Speaker Bio: Bronwen Wickkiser is a specialist in ancient Greek history and culture, especially in the areas of religion and medicine. Her first book explores the appeal of healing deities in relation to the rise of Hippocratic medicine (Asklepios, Medicine, and the Politics of Healing in Fifth-Century Greece), while her second book looks at performance, architecture, and music therapy in a Greek healing sanctuary (The Thymele at Epidauros: Healing, Space, and Musical Performance in Late Classical Greece).
At Wabash College, Professor Wickkiser teaches courses related to these topics, such as Ancient Greek Religion & Magic, and From Zeus to Zika: A History of Epidemic Disease (in conjunction with the College's Global Health minor). Recently, she has been delving into ways that modern culture receives the ancient past, a field known as Classical Reception.
