As a child, Nicola Hill’s daughter suffered from epilepsy, both grande and petite-mal seizures. Her description of the amazing colours she saw during these episodes and the draconian drug regime she initially underwent prompted her to begin research into the history and treatment of epilepsy…

In her lecture VISIONS, VEILS AND VIRGINS: A SHORT HISTORY OF EPILEPSY THROUGH THE LIVES OF EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN, Nicola seeks to give voice to some of the extraordinary women she encountered in this research who were capable of gravity defying feats, prophecy and leadership, whilst also acknowledging the women who were abused, accused and experimented upon and the way their visions were used against them. We will travel from Ancient Greece to the Aztecs, from the Hammer of Witches to Christina the Astonishing, from magic to hard science, exploring the visions and feats of (among others) Joan of Arc, Ellen G. White - co-founder of the Seventh Adventist church, the French-American cyclist, Marion Clignet, and singer, Susan Boyle. Nicola will also discuss her daughter's remarkable recovery thanks to modern paediatric neurology.

Strap in as we travel through time and space into the cosmos of the mind and beyond.

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