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This conference is co-organized by Brenton Hobart (The American University of Paris) and V茅ronique Montagne (Universit茅 C么te d鈥橝zur). Brenton Hobart's first book,听 鈥� published by Classiques Garnier in 2020 鈥� was awarded the prestigious for best book in the field of History of Philosophy.

Medical treatises, historical writings and literary narratives about the plague use a common linguistic register which repeated itself from Antiquity through Renaissance Europe and which persists in today鈥檚 popular and scholarly imagination of how we envision epidemic disease听鈥� Covid language and plague language are to a large degree one and the same. The truth concerning disease is thereby molded, if not skewed, by a preconceived discourse, which the writers of such truth are (or feel) forced to revisit: to prove knowledge of and move beyond past disease; to establish themselves as authoritative; likely, to learn how to transform ineffable horror into the art form that the printed word is. To prove encyclopedic knowledge, medical authorities revisited literary and historical perspectives; literary writers incorporated medical knowledge into their literature. The experiential (I sometimes witness X 鈥� factually based) is thus subjugated to the theoretical (I often read Y 鈥� rehashed time and again because some long past authority chanced to take note of it).

Discussions throughout this conference shall include the relative importance of theory, imitation, experience, and experimentation in treatises on the plague and in literature of the greater Renaissance, while considering them in light of the current global medical crisis. They shall also consider the opposition and exchanges between the humanist tradition and personal enquiry, i.e. the place of 鈥榟e鈥�, 鈥榮he鈥�, 鈥榦ne鈥� and 鈥業鈥� in these writings, together with the implied importance for empirical and subjective approaches, as well as the epistemological consequences of these choices by the authors of the treatises.

Most papers will be given in French. Questions and answers in French or English.

For more information, contact Brenton Hobart:听bhobartaup.edu.

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Program

Jeudi 19 octobre 2023

9h30 | Mot d鈥檃ccueil de la pr茅sidente de l鈥橝merican University of Paris (Sonya Stephens)

9h45 | Introduction au colloque (Brenton Hobart, The American University of Paris & V茅ronique Montagne, Universit茅 C么te d鈥橝zur)

Matin茅e sous la pr茅sidence de Violaine Giacomotto (Universit茅 Bordeaux Montaigne)

10h听| Conf茅rence de Sylvie Bazin (Universit茅 de Lorraine)听: 芦听De l'irruption de la peste 脿 son installation : nommer le mal en fran莽ais听禄

Pause-caf茅 (11-11h15)

11h15听| Isabelle Vedrenne-Fajolles (Universit茅 C么te d鈥橝zur)听: 芦听脡crits m茅dicaux sur la peste听au bas Moyen 脗ge :听typologie, diffusion manuscrite et compagnonnage en recueil听禄

11h45听| Estela Bonnaffoux听(Universit茅 de Tours)听: 芦听Fere omnes sanabat听: savoirs profanes, pratiques empiriques et exp茅rience personnelle dans le De peste d鈥橝ntonio Guaineri (vers 1422)听禄

12h15听| Valerie Worth听(Trinity College, University of Oxford) & Brenton Hobart (The American University of Paris)听: 芦听Les figures de la f茅minit茅 dans les trait茅s de peste de la premi猫re modernit茅听禄

Buffet

Apr猫s-midi sous la pr茅sidence de Magdalena Ko藕luk (Uniwersytet 艁贸dzki)

14h15听| Erik Heinrichs听(Winona State University), 芦听First-Person Perspectives and Particular Knowledge in German Plague Treatises of the Sixteenth Century听禄

14h45听| Edoardo Zorzan听(Universit茅 Sorbonne Nouvelle & Universit茅 Ca鈥� Foscari, Venise)听: 芦听Il desiderio di giovar al prossimo听: savoir m茅dical, rh茅torique et engagement civique dans le Conseil sur la Peste de Bernardino Tomitano (1556)听禄

Pause-caf茅 (15h15-15h45)

15h45听| Anne Brogini听(Universit茅 C么te d鈥橝zur)听: 芦听Les trait茅s sur la peste de Pietro Parisi (1593 ; 1603). Une exp茅rience maltaise r茅ussie des soins en temps de peste听禄

16h15听| Jo毛l Coste听(EPHE, Paris)听: 芦听La science m茅dicale aux prises avec la peste (France, premi猫re modernit茅)听禄

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Vendredi 20 octobre 2023

Matin茅e sous la pr茅sidence de V茅ronique Montagne

9h30 | V茅ronique Boudon-Millot听(CNRS, Sorbonne Universit茅)听: 芦听Camerarius lecteur de Galien :听un m茅decin antique au secours des pestif茅r茅s de Nuremberg (1533)听禄

Pause-caf茅 (10h30-10h45)

10h45 | Caroline Petit听(University of Warwick)听: 芦听Sur le听De pestilentia听de Rhazes听: la r茅ception de la m茅decine arabe 脿 la Renaissance听禄

11h15 | Simon Achigar (Centre d鈥櫭塼udes Sup茅rieures de la Renaissance)听: 芦听De l鈥檃utorit茅 m茅dicale aux autorit茅s urbaines听: la mise en pratique des trait茅s de peste 脿 Chartres au XVIe si猫cle听禄

11h45 | Guylaine Pineau (Universit茅 de Pau)听: 芦听Remplacer ou 茅vincer le m茅decin, le statut de chirurgien dans le听Livre de la听peste et dans les 艗耻惫谤别蝉 d'Ambroise Par茅听禄

Buffet

Apr猫s-midi sous la pr茅sidence de Brenton Hobart

14h | Val茅rie Auclair (Universit茅 Gustave Eiffel, Champs-sur-Marne)听: 芦听La Peste dans les 艙uvres historiques, graphiques et philanthropiques de Nicolas Houel听禄

14h30 | Anthony Le Berre听(Universit茅 d鈥橝ix Marseille)听: 芦听Le r茅cit de cure dans les trait茅s de peste de la Renaissance听禄

Pause-caf茅 (15h-15h15)

15h15 | Fran莽oise Hildesheimer听(Archives nationales)听: 芦听Retour d'exp茅rience听: la peste de Toulon (1721) relue par Jean d'Antrechaus听禄