The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, the Center for Ancient Studies, the Department of Classics, the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, and the Society for Ancient Studies present
Scientific Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East
Conference organized by Amber Jacob (ISAW), Sofie Schiødt (University of Copenhagen), Lingxin Zhang (Johns Hopkins University), Alexander Jones (ISAW)
Thursday-Friday, September 19-20, 2019
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, Second Floor Lecture Hall
15 East 84th Street
212.992.7800
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
Session 1
Chair: Luigi Prada, University of Oxford
9:30am: KEYNOTE: Manuals on Sothis Divination from the Tebtunis Temple Library
Kim Ryholt, Københavns Universitet
Session 2
Chair: Alexander Jones, ISAW
11:00am: Astronomica Montserratensia: P. Monts.Roca inv. 314 and the Transmission of Mesopotamian Astronomy to the Graeco-Roman World Through Egypt
Marina Escolano-Poveda, University of Liverpool
11:30am: The Astrological Features in the Women’s Astrological Manuals
Lingxin Zhang, Johns Hopkins University
Session 3
Chair: Richard Jasnow, Johns Hopkins University
1:00pm: Dreaming Physiology: Health, Illness, and Sexuality through the Lens of Ancient Egyptian Oneiromancy
Luigi Prada, University of Oxford
1:45pm: Dream-Science, Medicine, and the Organization of Knowledge in Artemidorus’ Oneirocritica
Calloway Scott, University of Cincinnati
2:15pm: Signs of Sickness and Health in Ancient Mesopotamia. For a Comparative Study of Terrestrial Omens and Medical Texts from the World of Cuneiform Culture
Francesca Minen, Warburg Institute, University of London
Session 4
Chair: Fredrik Hagen, Københavns Universitet
3:15pm: The Body in the Ancient Babylonian Mind
Barbara Böck, Spanish National Research Council
4:00pm: Contending with Swellings in New Kingdom Egypt
Sofie Schiødt, Københavns Universitet
4:30pm: Investigations into Theoretical Paradigms of Egyptian and Mesopotamian Healing: A Progress Report
Jonny Russell, Universiteit Leiden
Registration is required at isaw.nyu.edu/rsvp
Please note that separate registration is required for Day 1 (September 19th) and Day 2 (September 20th).
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