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Archive of the Marburg Dialogues on Ancient Healing Arts

Back view of "Zedlers Universallexikon" located at the Institute of the History of Pharmacy and Medicine in Marburg.
Photo: Anne Grons
Back view of "Zedlers Universallexikon" located at the Institute of the History of Pharmacy and Medicine in Marburg.

Information on past events and lectures

Annual meeting 2024

The third meeting of the Marburg Dialogues on Ancient Healing Arts took place in Marburg on 5th and 6th July 2024.

The meeting was held in the Landgrafensaal of the Hessian State Archives in Marburg. On the evening of 5th July there was a public keynote lecture, delivered by Prof. Markham J. Geller (University College London) on "Das medizinische Vermächtnis der `toten´Sprache Akkadisch".

The conference programme can be downloaded here.

Annual meeting 2023

The second meeting of the Marburg Dialogues on Ancient Healing Arts took place in Marburg on 16th and 17th June 2023.

The meeting was held in the Landgrafensaal of the Hessian State Archives in Marburg. On the evening of 16th June there was a public keynote lecture, delivered by Prof. Dr. med. Karl-Heinz Leven (Erlangen-Nürnberg) on "Klima, Pest und Migration. Die Rede vom Untergang Roms". 

The conference programme can be downloaded here.

Annual meeting 2022

The first meeting of the working group took place in Marburg on 17th and 18th June 2022.

Fellow scientists were invited to the lecture and exhibition room of the University Library Marburg. On the evening of 17th June the attendees could witness the special presentation in honour of the 40th anniversary of the interdisciplinary working group "Ancient Medicine" by Prof. Dr. Florian Steger (Ulm) with the title "Alte Heilkunde – Alte Medizin – Antike Medizin. Eine Auseinandersetzung mit der Antiken Medizin ist lohnenswert. Wirklich?".