Information on the London coference (organised by the
Centre for the History of the Emotions (Queen Mary College, London)) 2010-06-26 coference "
London 2010-06-26: Emotions and Health 1200-1700" can be found at
http://earlymodern-lit.blogspot.com/2010/04/emotions-and-health-at-queen-mary.ht
ml and
http://earlymodernhistory1.blogspot.com/2010/04/centre-for-history-of-emotions-q
ueen.html .
Perhaps of most interest to the readers/members of this forum here:
Quote:*Michael R. Solomon *(Hispanic Studies, University of
Pennsylvania) –
‘Non-Natural Love: Coitus, Desire, and Galenic Hygiene in Medieval and
Early Modern Spain’
12:30-1:10: *Angus Gowland *(History, UCL) – ‘Medicine, Psychology, and the
Melancholic Subject in the Renaissance’
1:10-2:10: Lunch (provided)
2:10-2:50: *Erin Sullivan *(History of Medicine, UCL) – ‘A Disease unto
Death:
Sadness in Early Modern Medicine and Culture’
...
Quote:: *Vivienne Lo and Penelope Barrett *(History of Medicine, UCL) –
‘Spirits and Emotion in Early Modern China’
4:40-5:20: *Penelope Gouk *(History, University of Manchester) – ‘Music
and Spirit
in Early Modern Thought’