The "New Voices Online Talk Series" of the "Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists" at Paderborn University is dedicated to the topic of "Women's Ideas in the History of Medicine", i.e. the significant contributions of women to medical knowledge in history.
In her lecture on Wednesday, 2 April, Anna Gili, a doctoral candidate in Latin and Arabic philology at the University of Padua and the Julius-Maximilians-Universit?t Würzburg, will talk about women's health in early Islamic medical works. She will focus in particular on Al-Ma?ūsī, a Zoroastrian physician from the province of Fārs, who wrote his Kitāb al-malakī in the second half of the tenth century. In this ten-book medical encyclopaedia, he also pays great attention to women's health issues.
The subject of the discussion in the online series is the influence of women on medical practice from late antiquity to the Renaissance and beyond. The lectures cover topics such as ancient gynaecology, early Islamic medical texts, the role of midwives and poetic representations of reproductive experiences, offering a comprehensive insight into the intersection of gender and the history of medicine.
Interested parties are cordially invited to register for the English-language event. The Zoom link will be sent after registration.
Further information can be found on the website of the "Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists".
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