Scientific Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East - 19-20/09/2019, New York (NY, USA)
We are pleased to announce that the call for papers is now open for the second annual conference hosted by the international research collaboration, Scientific Papyri from Ancient Egypt: New Medical and Astrological Texts (SPAE). While the collaboration is centered on Egyptian scientific texts, this year’s conference aims for a broader cross-cultural perspective and increased interdisciplinarity in the approach to the ancient sciences
FECHA / DATE/DATA: 19-20/09/2019
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York (NY, USA)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Amber Jacob (ISAW, PhD fellow); Sofie Schiødt (University of Copenhagen, PhD fellow); Lingxin Zhang (Johns Hopkins University, PhD fellow); Alexander Jones (ISAW, Leon Levy Director, Professor)
INFO: web - spaecollab@gmail.com
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: September 19 September 20 Gratis/free/gratuito
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:
DAY 1 - SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
9:15AM-7:00PM
Session 1 Chair: Friedhelm Hoffmann, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
9:15-9:30am: Welcome
9:30-10:00am: Robert Kade, Freie Universität Berlin 50 Shades of gyl – Deciphering the Other in Demotic Scientific Traditions
10:00-10:30am: Anne Grons, Freie Universität Berlin The Coptic Herbal P. Carlsberg 500 and the Treatment of “Mist” in an Eye
10:30-11:00am: Coffee Break
Session 2 Chair: Kim Ryholt, Københavns Universitet
11:00-11:45am: Joachim Quack, Universität Heidelberg A miscellany of mainly medical content: pBrooklyn 47.218.47
11:45am-12:15pm: Amber Jacob, ISAW Skin Deep: Cutaneous Treatment and Taboo in Graeco-Roman Egypt
12:15-12:45pm: Nicola Reggiani, Università degli Studi di Parma Medical Literary and Documentary Culture in Graeco-Roman Fayum
12:45-1:45pm: Lunch Break
Session 3 Chair: Claire Bubb, ISAW
1:45-2:15pm: Monika Amsler, University of Maryland Recipes, Foodstuffs, and Words: The Theory Behind Voces Magicae
2:15-2:45pm: Kassandra Jackson Miller, Bard College When Hours Are Numbered: Quantitative Vs. Qualitative Timekeeping in Imperial-Period Medicine
2:45-3:15pm: Coffee Break
Session 4 Chair: TBA
3:15-4:00pm: Friedhelm Hoffmann, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München A Medical Interpretation of Egyptian Magical Texts
4:00-4:45pm: Richard Jasnow, Johns Hopkins University Medicine, Dreams, and Imhotep in the Book of Thoth
5:00-7:00pm: Reception
DAY 2 - SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
9:30AM-5:00PM
Session 1 Chair: Luigi Prada, University of Oxford
9:30-10:30am: KEYNOTE: Kim Ryholt, Københavns Universitet Manuals on Sothis Divination from the Tebtunis Temple Library
10:30-11:00am: Coffee Break
Session 2 Chair: Alexander Jones, ISAW
11:00-11:30am: Marina Escolano-Poveda, University of Liverpool Astronomica Montserratensia: P. Monts.Roca inv. 314 and the Transmission of Mesopotamian Astronomy to the Graeco-Roman World Through Egypt
11:30am-12:00pm: Lingxin Zhang, Johns Hopkins University The Astrological Features in the Women’s Astrological Manuals
12:00-1:00pm: Lunch Break
Session 3 Chair: Richard Jasnow, Johns Hopkins University
1:00-1:45pm: Luigi Prada, University of Oxford Dreaming Physiology: Health, Illness, and Sexuality through the Lens of Ancient Egyptian Oneiromancy
1:45-2:15pm: Calloway Scott, University of Cincinnati Dream-Science, Medicine, and the Organization of Knowledge in Artemidorus’ Oneirocritica
2:15-2:45pm: Francesca Minen, Warburg Institute, University of London Signs of Sickness and Health in Ancient Mesopotamia. For a Comparative Study of Terrestrial Omens and Medical Texts from the World of Cuneiform Culture
2:45-3:15pm: Coffee Break
Session 4 Chair: Fredrik Hagen, Københavns Universitet
3:15-4:00pm: Barbara Böck, Spanish National Research Council The Body in the Ancient Babylonian Mind
4:00-4:30pm: Sofie Schiødt, Københavns Universitet Contending with Swellings in New Kingdom Egypt
4:30-5:00pm: Jonny Russell, Universiteit Leiden Investigations into Theoretical Paradigms of Egyptian and Mesopotamian Healing: A Progress Report
The conference is co-sponsored by ISAW, the NYU Center for Ancient Studies, the NYU Department of Classics, the NYU Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, and the NYU Society for Ancient Studies.