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Caroline Petit is a classicist specializing in ancient medical texts, particularly the works of Galen and the Galenic corpus. She completed her PhD at Paris-Sorbonne in 2004 and has since taught Classics and ancient history at various universities including Paris-Sorbonne, Exeter, and Manchester. Professor Petit has held research fellowships at the Wellcome Trust from 2004 to 2010 and has been at the University of Warwick since October 2012. Her research interests cover the textual transmission, translation, and interpretation of ancient medical texts, along with the history of rhetoric. She has authored a number of significant works, including a book on the Galenic corpus that won several awards. Additionally, she has been recognized with the Wilhelm Friedrich Bessel Research Prize from the Humboldt Foundation in November 2020. Caroline contributes significantly to the field of Medical Humanities, with a keen interest in supervising students exploring the intersection of ancient medicine, the Renaissance, and intellectual history.
University of Warwick • Coventry, England
Teaching ancient medical texts and their historical context, supervising PhD candidates, and leading research in Classics.
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