Madness: Between Medieval Islamic and Modern Perspectives

Madness: Between Medieval Islamic and Modern Perspectives

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October 12, 2010 Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements and credits for the podcast series Madness: Between Medieval Islamic and Contemporary Perspectives.
2 min
October 12, 2010 Hospitals and Madness (Respondents)
Respondents to Peregrine Horden's lecture: Hospitals and Madness.
1 hr 25 min
October 12, 2010 Hospitals and Madness (Key Lecture)
Last of four key lectures, delivered by Peregrine Horden, Professor of Medieval History, Royal Holloway, University of London.
56 min
October 12, 2010 Foul Whisperings: Madness and Poetry in Arabic Literary History (Respondents)
Respondents to Geert Jan der Gelder's lecture:, Foul Whisperings: Madness and Poetry in Arabic Literary History.
46 min
October 12, 2010 Foul Whisperings: Madness and Poetry in Arabic Literary History (Key Lecture)
Third of four key lectures delivered by Geert Jan van Gelder, Laudian Professor of Arabic, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford.
35 min
October 12, 2010 Love-sickness between Medicine, Philosophy and Theology, and Islam (Respondents)
Respondents to Hinrich Biesterfeldt's lecture: Love-sickness between Medicine, Philosophy and Theology, and Islam.
46 min
October 12, 2010 Love-sickness between Medicine, Philosophy and Theology, and Islam (Key Lecture)
Second of four key lectures, delivered by Hinrich Biesterfeldt, Professor of Islam Studies Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
37 min
October 12, 2010 The Historical Background: Saladin's Court (Key Lecture)
First of four key lectures, delivered by Carole Hillenbrand, Professor of Islamic History at the University of Edinburgh, and author of "The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives".
1 hr 1 min
October 12, 2010 Preliminary Perspective: Medicine and Madness at the Court of Saladin
Sets the background of the workshop, and explains how the four historical key lectures relate to Daniel Nicolae's research.
21 min
October 11, 2010 Introduction - The Philosophy of Psychiatry
Delivered by Bill Fulford, a psychiatrist and member of the Philosophy Faculty at Oxford University.
20 min

About Madness: Between Medieval Islamic and Modern Perspectives

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This podcast was recorded at a conference at St Cross College, University of Oxford, in March 2010. The conference brought together well-established historians of medieval Islamic history and contemporary psychiatrists to consider what 'madness' is.

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