En esta sección compartimos con la comunidad académica internacional de especialistas, los próximos eventos internacionales vinculados al estudio del western esotericism.
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University of Wales, U. K. Trinity Saint David
The Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture,
School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology
The Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture,
School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology
Eleventh Annual Sophia Centre Conference
'CELESTIAL MAGIC'
22-23 June 2013
'CELESTIAL MAGIC'
22-23 June 2013
Call for Papers
Venue: Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath, England
Venue: Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath, England
Keynote speakers
Prof. Peter Forshaw, Universitair Docent (Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor) for History of Western Esotericism in the Early Modern Period at the Center for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents, University of Amsterdam.
Prof. Elliot R. Wolfson, Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University.
Conference Chairs
Dr Nicholas Campion, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, n.campion@tsd.ac.uk
Dr Liz Greene, University of Wales Trinity Saint David and the University of Bristol. l.greene@tsd.ac.uk
Conference Theme.
Magic, loosely defined, is the attempt to engage with the world through the imagination or psyche, in order to obtain some form of knowledge, benefit or advantage. Celestial magic engages with the cosmos through stellar, planetary or celestial symbolism, influences or intelligences. This academic
conference will explore the history, philosophy and practice of celestial magic in past or present societies.
The conference organisers invite proposals for papers of 30 minutes which may deal with text, imagery, practice or theory. We welcome proposals on any time period or culture. The deadline for submissions is 31 December 2012.
Please include an abstract of c. 150 words and a biography of c 100 words, in the same document.
Abstracts and biographies should be e mailed to Dr Liz Greene, l.greene@tsd.ac.uk
The conference is held in collaboration with the Sophia Centre Press.
Publication: selected proceedings will be published through the Sophia Centre Press.
Prof. Peter Forshaw, Universitair Docent (Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor) for History of Western Esotericism in the Early Modern Period at the Center for History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents, University of Amsterdam.
Prof. Elliot R. Wolfson, Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University.
Conference Chairs
Dr Nicholas Campion, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, n.campion@tsd.ac.uk
Dr Liz Greene, University of Wales Trinity Saint David and the University of Bristol. l.greene@tsd.ac.uk
Conference Theme.
Magic, loosely defined, is the attempt to engage with the world through the imagination or psyche, in order to obtain some form of knowledge, benefit or advantage. Celestial magic engages with the cosmos through stellar, planetary or celestial symbolism, influences or intelligences. This academic
conference will explore the history, philosophy and practice of celestial magic in past or present societies.
The conference organisers invite proposals for papers of 30 minutes which may deal with text, imagery, practice or theory. We welcome proposals on any time period or culture. The deadline for submissions is 31 December 2012.
Please include an abstract of c. 150 words and a biography of c 100 words, in the same document.
Abstracts and biographies should be e mailed to Dr Liz Greene, l.greene@tsd.ac.uk
The conference is held in collaboration with the Sophia Centre Press.
Publication: selected proceedings will be published through the Sophia Centre Press.
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University of Gothenburg, Sweden,
The Fourth International ESSWE Conference,
Western Esotericism and Health
26-29 June, 2013
The Fourth International ESSWE Conference,
Western Esotericism and Health
26-29 June, 2013
26-29 June 2013, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Issues relating to health (understood in a broad sense) can be seen as an intrinsic part of the field of esotericism, but surprisingly little attention has been given to how health is understood and construed in esoteric discourses. The conference is thus as an attempt to fill an important lacuna in the study of Western esotericism. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to), esoteric notions and discourses on health, sexuality and well-being, "occult" causes for disease, "occult medicine", notions of therapeutic benefits of magic and meditation, alchemical approaches to health, alternative forms of medicine, etc. Keynote lecturers include: Catherine L. Albense (University of California) Peter Forshaw (University of Amsterdam) James R. Lewis (Tromsø University) Mark Sedgwick (Aarhus University) Andrew Weeks (Illinois State University) Alison Winter (University of Chicago) Papers are invited in English. Proposals for 20 minutes’ papers (title and short abstract of approximately 250 words) should be sent to Henrik Bogdan (henrik.bogdan@religion.gu.se), with your name and academic affiliation, by January 15, 2013. Conference Chairman: Henrik Bogdan (University of Gothenburg) Conference Committee: Egil Asprem, Henrik Bogdan, Olav Hammer, Kennet Granholm, Asbjørn Dyrendal and Jesper Aa. Petersen |
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University of Amsterdam
Conference. Enchanted Modernities: Theosophy and the arts in the modern world,
25-27 September 2013.
Call for papers.
25-27 September 2013.
Call for papers.
This is the first conference of the newly established research network, Enchanted Modernities: Theosophy, modernism and the Arts c. 1875-1960, funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
The conference will be organized in collaboration with the Centre for the History of Hermetic philosophy and related currents, University of Amsterdam.
Building on a very successful exploratory colloquium at Liverpool Hope University in December 2010, this conference will explore what the arts can tell us about the complex relationships between Theosophy, modernity and artistic culture c. 1875-1960. The purpose of this conference is to bring together an international group of scholars working on Theosophy and the arts across the globe in this period, and as a result, map the rich variety of artistic responses to the influence of Theosophy and the Theosophical movements in the modern world. The connections between Theosophy and modernist aesthetics have been well documented in relation to certain artists such as Kandinsky and Mondrian, as well as composers like Scriabin and Rudhyar. However, the purpose of this conference is to develop a more nuanced and complex picture of the multiple layering of art, modernity and mysticism in a range of artistic practices in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The wider critical significance of the relationships between painting, sculpture, applied and decorative arts, music, architecture on the one hand and Theosophy on the other, with the exception of a few well known case-studies, is still largely to be explored, possibly because, as the historian Alex Owen has suggested, ‘the very notion of mysticism and the occult seem to run counter to our conception of modern culture and the modern mind set’.
Individual papers might explore how artists, musicians and performers came into contact with Theosophy and other mystical doctrines or practices, and how Theosophical ideas, especially those of key figures in the Society in this period, such as Helena P. Blavatsky and Annie Besant, were given material, visual and audible form and shape.
Other topics of interest for the conference will include: the international artistic networks of the Theosophical movements (including R. Steiner’s Anthroposophy and post-Theosophical developments, such as G.I. Gurdjieff’s Work), the interrelations of mysticism, music and the visual arts; women artists/musicians and Theosophy; the artistic significance of A. Besant’s and C.W. Leadbeater’s book Thought Forms (1901).
We plan to publish the proceedings of this conference. Please indicate whether you are interested in developing your paper, if accepted, for a publication of collected essays after the conference.
Building on a very successful exploratory colloquium at Liverpool Hope University in December 2010, this conference will explore what the arts can tell us about the complex relationships between Theosophy, modernity and artistic culture c. 1875-1960. The purpose of this conference is to bring together an international group of scholars working on Theosophy and the arts across the globe in this period, and as a result, map the rich variety of artistic responses to the influence of Theosophy and the Theosophical movements in the modern world. The connections between Theosophy and modernist aesthetics have been well documented in relation to certain artists such as Kandinsky and Mondrian, as well as composers like Scriabin and Rudhyar. However, the purpose of this conference is to develop a more nuanced and complex picture of the multiple layering of art, modernity and mysticism in a range of artistic practices in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The wider critical significance of the relationships between painting, sculpture, applied and decorative arts, music, architecture on the one hand and Theosophy on the other, with the exception of a few well known case-studies, is still largely to be explored, possibly because, as the historian Alex Owen has suggested, ‘the very notion of mysticism and the occult seem to run counter to our conception of modern culture and the modern mind set’.
Individual papers might explore how artists, musicians and performers came into contact with Theosophy and other mystical doctrines or practices, and how Theosophical ideas, especially those of key figures in the Society in this period, such as Helena P. Blavatsky and Annie Besant, were given material, visual and audible form and shape.
Other topics of interest for the conference will include: the international artistic networks of the Theosophical movements (including R. Steiner’s Anthroposophy and post-Theosophical developments, such as G.I. Gurdjieff’s Work), the interrelations of mysticism, music and the visual arts; women artists/musicians and Theosophy; the artistic significance of A. Besant’s and C.W. Leadbeater’s book Thought Forms (1901).
We plan to publish the proceedings of this conference. Please indicate whether you are interested in developing your paper, if accepted, for a publication of collected essays after the conference.
In 2015, the network will hold another conference at Columbia University, New York, which will focus more on literature and text.
Language: English
Deadline for paper proposals: Wednesday, 29 th February 2013
Proposal format: abstract (300 to 500 words ) and a short bio (100 to 200 words)
Please send your proposals to Dr. Marco Pasi:m.pasi@uva.nl
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University of Cambridge
Visions of Enchantment:
Occultism, Spirituality & Visual Culture
International Conference
17-18 March 2014
Occultism, Spirituality & Visual Culture
International Conference
17-18 March 2014
Call for Papers.
This two-day event is a collaboration between the Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge and the Arts University Bournemouth and is organised in association with the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism. The conference seeks to investigate the formative role that occultism and magic have played in Western and non-Western visual and material culture. It aims to present original research in this feld as well as to establish a productive dialogue between academics with a particular research interest in occultism and visual culture.
We invite proposals from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, provided that they present innovative insights into visual, symbolic or material aspects of the esoteric tradition.
We invite proposals from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, provided that they present innovative insights into visual, symbolic or material aspects of the esoteric tradition.
Acceptable topics may include, but are by no means limited to, the following areas:
• Alchemy and Hermetic symbolism;
• Astrology and astrological illustrations;
• The visual and material culture of witchcraft, black magic and sorcery;
• Talismans, totems, fetishes and other apotropaic objects;
• Occult and spiritual aspects of Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Hindu art and architecture, including sacred iconography, sacred architecture, manuscript illumination and the material culture of worship, ritual performance and festivity;
• Theosophy and modern visual culture;
• The visual and material culture of other occult movements and societies, including Freemasonry,
Rosicrucianism, Mesmerism, Spiritism, the Salon de la Rose+Croix, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Satanism and New Age Spirituality;
• Surrealism and the politics of the occult;
• The influence of occultism and the spiritual on other avant-garde movements, including Symbolism, Expressionism, Futurism, Cubism, Constructivism, Dada and Abstract Expressionism;
• Occult art, counter-culture and radical/subversive politics;
• Women artists and the occult;
• Gendered, sexual and ‘queer’ ramifcations of esoteric art;
• Photography, spiritism, séances and automatic drawings/paintings;
• The supernatural in performance, cinema, experimental flm and video-installations;
• Occultism and magic in contemporary visual culture.
Papers should be 20 minutes in length and will be followed by a 10-minute Q&A session. Abstracts of no more than 500 words and a short bio-sketch of no more than 150 words should be sent as a single Word.doc to enchantment2014@gmail.com by 31 October 2013. We plan to publish the proceedings of this conference. Please indicate therefore whether you would be interested in further developing your paper for a publication of collected essays after the event.
Confrmed keynote speakers are Professor Marjorie E. Warlick (University of Denver), Professor Emilie Savage-Smith (University of Oxford), Dr Marco Pasi (University of Amsterdam) and Dr Sarah Turner (University of York).
For more information, please visit www.visionsofenchantment.com.
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American Academy of Religion 2013 Annual Meeting
Western Esotericism Session at the American Academy of Religion
EEUU, Baltimore, Maryland, November 23-26, 2013
Baltimore Convention Center
Call for Proposals
This Group invites paper proposals on the following topics:
-Esotericism and psychoactive substances — exploring the historical,
cultural, and social dimensions of the use of drugs and more generally
psychoactive substances in the context of Western esotericism,
especially in relation to visionary and/or mystical experiences but also
in relation to magical and ritual practices
-Michel Foucault’s concept of “technologies of the self” and focuses to
esoteric practices of bodily and/or mental discipline used as tool of
spiritual or magical realization
-For a possible cosponsored session with the Ritual Studies Group, play
and games in an esoteric context, particularly the dimensions of irony,
games, play, and humor in esotericism and challenging the classic
stereotype of the esotericist who looks at his/her endeavors and
doctrines with extreme seriousness and gravity
Mission This Group seeks to reflect and further stimulate the current process — reflected in the recent creation of new Chairs and teaching programs, international associations, journals, monograph series, and reference works — of professionalization and scholarly recognition of Western esotericism as a new area of research in the study of religion. For more information on the field, see the Websites of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism , the Association for the Study of Esotericism, and the History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam. On these Websites you will also find information on the academic journal Aries and the Aries Book Series (both published by Brill Academic Publishers). Anonymity of Review Process Proposer names are visible to Chairs but anonymous to Steering Committee members. Questions? If you have questions, please contact: Cathy N. Gutierrez: cgutierrez@sbc.edu Marco Pasi: m.pasi@uva.nl
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University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
Tracking Hermes/Mercury
(March 27, 2014 -to- March 29, 2014)
This conference at the University of Virginia aims to bring together scholars of Greek and Roman religion, art, literature, and history to assess this wide-ranging figure. We hope also to include attention to early reception of the god and his myths outside of Greece and Rome proper—for instance, Hermes as the Egyptian Thoth, the worship of Mercury in syncretistic forms in Rome’s imperial provinces, and allegorical interpretations of the god in late ancient and early medieval times. If you are interested in presenting a paper (20 minutes), please send an abstract of approximately 500 words by February 1, 2013. Abstracts or requests for information may be sent to one of the organizers: John F. Miller (jfm4j AT virginia.edu) Jenny Strauss Clay (jsc2t AT virginia.edu) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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