20/08/2026
47th International Congress for the History of Pharmacy, Innsbruck
Sept. 1-5, 2026
Panel: History of Veterinary Pharmacy and Horse medicine
I am particularly pleased, excited, and very proud that we will present our research on the transfer of knowledge in (human and) equine medicine during the medieval period east of Byzantium at the conference.
As a matter of fact, we will be very well represented, presenting the results of our extensive research at the the Centre for the Study of the Christian East and the Armenian Studies Division in several talks and poster. These include my own keynote lecture, as well as contributions by the conference organiser and my doctoral student, Dr. Heinrich evanzin, who does not work on horses but also researches Armenian medicine, in particular pharmacology. Our interdisciplinary examination of Armenian, Arabic, and Georgian texts, studied in conjunction with ancient Greek as well as Persian and Indian sources and extending to early modern Ottoman materials, highlights the importance of our interdisciplinary research. It also places the history of Armenian medicine in a new light and is currently unparalleled worldwide.
J. Dum-Tragut, Meeting in the Body of the Horse KEYNOTE
(presenting the preliminary results, supported by M. Yavrumyan, Arabic studies & N. N. Sakvarelidze, Georgian studies)
J. Dum-Tragut, Equines Superfood - Gerstenwasser oder Bier?
N. Sakvarelidze: Veterinärmedizinisches Wissen in der georgischen Kompilation des I. Ossesdze (18.Jh) (Kauterisation)
H. Evanzin: Alpine Materia Medica - Parallen zwischen Alpen und Armenischem Hochland
O. Khachatryan: Healing through Words and Writing:
Prayers and Magical Texts in the Armenian Medical Manuscript Tradition (Poster)
https://ishp2026.com/preliminary-program
Image (C) Jasmine Dum-Tragut
