Medieval Medicine

[Ralph Cleminson]

Autumn Semester of the Department of Medieval Slavic Studies at
University of Sofia “St. Kliment Oxridski” August 2000

CALL FOR PAPERS: International Interdisciplinary Conference "Medieval
Medicine: Texts, Practices, and Institutions" organised by the
Department of Cyrillo-Methodian Studies at the University of Sofia
(Bulgaria), the Institute of History, Croatian Academy of Sciences,
Zagreb (Croatia), and the Theological Faculty at the University of
Veliko Turnovo (Bulgaria),         on August 29-31, 2000 in Rila
Monastery,  Bulgaria

The conference aims at uniting scholars working in the fields of
medieval medicine and history of healing institutions, cultural
history, archeology, linguistics, and anthropology. Both learned
medical practices and popular healing devices will be in the focus of
the discussions. Special panels will be organised on problems of
distribution of medical texts and their translations; medieval medical
codices; medical terminology; different healing practices; magic and
divination; healing prayers and amulets; medieval dietology; medieval
baths and healing springs; role of the monasteries as healing places;
monastic medicine and hospitals; cults of healer saints; exorcism;
medieval understanding of human body and illness; status of the doctor
and the healer; development of medical institutions; and Ancient
traditions in medieval medicine.

Papers on medieval medical texts, practices, and institutions in
Slavic and Byzantine world, Central Europe, Western Latin, Jewish, and
Islamic traditions, Armenia, and Georgia are equally welcome.
Proposals with the abstracts (up to the 200 words, preferably in
English or Russian) are invited by March 1,  2000 at the e-mail
addresses of:
 Dr. Adelina Angusheva (Sofia) <ady at slav.uni-sofia.bg>; Dr. Tatjana
 Buklijas (Croatia) <tatjana.buklijas at public.srce.hr>, Rossina Kostova
 (Veliko Turnovo) <rosina at vali.bg>, Ljubov Shishkova
 <igna at slav.uni-sofia.bg>, or Dr. Margaret Dimitrova (Sofia)
 <marg at bgnet.bg>.

If your presentation includes visual material, please, indicate it in
your proposal. The papers should be no longer than 10 pages (20
minutes presentation). The programs and summaries of the 1999 Autumn
semester may be seen on the Internet:
http://macmail/pages/oldbulpages/autumnsemester99.html

Organizing committee: Prof. Dr. Ivan Dobrev, Associated Member of the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Associate Prof. Dr. Tatjana Slavova,
Prof. Dr. Kazimir Popkonstantinov, Dr. Adelina Angusheva, Dr. Tatjana
Bukljas, Irena Benjovsky, Rosina Kostova, Ljubov Shishkova
R.M.Cleminson,
Professor of Slavonic Studies,
University of Portsmouth,
Park Building,
King Henry I Street,
Portsmouth PO1 2DZ
tel. +44 23 92 846143, fax: +44 23 92 846040

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