Conference Details 2003
The Department of Historical Studies, Bristol University
ran a one-day academic conference on 25th April 2003:
'Magical
Practice and Belief, 1800 - present'
There are many humanities scholars working in the field of
magic from a wide variety of perspectives, but they have few opportunities to
meet and develop their mutual understanding of a complex range of religious,
historical, and literary phenomena. Major literary, philosophical, and
religious figures and movements of the past few centuries were indebted to
various aspects of magical practice and belief. This conference provided a
venue for encouraging new scholarship that cuts across a range of disciplines
as well as new scholarship in particular disciplines that would be of interest
to other scholars of magic.
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Keynote Lecture |
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Owen Davies (University of Hertfordshire), 'Witchcraft Accusations in France 1850-1990' |
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Ann Heilmann (University of Swansea) 'That Blavatsky Woman Started It: Theosophical Desire and the Female Artist in Sarah Grand's New Woman Fiction' |
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Dionysios Psilopoulos (American College of Greece), 'The Book of the Law, A Vision, and the Equinox of the Gods' |
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Joanne Pearson (University of Cardiff) , 'Rebel Angels: Magic and the Academy' |
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Hannah E. Sanders (Norwich School of Art and Design), 'Playing with Power- Teenage Witchcraft in Contemporary Britain from the Screen to the Scene' |
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Julia Mannherz (University of Cambridge) 'Popular Occultism in Late Imperial Russia' |
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JulianVayne 'Two Worlds and In-between: Concepts and Use of Space in Modern Magick'. Julian’s paper is now online here |
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Melvyn Willin (University of Bristol) , 'The Magic of Music in 21st Century Paganism & Witchcraft' |
Thankyou
to all presenters and attendees for making this a very enjoyable and
stimulating event.
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The conference was partially funded by the University of
Bristol Alumni Foundation and the Royal Historical Society, allowing affordable
entry for all and free entry for postgraduate students, for which we are most
grateful.
Portions of this text are Copyright University of
Bristol, 2003