‘Localisation’ - Image by Christoph Geiger, from the 2017 Exhibition The soul is an Octopus , Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité
Since August 2019 I have been given the wonderful opportunity to join a new research community at the University of Kiel , devoted to the study of human interaction with the environment in a broad-ranging perspective, the research cluster ROOTS . My contribution will be in the field of ancient medicine and science, with a project on ancient views about the nutritional processes in a broad cultural historical perspective, from food consumption to digestion and excretion, from dietetics to eating disorders, f
My interest in the history and narratives of human health and illness began earlier in my research.