CCEH Workshop - 'In/Fertility: Pregnant Uncertainties Past and Present'
The certainty and uncertainty of fertility in ancient and medieval worlds
This workshop focuses on questions of fertility and infertility, of trying to get pregnant, and not knowing whether you have succeeded, mostly historically - in the ancient and medieval worlds - but also how that history speaks to the present.
| A Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences workshop | |
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| Date | 26 February 2026 |
| Time | 10:00 to 13:00 |
| Place | Queens Building Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health Boardroom & Library Space |
| Provider | Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
| Organizer | Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health |
Event details
Focusing on the uncertainty of fertility and infertility in ancient and medieval worlds and how this history speaks to the present
This workshop focuses around questions of fertility and infertility, of trying to get pregnant, and not knowing whether you have succeeded, mostly historically—in the ancient and medieval worlds—but also as that history speaks to the present.
Our keynote speaker is Dr Isabel Davis, medievalist and author of the brilliant and beautifully illustrated new book Conceiving Histories: Trying for Pregnancy, Past and Present. Other papers will address topics such as the development of medieval Arabic infertility treatments and wind-eggs, moles, and phantom pregnancies in ancient Greek medicine. We will think more broadly about changing contexts of reproductive uncertainty too. Please come and join us.
CCEH Workshop: Thursday 26th February, 10-1pm, CCEH Boardroom and Library, Queen’s Building and online. There will be coffee and lunch for those attending in person.
Please register via the Eventbrite: CCEH Workshop: In/fertility: Pregnant Uncertainties Past and Present. Tickets, Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite
Location:
Queens Building