Paracelsus Resources at Washington University

Paracelsus (~1493-1541)

The International Society for Paracelsus Studies (ISPS) is a group that promotes interdisciplinary research on the impact and importance of Paracelsus and his work for early modern science, medicine, theology, and philosophy, as well as for early modern and modern art, literature, and popular culture. We are affiliated with the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference.

Recent Publications:

Cislo, Amy Eisen. Paracelsus's Theory of Embodiment: Conception and Gestation in Early Modern Europe. London: Pickering and Chatto, 2010

Webster, Charles. Paracelsus: Medicine, Magic and the End of Time. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008

Weeks, Andrew. Paracelsus: Essential Theoretical Writing. Leiden: Brill, 2008

Co-Presidents

Jole Shackelford, University of Minnesota
Heinz Schott, Universität Bonn

Executive Council

Leo Gantenbein, Universität Zürich
Jürgen Helm, Universität Göttingen
Bruce Moran, University of Nevada
Bill Newman, Indiana University
Tara Nummedal, Brown University
Michael Stolberg, Universität Würzburg
Gerhild Williams, Washington University