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Programme

 
Friday 5 Dec: postgraduate workshop on Disability in Medieval Contexts
Time Title
9.00 – 9.30

Arrival, Coffee and Registration

9.30 - 9.45 Welcome led by Dr Chris King, Director of the Institute for Medieval Research (ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´), Dr Christina Lee (ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´) and Professor Cordula Nolte (University of Bremen, Homo Debilis Creative Unit)
9.45 – 11.15 Legal Positions led by Professor Wendy Turner (Georgia Regents University) and Dr Jenni Kuuliala (University of Tampere, Homo Debilis Creative Unit)
11.15 - 11.30 Break
11.30 - 13.00 Historical Perspectives led by Dr Irina Metzler (Wellcome Trust Fellow, University of Swansea), Professor Cordula Nolte and Dr Bianca Frohne (University of Bremen, Homo Debilis Creative Unit)
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch in the Cloisters
14.00 - 15.30 Literary Perspectives led by Professor Sonja Kerth and Dr Heiko Hiltmann (University of Bremen, Homo Debilis Creative Unit)
15.30 - 16.00 Break
16.00 - 17.30 Material Culture led by Dr Sally Crawford (Oxford University) and Cathrin Hähn (University of Bremen, Homo Debilis Creative Unit)
5.30 Day 1 close

 

Saturday 6 December: conference day 1
Time Title
9.00 – 9.30

Arrival, Coffee and Registration

9.30 - 9.45 Welcome from Professor Stephen Mumford (Dean of Arts, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´). Brief Introduction by Dr Christina Lee (ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´) and Professor Cordula Nolte (University of Bremen, Homo Debilis Creative Unit)
9.45 – 11.15

SESSION I: Infectious Disease: Treatment and Responses in Medieval and Early Modern Contexts Respondent: Christoph Wieselhuber (University of Bremen, Homo Debilis Creative Unit)

Erin Connelly (ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´): ‘Treating Infection in the Middle English Translation of the Lilium Medicinae’

Professor John Flood (Emeritus, University of London): ‘Crisis? What Crisis? Professional Responses to Sweating Sickness in England and Germany’

Dr Conor Kostick (ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´): ‘Climate, Epidemics and Epizootics 400 - 1000 CE’

11.15 - 11.30 Break
11.30 - 13.00

SESSION II: Responses to Leprosy Respondent: Alexander Grimm (University of Bremen, Homo Debilis Creative Unit)

Dr Damien Jeanne (University of Caen): ‘Religious Behavior Facing Illness in the Middle Ages: the Lepers’ Case’

Ninon Duborg (University of Paris): ‘Being a Leprous Cleric: In/ability to Hold a Benefice’

Andreas Dimopoulos (Brunel University): ‘Disabling Law and Leprosy in the Middle Ages’

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch in the Cloisters
14.00 - 16.00

SESSION III: Infection between Medieval and Modern Respondent: Dr Christina Lee

Dr Steve Atkinson (ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´): 'The biology behind plague virulence’

Dr Steve Diggle (ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´): ‘Bacterial Small Talk: Quorum Sensing in Bacterial Infections’

Dr Freya Harrison (ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´): ‘Testing the Efficacy of a 1,000-year-old Antimicrobial Remedy’

Professor Ben Krause-Kyora (University of Kiel): ‘Leprosy - New Insights from Ancient Specimens’

16.00 - 16.30 Break
16.30 - 17.30

SESSION IV: Trauma and Disease Respondent: Erin Connelly (ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´)

Professor Wendy Turner (Georgia Regents University): ‘Medieval Psychotics: Infection of the Brain, Influence of the Moon, and Intermittent Disorder’

Joanna Phillips (University of Leeds): ‘ “Oh, the grief of all … Each day saw the funerals of their comrades”: Infectious Disease and the Crusader Sieges of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries’

18.30 Conference Dinner (Vice Chancellor’s Dining Room, Trent Building)

 

Sunday 7 December: conference day 2
Time Title
9.30 – 11.00

SESSION V: Miracles & Care Respondent: Dr Irina Metzler (Wellcome Trust Fellow/ University Swansea)

Professor Charlotte Roberts (Durham University): ‘Applying the “Index of Care” to a Person who suffered Leprosy in Late Medieval England’

Dr Jenni Kuulaila (University of Tampere, University of Bremen/Homo Debilis Creative Unit): ‘Definitions and Roles of Leprosy Miracles in Later Medieval Hagiographic Documents’

Clara Jáuregui (University of Barcelona): ‘The Santa Margarida’s Hospital of Barcelona: a Leper’s Way of Life’

   
11.00 - 11.30 Break
11.30 - 13.00

SESSION VI: Metaphors Respondent: Professor Wendy Turner

Professor Sonja Kerth (University of Bremen, Homo Debilis Creative Unit): ‘Leprosy as Metaphor? Concepts of Hansen's Disease in Mediaeval German Narratives’

Stefanie Künzel (ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´): ‘Epidemic Disease in Anglo-Saxon England’

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch in the Cloisters
14.00 - 15.00 Roundtable
15.00 Close of conference

 

Disease, Disability and Medicine in Medieval Europe Conference

The ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD

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