A group for scholars from all disciplines who work on the history of medicine, disease, public health, and healing practices in the Middle East and North Africa (including Iran, Israel and its antecedents, Turkey and its antecedents, and the Arabic-speaking countries, including the Maghreb). Our goal is to bring historians of medicine and science, social historians, cultural historians, and political historians whose work touches on public health, disease, and medicine into conversation with one another. We also want to bring historians who work on different parts of the Middle East and North Africa together to identify transnational trends and highlight issues that span the borders of modern nation-states.
Christopher S. Rose deposited Implications of the Spanish Influenza Pandemic (1918–1920) for the History of Early Twentieth-Century Egypt in the group
History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa on Humanities Commons 1 month, 3 weeks agoThe “Spanish influenza” pandemic that struck Egypt in fall 1918 resulted in the death of eleven out of every one thousand people. Despite the mass suffering caused by the pandemic, it has been largely ignored by historians. I describe how the Egyptian public health service was unprepared for a major health crisis because resources were red…[Read more]
Christopher S. Rose deposited Food, Hunger, and Rebellion: Egypt in World War I and its Aftermath in the group
History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa on Humanities Commons 4 months, 4 weeks agoOver two percent of the Egyptian population perished during World War I due to starvation, malnutrition, and disease. Although technically neutral, Egypt was the staging ground for British and Dominion troops fighting the campaign against the Ottoman Empire. The prioritization of military needs led to government recruitment of civilian…[Read more]
Christopher S. Rose edited the post CFP: “Social Histories of Disease, Medicine, and Healing in the Modern ME/NA” in the group
History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa: on Humanities Commons 8 months agoCall for Chapters for inclusion in an edited volume on
“Social Histories of Disease, Medicine, and Healing
in the Modern Middle East & North Africa”What can the study of disease, medicine, healing, and public health in the Middle East and North Africa since 1750 reveal about the region’s history?
Editors: Stephanie Anne Boyle, New Yor…[Read more]
Christopher S. Rose wrote a new post CFP: Researching Women in the Middle East – historical perspectives on health and gender in the group
History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa: on Humanities Commons 9 months, 3 weeks agoCall for papers for the third annual conference of the Women Historians’ Forum
Researching women in the Middle East
Historical perspectives on health and gender
Online – Tuesday, July 6, 2021
The Women H […]Christopher S. Rose edited the post HistMed MENA Zotero Group in the group
History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa: on Humanities Commons 10 months agoAre you a Zotero user? (and if not, why not?)
We’ve set up a shared Zotero group–join and contribute your entries, and let’s create a shared bibliography detailing the history of medicine in the Middle East and North Africa!
Read on for description and instructions.
What It Is
The collection is a library of books, journal…[Read more]
Christopher S. Rose wrote a new post CFP: Special Issue “(New) Histories of Science, in and beyond Modern Europe” in the group
History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa: on Humanities Commons 10 months, 2 weeks agoJournal: Histories
Special Issue Title: (New) Histories of Science, in and beyond Modern Europe
Special Issue Editors: Volker Remmert, Dania Achermann, Cécile Stephanie Stehrenberger, Fabian L […]Christopher S. Rose wrote a new post CFP: Scandalous Feasts and Holy Meals: Food in Medieval and Early Modern Societies (12th-18th centuries) in the group
History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa: on Humanities Commons 10 months, 2 weeks ago2nd EUI Conference in Visual and Material Culture Studies
Scandalous Feasts and Holy Meals: Food in Medieval and Early Modern Societies (12th-18th centuries)
25th May 2021
European University In […]Christopher S. Rose edited the post CFP: Gendered and Sexual Aging in the History and Culture of Medicine in the group
History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa: on Humanities Commons 10 months, 4 weeks agoContributions are invited for a special edition of a high-quality interdisciplinary journal on the topic of “Gendered and Sexual Aging in the History and Culture of Medicine”. This special edition forms part of the grant activities of Associate Professor Alison M. Downham Moore in the Australian Research Council Discovery pro…[Read more]
Christopher S. Rose wrote a new post CFP: Trauma and Nightmare, 4th International Interdisciplinary Conference in the group
History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa: on Humanities Commons 10 months, 4 weeks agoMarch 18, 2021 to March 19, 2021
Scientific Committee:
Professor Wojciech Owczarski – University of Gdańsk, Poland
Professor Paulo Endo – University of São Paulo, Brazil […]Christopher S. Rose edited the post CFP: “Bring Out Your Dead”: Visions of Pandemics Past, Present and Future in Literature and the Arts in the group
History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa: on Humanities Commons 10 months, 4 weeks ago“Bring Out Your Dead”: Visions of Pandemics Past, Present and Future in Literature and the Arts
Abstracts due April 1, 2021
Editors Barbara Brodman and James E. Doan are seeking original essays for the sixth of a series of books on visions of the supernatural and the apocalyptic in literature and the arts. They encourage submissions from peo…[Read more]Christopher S. Rose replied to the topic New Articles in the discussion
History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa on Humanities Commons 10 months, 4 weeks agoJoelle M. Abi-Rached. “Psychiatry in the Middle East: the Rebirth of Lunatic Asylums?” BJPsych International 18, no. 1 (2021): 5–8. doi:10.1192/bji.2020.22.
This article briefly assesses the historical trajectory of psychiatric institutions in the Middle East. It underlines a key observation: the persistence and expansion of psychiatric insti…[Read more]
Christopher S. Rose started the topic New Articles in the discussion
History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa on Humanities Commons 11 months agoFound a new article of interest to the group? Post it here!
Stephanie Boyle edited the post Welcome! in the group
History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa: on Humanities Commons 11 months agoWelcome!
We’ve launched this website as a way to reach scholars from all disciplines who work on the history of medicine, disease, public health, and healing practices in the Middle East and North Africa (including Iran, Israel and its antecedents, Turkey and its antecedents, and the Arabic-speaking countries, including the Maghreb). Our…[Read more]
