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DESCRIPTION:East Carolina University’s Laupus Health Sciences Library and
  our Medical History Interest Group will be hosting Dr. Helen Dixon's "Fro
 m Amulets to Orthodontia: Phoenician Healing Practices of the First Millen
 nium BCE" on April 28\, 2026 at 3:30pm in Evelyn Fike Laupus Gallery\, Lau
 pus Library's 4th floor and virtually through this link.\n\n \n\nPresentat
 ion Description: The Phoenicians\, known for inventing the alphabet we use
  today in English\, lived along what is today the coast of Syria\, Lebanon
 \, and Israel/Palestine in the first millennium BCE. This talk will survey
  the evidence we have for Phoenician magico-medical healing practices\, in
 cluding orthodontia or dental prostheses\, imported Egyptian practices inc
 luding the use of healing statues\, and preventative care\, like rituals a
 nd amulets.\n\n \n\nAbout the Presenter: Dr. Helen Dixon is an interdiscip
 linary scholar of the ancient Mediterranean world specializing in Phoenici
 an history and culture in the first millennium BCE. She earned a B.A. in R
 eligious Studies from McGill University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Near East
 ern Studies from the University of Michigan (2013).\n\n \n\nDixon has held
  postdoctoral positions at North Carolina State University and at the Univ
 ersity of Helsinki’s Centre of Excellence in “Changes in Sacred Texts 
 and Traditions.” From 2017–2019\, she served as Assistant Professor of
  Religion at Wofford College. She also co-authored a successful national g
 rant establishing the University of Helsinki’s Centre of Excellence in 
 “Ancient Near Eastern Empires\,” where she remains an external collabo
 rator.\n\nHer research\, grounded in archaeological excavation\, museum st
 udy\, and archival work across the eastern Mediterranean\, examines how Ph
 oenicians and their neighbors shaped social identities in life and death. 
 She also publishes on digital humanities approaches to the ancient world a
 nd the ethical challenges of the international antiquities trade. Dixon te
 aches graduate and undergraduate courses in Ancient Mediterranean History 
 and Museum Studies.\n\nThis presentation is part of the Ruth and John Mosk
 op History of Medicine Lecture Series. All are welcome and refreshments wi
 ll be provided.\n\n \n\nIndividuals requesting accommodation under the Ame
 ricans with Disabilities Act (ADA) should contact the ADA Coordinator at l
 east 48 hours prior to the event at (252) 737-1018 (voice/TTY) / ada-coord
 inator@ecu.edu
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LOCATION:Laupus Library\, 4th floor\, Evelyn Fike Laupus Gallery
SUMMARY:Medical History Interest Group - From Amulets to Orthodontia
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 -from-amulets-to-orthodontia
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