𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐬 (𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎-𝟏𝟒𝟎𝟎)

Datum
16. Juli – 17. Juli 2025 

Con­fer­ence in Pisa

Viva­Mente Con­fer­ence on

𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐒, 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐍𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇

𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐬 (𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎-𝟏𝟒𝟎𝟎)

Polo Benedet­tine – Pisa

𝟏𝟔-𝟏𝟕 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

Organ­ised by

𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨, 𝐏𝐚𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐢, 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢

Keynote Speak­ers:

𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐨 𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐨, 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞, 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐚, 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢, 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐨, 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐚, 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐮𝐠𝐭, 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐙𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧

CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION

This Viva­Mente Con­fer­ence exam­ines the inter­play between med­i­cine and soci­ety in the Late Medieval peri­od through an inter­dis­ci­pli­nary lens, assess­ing how med­ical the­o­ries, prac­tices, and lan­guage both shaped and were shaped by philo­soph­i­cal, the­o­log­i­cal, and polit­i­cal thought. It will explore how con­cepts such as diag­no­sis, prog­no­sis, and health served as con­cep­tu­al bridges con­nect­ing med­i­cine with phi­los­o­phy and the­ol­o­gy, shap­ing broad­er debates on uncer­tain­ty, anom­alies, and cri­sis man­age­ment. The con­fer­ence speak­ers will inves­ti­gate how med­ical the­o­ries, prac­tices, and lan­guage both influ­enced and were influ­enced by philo­soph­i­cal, the­o­log­i­cal, and polit­i­cal thought.

It will explore how con­cepts such as diag­no­sis, prog­no­sis, and health served as con­cep­tu­al bridges con­nect­ing med­i­cine with phi­los­o­phy and the­ol­o­gy, shap­ing broad­er debates on uncer­tain­ty, anom­alies, and cri­sis man­age­ment. The con­fer­ence speak­ers will inves­ti­gate how med­ical the­o­ries, prac­tices, and lan­guage both influ­enced and were influ­enced by philo­soph­i­cal, the­o­log­i­cal, and polit­i­cal thought. Specif­i­cal­ly, it will address the fol­low­ing key themes:

The inter­play between med­i­cine and nat­ur­al phi­los­o­phy and the inte­gra­tion of clas­si­cal Gre­co-Roman med­ical knowl­edge with Ara­bic and Jew­ish traditions.
Med­ical knowl­edge at the Fac­ul­ties of Arts and its role as a prepara­to­ry dis­ci­pline for philo­soph­i­cal and the­o­log­i­cal education
Med­ical metaphors, lan­guage, and prac­tices in medieval polit­i­cal theory.
The con­tri­bu­tion of med­i­cine and phys­iog­no­my to medieval ideas of ide­al ruler­ship and the legit­i­ma­cy of power
Med­ical doc­trines in eth­i­cal and polit­i­cal debates: ratio­nal tech­niques to under­stand and reg­u­late the inter­ac­tions between bod­i­ly and emo­tion­al dynamics.
Ratio­nal­iza­tion of dis­eases and epi­demics at the cross­road of med­i­cine, phi­los­o­phy, and social concerns.
Extra­or­di­nary bio­log­i­cal phe­nom­e­na, par­tic­u­lar­ly con­gen­i­tal anom­alies, mon­strous birth, and hered­i­tary conditions.

REGISTRATION DEADLINES

𝟑𝟎 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: In-Pres­ence Participation

𝟏𝟒 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: Online Participation

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭: https://csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/vivamente-conferences/diagnosis-prognosis-and-health/

Diag­no­sis, Prog­no­sis, and Health – CSMBR
This Viva­Mente Con­fer­ence exam­ines the inter­play between med­i­cine and soci­ety in the Late Mid­dle Ages, assess­ing how med­ical the­o­ries, prac­tices, and lan­guage both shaped and were shaped by philo­soph­i­cal, the­o­log­i­cal, and polit­i­cal thought.
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org

Should you have any queries as to the logis­tics of this event, please do not hes­i­tate to con­tact the organ­is­ers or the cen­tre staff.