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February 22-23, 2008
Broad Auditorium, Pepper Center, FSU |
Conference Poster (.pdf)
See Preliminary Schedule of Events
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Health and Sickness in Ancient Rome:
Medicine, Metaphor, and Manipulation |
Organizer: Prof. Miriam Griffin (Langford Eminent Scholar FSU and Emeritus Fellow in Ancient History,
Somerville College, Oxford) |
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Speakers:
Prof. Mary Beagon (University of Manchester)
Title: "Simple Gifts? The Exotic World of Roman Folk Remedies"
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Prof. Glen Bowersock (Institute for Advanced Study)
Title: "Iatrosophists"
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Prof. Christopher P. Jones (Harvard University)
Title: "Asclepios Mousagetes"
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Prof. Vivian Nutton (University College London)
Title: "Avoiding Galen"
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Prof. Svetla Slaveva-Griffin (Florida State University)
Title: "Ignore your Body: The Neoplatonic Prescription for Health"
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Prof. Gareth Williams (Columbia University)
Title: "The Programmatic Value of Illness in Roman Poetry"
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Prof. Anthony J. Woodman (University of Virginia)
Title: "Community Health: Metaphor in Latin Historiography"
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For further information, contact:
Prof. Svetla Slaveva-Griffin
email: sslavevagriffin@fsu.edu
phone: 850-644-0308
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Langford Seminar: Fall 2007
Langford Conference: Fall 2008
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