Cross-Cultural Conversations on Poisons:
BOOK LAUNCH on December 13, 2021, via Zoom, of three recent books on poison:
Barbara Gerke, University of Vienna on “taming” mercury into a potent compound (tsotel) in Tibetan medicine
Yan Liu, SUNY Buffalo on the use of poisons as potent medicines in medieval Chinese pharmacy
Alisha Rankin, Tufts University on testing poison antidotes in early modern Europe
Shigehisa Kuriyama, Harvard University: MODERATOR
David Arnold, University of Warwick (emeritus):DISCUSSANT
Katharine Park Harvard University (emeritus): RESPONDENT
TIME: December 13, 2021 9 AM (US Eastern Time, = 3 PM Vienna time)
PLACE : Online via Zoom
DURATION: 1.5 hours
Meeting ID: 928 4786 0170
ZOOM LINK: bit.ly/3wFzmBq
Passcode: poisons
