Manfred Horstmanshoff

Herman Frederik Johan (called Manfred ), formally HFJ Horstmanshoff (born August 15, 1944 in Arnhem ) according to the Dutch naming convention, is a Dutch ancient historian whose research focuses on the history of medicine in antiquity .

Manfred Horstmanshoff studied Classical Philology and Ancient History at the University of Leiden from 1962 to 1966 , where he was particularly influenced by the ancient historian Willem den Boer . After completing his studies, he first worked as a teacher in Haarlem and Vlaardingen and in 1976 went to the University of Leiden as an assistant for ancient history, where he was study coordinator and advisor at the Department of Ancient History from 1984 to 1988. In 1988 he was appointed associate professor and in 1989 did his doctorate with Hendrik Simon Versnel . In his doctoral thesis, Horstmanshoff dealt with the social and religious dealings of the Greeks with epidemics, especially the plague. From 2000 to 2001 he was a Fellow -In-Residence at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in Wassenaar . Since September 1, 2005 he has been Professor of Ancient Medical History at the University of Leiden.

Horstmanshoff deals with wide areas of ancient medical history, especially with medicine in a social and religious context. He is a member of the Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde and the selection committee of the Louis Couperus Foundation.

Fonts (selection)

• De pijlen van de pest: pestilenties in de griekse wereld 800–400 BC C . Diss. Rijksuniv. Leiden 1989.
• with Ph. van der Eijk and PH Schrijvers (eds.): Ancient Medicine in its Socio-Cultural Context. 2 vols. Rodopi, Amsterdam 1995.
• with S. Kottek (Ed.): From Athens to Jerusalem. Medicine in Hellenized Jewish Lore and in Early Christian Literature. Papers of the Symposium in Jerusalem, 9-11 September 1996. Erasmus Publishing, Rotterdam 2000.
• (Ed.): Kykeon. Studies in honor of HS Versnel. Brill, Leiden 2002.
• with others (ed.): The Four Seasons of Human Life. Four Anonymous Engravings from the Trent Collection with translation and full commentary. Trent Collection, Duke University, Durham, NC Erasmus Publishing, Rotterdam 2002.
• with M. Stol (Ed.): Magic and Rationality in Ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Medicine. Brill, Leiden 2004.

Web links

• Literature by Manfred Horstmanshoff in the catalog of the German National Library
• Manfred Horstmanshoff at the University of Leiden (English)
• Inaugural lecture with short biography , January 20, 2006 (Dutch, with photograph)