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Discourse on the Plague (1347-1600):

Authorities, Experience, and Experiments

Thursday, October 19, 2023 - 09:30 to Friday, October 20, 2023 - 16:00

This conference is co-organized by Brenton Hobart (The American University of Paris) and V矇ronique Montagne (Universit矇 C繫te dAzur). Brenton Hobart's first book,泭 published by Classiques Garnier in 2020 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 todays popular and scholarly imagination of how we envision epidemic disease泭 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 factually based) is thus subjugated to the theoretical (I often read Y 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 he, she, one and I 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:泭bhobartataup.edu.

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Program

Jeudi 19 octobre 2023

9h30 | Mot daccueil de la pr矇sidente de lAmerican University of Paris (Sonya Stephens)

9h45 | Introduction au colloque (Brenton Hobart, The American University of Paris & V矇ronique Montagne, Universit矇 C繫te dAzur)

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

10h泭| Conf矇rence de Sylvie Bazin (Universit矇 de Lorraine)泭: 竄泭De l'irruption de la peste son installation : nommer le mal en fran癟ais泭罈

Pause-caf矇 (11-11h15)

11h15泭| Isabelle Vedrenne-Fajolles (Universit矇 C繫te dAzur)泭: 竄泭crits m矇dicaux sur la peste泭au bas Moyen ge :泭typologie, diffusion manuscrite et compagnonnage en recueil泭罈

11h45泭| Estela Bonnaffoux泭(Universit矇 de Tours)泭: 竄泭Fere omnes sanabat泭: savoirs profanes, pratiques empiriques et exp矇rience personnelle dans le De peste dAntonio Guaineri (vers 1422)泭罈

12h15泭| Valerie Worth泭(Trinity College, University of Oxford) & Brenton Hobart (The American University of Paris)泭: 竄泭Les figures de la f矇minit矇 dans les trait矇s de peste de la premi癡re modernit矇泭罈

Buffet

Apr癡s-midi sous la pr矇sidence de Magdalena Ko驕luk (Uniwersytet 籀dzki)

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

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

Pause-caf矇 (15h15-15h45)

15h45泭| Anne Brogini泭(Universit矇 C繫te dAzur)泭: 竄泭Les trait矇s sur la peste de Pietro Parisi (1593 ; 1603). Une exp矇rience maltaise r矇ussie des soins en temps de peste泭罈

16h15泭| Jo禱l Coste泭(EPHE, Paris)泭: 竄泭La science m矇dicale aux prises avec la peste (France, premi癡re modernit矇)泭罈

Vendredi 20 octobre 2023

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

9h30 | V矇ronique Boudon-Millot泭(CNRS, Sorbonne Universit矇)泭: 竄泭Camerarius lecteur de Galien :泭un m矇decin antique au secours des pestif矇r矇s de Nuremberg (1533)泭罈

Pause-caf矇 (10h30-10h45)

10h45 | Caroline Petit泭(University of Warwick)泭: 竄泭Sur le泭De pestilentia泭de Rhazes泭: la r矇ception de la m矇decine arabe la Renaissance泭罈

11h15 | Simon Achigar (Centre dtudes Sup矇rieures de la Renaissance)泭: 竄泭De lautorit矇 m矇dicale aux autorit矇s urbaines泭: la mise en pratique des trait矇s de peste Chartres au XVIe si癡cle泭罈

11h45 | Guylaine Pineau (Universit矇 de Pau)泭: 竄泭Remplacer ou 矇vincer le m矇decin, le statut de chirurgien dans le泭Livre de la泭peste et dans les 喝措娶梗莽 d'Ambroise Par矇泭罈

Buffet

Apr癡s-midi sous la pr矇sidence de Brenton Hobart

14h | Val矇rie Auclair (Universit矇 Gustave Eiffel, Champs-sur-Marne)泭: 竄泭La Peste dans les uvres historiques, graphiques et philanthropiques de Nicolas Houel泭罈

14h30 | Anthony Le Berre泭(Universit矇 dAix Marseille)泭: 竄泭Le r矇cit de cure dans les trait矇s de peste de la Renaissance泭罈

Pause-caf矇 (15h-15h15)

15h15 | Fran癟oise Hildesheimer泭(Archives nationales)泭: 竄泭Retour d'exp矇rience泭: la peste de Toulon (1721) relue par Jean d'Antrechaus泭罈