New Discoveries Seminar

Lecture Handouts

Thursday,  27 February, 16:00 @ Janskerkhof 2-3, room 013 (Utrecht University)

PTSD from BCE? What psychiatry can (not) tell us about the ancient world

Arjen van Lil, MA
ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre

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Recommended Readings:

  • Rees, O. & J. Crowley (2015). “PTSD in Ancient Greece,” in Ancient Warfare 9.4. Download
  • Mackowiak, P. & S. Batten (2008). “Post-Traumatic Stress Reactions before the Advent of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Potential Effects on the Lives and Legacies of Alexander the Great, Captain James Cook, Emily Dickinson, and Florence Nightingale,” Military Medicine 173, 12:1158. Download