the Lepers, France c. 1373

Anonymous French artist, Accession Number: 27.16, The Walters Museum, Baltimore.

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #InfectiousDiseases #Leprosy

CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 15d

CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES

We are happy to share the latest talk in our series, which provides an overview of the extensive, but lesser-known work of Linnaeus.

youtu.be/w7FqNzyVkIM?...

#CSMBR #OnlineLecture #Linnaeus

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CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 15d

𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 - 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭
This is a special discount for CSMBR Members which w̲i̲l̲l̲ ̲k̲e̲e̲p̲ ̲r̲e̲g̲u̲l̲a̲r̲ ̲r̲e̲g̲i̲s̲t̲r̲a̲t̲i̲o̲n̲ ̲f̲e̲e̲s̲ ̲a̲t̲ ̲t̲h̲e̲ ̲e̲a̲r̲l̲y̲-̲b̲i̲r̲d̲ ̲r̲a̲t̲e̲.

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/studi...

#CSMBR #WinterSchool #DigitalHumanities #studiolo

CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 16d

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐋 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
Join us in welcoming the new Comel Grantees, who will be part of the conference Medical Education in Europe (1350–1750): csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/.../medical-...

Congratulations to all!

#CSMBR #Grants #ComelGrant