Workshop: The Medical Puzzles and Natural Problems Attributed to Alexander of Aphrodisias: Problems and Prospects
Humboldt University Berlin, 25-26/9/2025
Thursday 25 September
9-13h: Joint paper (private)
13-18h: Lectures (public)
- Philip van der Eijk, “The Medical Puzzles and Natural Problems and their place in the history of Peripatetic thinking about health, disease and medicine”
- Luigi Silvano, “Remarks on the manuscript tradition of Pseudo-Alexander of Aphrodisias’
Problemata” - Kosta Gligorijevic, “Three problemata on babies in ps-Alexander: 1.63, 1.121 and 1.122”
- Katerína Oikonomopoulou, “The concept of nature in the Medical Puzzles and Natural Problems”
- Michiel Meeusen, “The authorship of Ps-Alexander’s medical writings: a synthetic attempt”
Friday 26 September
9-13h: Reading marathon (public)
- Luigi Silvano, Med. Puzz. 1.1-12
- Kosta Gligorijevic, Med. Puzz. 1.13-26
- Katerína Oikonomopoulou, Med. Puzz. 1.27-40
- Michiel Meeusen, Med. Puzz. 1.41-49
14h-17h: Continue work on paper, reading, general discussion, project funding (private)