Co-organised by Petros Bouras-Vallianatos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Katerina Ierodiakonou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens / University of Geneva), and George Kazantzidis (University of Patras)
Programme
Friday, 3 November 2023, University of Patras
17:00 Introduction by the organisers
Session I
17:15-18:00
Stavros Kouloumentas (University of Patras)
Are colours real? Hippocratic authors on the nature and perception of colours
18:00-18:45
Chloe Balla (University of Crete)
“All the discharges of biles that doctors have names for”: colour discrimination in
early medicine
18:45-19:15 Coffee/Tea Break
Session II
19:15-20:00
Orly Lewis and Marco Vespa (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Colours and anatomy: a look from within
20:30 Dinner
Saturday, 4 November 2023, University of Patras
Session III
09:30-10:15
George Kazantzidis (University of Patras)
Colourful treatments: pharmakon between therapeutics and cosmetics in ancient
medicine
10:15-11:00
Katerina Ierodiakonou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens / University
of Geneva)
Jaundice: a medical example in colour for the philosophers’ use
11:00-11:30 Coffee/tea break
Session IV
11:30-12:15
Véronique Boudon-Millot (Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris)
Des humeurs et des couleurs: subjectivité de la perception chromatique et
universalité du discours médical
12:15-13:00
Peter Singer (EC-Chronoi, Berlin)
Colour shades and their medical significance: what light does Galen shed?
13:00-13:45
Matteo Martelli (University of Bologna)
tbc
13:45-15:45 Lunch break
Session V
15:45-16:30
Petros Bouras-Vallianatos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
The role of colours in the development of theories about the production of urine (2nd-
6th c. CE)
16:30-17:15
Chiara Thumiger (University of Kiel)
On paleness: whiteness, transparency, discoloration and lack of colour in Greek
medicine.
17:15-18:00 Conclusions
20:00 Dinner