Monday, April 15, 2019



Medica is pleased to sponsor two sessions at the 54th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 9-12, 2019)

Leprosy in the City: Medical, Charitable, and Regulatory Responses to Leprosy in the Middle Ages
Thursday, May 9 at 1:30pm in Schneider 1120

Chiara Giancoli, “Medical, Charitable, and Regulatory Responses to Leprosy in Two of the Catholic Homilies by Ælfric of Eynsham”

Rebecca Hall, “The Impact of Cross Religious Contact on Leprosy Sufferers in the Crusader Kingdoms”

Anna M. Peterson, “‘Let these institutions be governed by prudent suitable men of good repute’: Leprosaria and Accountability in the Medieval West (ca. 1200–1342)

Aleksandra N. Pfau, “Lepers in the Streets: Movement of Lepers in Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century France”


Women Healers in Medieval Family and Community Life
Thursday, May 9 at 3:30pm in Schneider 1160

Ruth Dwyer, “Theodora and the Mystery of Justinian’s Cure, Solved

Nichola Harris, “Hildegard’s Heterodoxy: Sources and the Application of Lapidary Knowledge in Physica “


The Medica Business Meeting will be held on Thursday, May 9, from 12:00-12:45 in Bernhard 157/158. Bring lunch and help plan future sessions.

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