Lennart Lehmhaus, Matteo Martelli, Christine Salazar, Research project A03 „The Transfer of Medical Episteme in the ‘Encyclopaedic’ Compilations of Late Antiquity“; Collaborative Research Center / Sonderforschungsbereich 980 „Episteme in Motion“, Freie Universität Berlin
Time: 27.–29.10.2014
Venue: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Registration due 27.10.2014
The conference aims at discussing the emergence and transmission of gynaecological knowledge from different angles in ancient medical theory and practice. Beside the medical approach, we will consider cultural practices and socio-religious norms that enable and constrain the production and application of gynaecological know-how (e.g. certain taboos on examining or touching the female body, etc.). The role and function of female specialists (e.g. healers, midwives or wet-nurses) as objects and subjects within ancient medical discourses will also be elaborated in further detail. Read more and source … (Web)