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
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Session 1
Chair: Friedhelm Hoffmann, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
9:15: Welcome
9:30: 50 Shades of gyl – Deciphering the Other in Demotic Scientific Traditions
Robert Kade, Freie Universität Berlin
10:00: The Coptic Herbal P. Carlsberg 500 and the Treatment of “Mist” in an Eye
Anne Grons, Freie Universität Berlin
Session 2
Chair: Kim Ryholt, Københavns Universitet
11:00: A Miscellany of Mainly Medical Content: pBrooklyn 47.218.47
Joachim Quack, Universität Heidelberg
11:45: Skin Deep: Cutaneous Treatment and Taboo in Graeco-Roman Egypt
Amber Jacob, ISAW
12:15: Medical Literary and Documentary Culture in Graeco-Roman Fayum
Nicola Reggiani, Università degli Studi di Parma
Session 3
Chair: Claire Bubb, ISAW
1:45: Recipes, Foodstuffs, and Words: The Theory Behind Voces Magicae
Monika Amsler, University of Maryland
2:15: When Hours Are Numbered: Quantitative Vs. Qualitative Timekeeping in Imperial-Period Medicine
Kassandra Jackson Miller, Bard College
Session 4
Chair: TBA
3:15: A Medical Interpretation of Egyptian Magical Texts
Friedhelm Hoffmann, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
4:00: Medicine, Dreams, and Imhotep in the Book of Thoth
Richard Jasnow, Johns Hopkins University
5:00: Reception
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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