As every year, interdisciplinary discussions on issues related to the history of food and medicine were held among outstanding researchers from Poland and abroad, who represented various fields of science. This year's edition also included a panel devoted to education in Constantinople. The conference was officially inaugurated by the Vice-Rector for Science – dr hab. Dorota Golańska, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz and Prof. Maciej Kokoszko from the Department of Byzantine History, University of Lodz.
Plenary lectures were given by:
- Prof. dr Albrecht Berger (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) – Constantinople – home of intellect and intellectuals
- Dr Barbara Huber (Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, University of Tübingen) – From Molecules to Memories: Reconstructing Aromatic and Medicinal Practices in Ancient Arabia Through Biomolecular Archaeology
- Dr Manuela Marai (individual researcher) – Pharmaceuticals from the Mineral and Animal Kingdoms: Considerations on Ancient and Modern Uses
- Prof. Joanita Vroom (Leiden University) – The Archaeology of Food and Consumption in Byzantium
Photos: Mateusz Kowalski (Faculty of Philosophy and History, University of Lodz)
Information: Ceraneum Centre