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Exploring Ancient Pharmacology. Drugs, Words, and Practices

Bologna, 24-26 November 2025

November 24, 2025
14:30–15:00 Welcome and Introduction
Session 1: Pharmacological Texts 1
Chair: Caterina Manco
15:00–15:35 Pilar Pérez Cañizares (Universität Wien)
Therapeutic Strategies and Pharmacological Practice in the Hippocratic Treatise De internis affectionibus
15:35–16:10 Nicola Reggiani (Università di Parma)
The Transmission of Pharmacological Knowledge in Greek Papyri
16:10–16:40 Coffee Break
16:40–17:15 Francesco Serratì (ENS, Paris)
Fumigazione e fomentazione nei testi medici greci su papiro
17:15–17:50 Alessia Guardasole (UMR Orient & Méditerranée, Paris)
Galen's Nosology in His Pharmacological Works
17:50–18:00 General Discussion

November 25, 2025
Session 2: Pharmacological Texts 2
Chair: Valentina Giuffra
09:30–10:05 Anna Magnaldi (Sapienza Università di Roma)
Nec pudeat: rimedi ripugnanti e dolorosi nel Liber Medicinalis
10:05–10:40 Giuseppe Trovato (Università degli Studi di Messina)
Prime osservazioni sui Physica di Teodoro Prisciano
10:40–11:10 Coffee Break 

Session 3: Tools and Techniques
Chair: John Wilkins
11:10–11:45 Mª Ángeles Alonso Alonso (UNED, Madrid)
Strumenti e attrezzi della farmacologia all'epoca romana: terminologia, tipologia e rappresentazione iconografica
11:45–12:20 Isabella Bonati (Universidade de Lisboa)
‘Cast (the Ingredients) into the Pot': A Journey Between Receptaria on Papyrus and Material Culture
12:20–12:30 General Discussion
12:30–14:30 Lunch Break 

Session 4: The Words of Pharmacology
Chair: Alessia Guardasole
14:30–15:05 Anna Monte (Università degli Studi di Udine)
Ophthalmic Recipes on Papyrus: Remedies, Ingredients, and Vocabulary
15:05–15:40 Natalia Kulikova (Jagiellonian University, Krakow)
The Term Misy in Celsus' De medicina: its Meaning and Linguistic Equivalents in Dictionaries and Translations of the Treatise
15:40–16:15 Coffee Break
16:15–16:50 John Wilkins (University of Exeter, emeritus)
What is the ουk σιnα (Substance) of a Drug? Galen's Answer 

Session 5: Drugs and Society
Chair: Alessia Guardasole
16:50–17:25 Jurgen R. Gatt (University of Malta)
Challenging Hippocratic Prescriptions: The Role of the Patient in Ancient Pharmacology
17:25–17:35 General Discussion
20:00 Conference Dinner

November 26, 2025
Session 6: Drugs and Economy
Chair: Martina Dattilo
09:30–10:05 Dario Nappo (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Medicine is no Luxury. The Economic Meaning of Ancient Spice Trade 

Session 7: Paleopathology and Contemporary Reconstructions
Chair: Martina Dattilo
10:05–10:40 Valentina Giuffra (Università di Pisa)
Paleopathology and Ancient Pharmacology: Therapeutic Evidence from Ancient Human Remains
10:40–11:10 Coffee Break
11:10–11:45 Manuela Marai (Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University)
Galen and the Science of Compounding Remedies
11:45–12:20 Andrew Koh (Yale University)
Navigating Scylla and Charybdis: Advancing Ancient Pharmacology through Transdisciplinarity
12:20–12:45 General Discussion and Closing Remarks


Learn more and access the conference link here: https://www.academia.edu/144314543/Exploring_Ancient_Pharmacology_Drugs_Words_and_Practices

Lieu de la manifestation : Bologna, University of Bologna, Via Zamboni 38, Aula Mondolfo
Organisation : Martina Dattilo and Caterina Manco in collaboration with Matteo Martelli
Contact : caterina.manco2[at]unibo.it