January 11 — “The Largest Early Modern European Health Care Network Ever Built”
IUPUI history prof Kevin Robbins discusses France’s oldest charity hospital in the Burgundian city of Beaune and the development of European charitable endowments as catalysts of early modern consumer culture.
When: Friday January 11, 4:30-5:30 PM
Where: IUPUI Cavanaugh Hall 508
Dr. Kevin Robbins is associate professor in the Department of History, IUPUI. Robbins’ teaching of the history of philanthropy also extends internationally through his annual service as a visiting professor of the history of law and philanthropy in the Master’s Program for the International Study of Philanthropy (MISP) at the prestigious University of Bologna in Italy. Dr. Robbins’ recent printed scholarship includes several overviews of the comparative cultural history of philanthropy in the West. Robbins’ other publications include a major book on French Protestant urban culture and charitable practices: City on the Ocean Sea: LA Rochelle, 1530-1650 — Urban Society, Religion, and Politics on the French Atlantic Frontier (1997). Robbins has also published numerous articles and papers on various historical aspects of early modern French culture and society. His current research interests focus on unprecedented study of the Hôtel-Dieu, France’s oldest charity hospital in the Burgundian city of Beaune, on the development of European charitable endowments as catalysts of early modern consumer culture, and on the comparative study of French and English state legislation of the eighteenth century severely restricting private philanthropic activity.
Contact: Annette Hill, 317-278-1839 or anjhill@iupui.edu
Know before you go … Read this nice little piece about Prof. Robbins’s research: On Wine, Charity, and Ego.
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Exterior view of the main courtyard of the Hôtel-Dieu in Beaune
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