Medicinal Memory

Lily Sanders and Mark Joslin

A podcast in which we discuss health, medicine, and human bodies in Atlantic history. We hope to discuss some of the major works in the field to uncover the hidden networks of knowledge and influence that continue to influence us today.

Episodes

  1. 12/02/2020

    Interviewing Dr. Kristen Block - Slavery and Inter-Imperial Leprosy Discourse

    In this episode, the last of its kind, we talked with Dr. Kristen Block about her article “Slavery and Inter-imperial Leprosy Discourse in the Atlantic World” along with her upcoming book, Health, Disease, and the Spirit: Religion, Healing, and the Colonial Body in the Early Caribbean.

  2. 12/02/2020

    Manuel Barcia’s The Yellow Demon of Fever and J.R. McNeill’s Mosquito Empires

    This week we are talking about yellow fever, agency, and the environment in Manuel Barcia‘s The Yellow Demon of Fever and J.R. McNeill‘s Mosquito Empires.

  3. 11/22/2020

    Discussing For All of Humanity with Martha Few

    This week we had the privilege of talking with a major scholar in Atlantic and Latin American studies, Martha Few, about her book For All of Humanity: Mesoamerican and Colonial Medicine in Enlightened Guatemala. Dr. Few explains some of the inspirations and major themes of this work, as well as the connections to today’s pandemic responses and some information on future projects. We also have a special guest interviewer, our friend Kaitlin Simpson of the Add Men and Stir Podcast!

  4. 11/11/2020

    Pablo F. Gómez and Benjamin Breen: Ritual and Medicine in the Premodern World

    This week we discuss ritual, healing, and the rise of different medicinal practices in the colonial Atlantic by discussing two recent and influential works in the field: Pablo F. Gomez’s “The Experiential Caribbean,” and Benjamin Breen’s “The Age of Intoxication.”

  • 4 Episodes

About

A podcast in which we discuss health, medicine, and human bodies in Atlantic history. We hope to discuss some of the major works in the field to uncover the hidden networks of knowledge and influence that continue to influence us today.

Information

  • Creator
    Lily Sanders and Mark Joslin
  • Years Active
    2020
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Lily Sanders and Mark Joslin
  • Show Website
    Medicinal Memory