Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Medica at Kalamazoo 2017


Medica once again has a full schedule of events at Kalamazoo. We have two sponsored sessions and another session that we are co-sponsoring. Here is the schedule:

Session 41: Thursday, May 11 at 10:00 in Sangren 1710 
 
Medieval Tools (A Roundtable) 

Sponsor: AVISTA: The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science, and Art; DISTAFF (Discussion, Interpretation, and Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics, and Fashion); EXARC; Medica: The Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Ages; Research Group on Manuscript Evidence; Societas Magica

Organizer: Sarah Thompson, Rochester Institute of Technology

Presider: Sean M. Winslow, Univ. of Toronto
 

A roundtable discussion with Constance H. Berman, Univ. of Iowa; Carla Tilghman, Washburn Univ.; Frank Klaassen, Univ. of Saskatchewan; Linda Ehrsam Voigts, Univ. of Missouri–Kansas City; and Darrell Markewitz, Wareham Forge. 

Linda Voigts is representing Medica and will be speaking about "Equipment for Household Distillation for Medical (and other?) Uses"



Session 501: Sunday, May 14 at 8:30 in Fetzer 1010 

The Practical Medicine of Medieval Surgeons and Physicians

Presider: William H. York, Portland State University

Beth Petitjean, St. Louis Univ., "Mineral Water Treatments in Late Medieval Italy"

Kira L. Robison, Univ. of Tennessee–Chattanooga, "The Propriety of Practical Medicine"

Helga Ruppe, Western Univ., "Hildegard’s Healing Landscape"


Session 540: Sunday, May 14 at 10:30 in Fetzer 1010

Materia Medica: Plants, Animals, and Minerals in Healing 

Presider: Linda Ehrsam Voigts, Univ. of Missouri–Kansas City 

Claire Burridge, Univ. of Cambridge, "Origins and Ingredients: A Comparison of Early Medieval Remedies"

Arsenio Ferraces-Rodríguez, Univ. da Coruña, "The Use of the Mandrake in the Early Middle Ages for the Gout, for the Conception, and as an Anesthetic"



In addition to our sessions we will also be holding our annual business meeting and hosting a reception, both of which all are welcome (encouraged!) to attend. 

Business Meeting: Thursday, May 11 at noon in Bernhard 213

Reception with cash bar: Friday, May 12 at 5:15 in Fetzer 2030

We look forward to seeing you all there!