StoryPharm Training in Narrative and in Literary Criticism 21-24 October 2025

StoryPharm Training in Narrative and in Literary Criticism 21-24 October 2025

StoryPharm announces its next training in Narrative and in Literary Criticism. The event, entitled "The Memory and Myth of Medical Knowledge in the Premodern Era: The ‘Salerno Medical School’ in the Euro-Mediterranean Context and Beyond” will be hosted by the Department of Cultural Heritage Sciences (DiSPaC) of the University of Salerno, in collaboration with the UNESCO chair in Plantes Medicinales Mediterranae and the Interdepartmental Research Centre ‘Althea – A Mediterranean Institution: The Salerno Medical School’.

Through this training, participants will be introduced to the methodologies of narratology and literary criticism and they will be instructed on how to use sources, data, and critical skills to approach ancient and medieval sources and cultures. They will learn how ‘medical schools’ functioned in the Middle Ages, starting with that of Salerno. They will also be introduced to issues directly related to the historical knowledge of medicinal plants and the practical and scientific traditions associated with their use, including insights into their application in recent pharmacological developments.

For the full programme, click here.

StoryPharm has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Doctoral Networks (Grant Agreement No. 101169114) and from UK Research and Innovation (Grant Ref: EP/Z534523/1).