Medicine by and for Medieval Women (as Told by Men)
Zoom Webinar
Jewish women had diverse roles in late medieval medical practice: They were patients, healers and caregivers, and they produced medical knowledge too. Through male physicians’ writings we will trace this mostly unknown history.
Healing Women in Jewish History
New histories of medicine and the body offer a more direct vantage on women’s experiences than traditional approaches mediated through the sources and concerns of men. This series explores what we know about women as both practitioners and patients throughout Jewish history, and what we stand to learn from such scholarship about women’s lives more generally.
Featuring
Naama Cohen-Hanegbi
Tel Aviv University
Naama Cohen-Hanegbi’s research explores medicine and health in late medieval Southern Europe. She is currently writing a monograph on Postpartum Mental Distress in Late Medieval Europe, and heading an ERC project titled: Medieval Placebo Effect: Hope and Belief in Healthcare in Christian Southern Europe 1100-1500.
Cosponsors
Katz Center public programming is supported by gifts from the Klatt Family and the Harry Stern Family Foundation.