🗓️ StoryPharm at IMC Leeds 2025!

StoryPharm participates in the International Medieval Congress 2025 at Leeds with the session “Healing in Byzantine Art and Hagiography”. It includes three contributions: “The ‘Hands of God’: Pharmaka in Early Byzantine Miracles” by Laurence Totelin; “Healing in Byzantine Art: Identities and Performances” by Mati Meyer; and “Byzantine Imperial Families as Beneficiaries of Healing Miracles” by Stavroula Constaninou.

Come join us on Monday, 7 July 2025 between 16:30 and 18:00 (GMT+1)  for the session “Healing in Byzantine Art and Hagiography”

Location: Maurice Keyworth Building 1.05, University of Leeds.

Organised by the Horizon Europe MSCA-DN project: ’Storytelling as Pharmakon in Premodernity and Beyond: Training the New Generation of Researchers in Health Humanities’ (StoryPharm; https://www.ucy.ac.cy/storypharm/)

✨ Featuring:
🔹 “The ‘Hands of God’: Pharmaka in Early Byzantine Miracles” – Laurence Totelin
🔹 “Healing in Byzantine Art: Identities and Performances” – Mati Meyer
🔹 “Byzantine Imperial Families as Beneficiaries of Healing Miracles” – Stavroula Constantinou

Let’s delve into the intersection of medicine, miracles, and power!

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