Lunchtime Time Machine: What Greek god performed the best healing miracles?

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101 LeConte Hall

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Susan Mattern, as she presents the question, "What Greek god performed the best healing miracles?"

Professor Mattern's latest book is the critically acclaimed The Slow Moon Climbs: The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause (Princeton U Press, 2019). It is a world history of menopause from about 2 million BCE. Mattern's research interests include transcultural psychiatry, the origins and history of property, and the history of small-scale egalitarian societies. She teaches classes in World History and in the history of Greece, Rome, ancient Egypt, marriage, disease, medicine, women, and law. 

Free Admission. Free history. Free lunch!

This is an FYO event. All majors are welcome. 

Flier for Dr. Mattern's Lunchtime talk Nov 7, 12:45 PM (370.89 KB)

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