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Superstition: Moyen Age-Renaissance-Baroque

Superstition: Moyen Age-Renaissance-Baroque

Publié le par Marielle Macé (Source : Michelle Warren)

Superstition


Thirteenth Annual Symposium
Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Studies


Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Miami


19-21 February, 2004


To celebrate the Symposiums thirteenth incarnation, the conference seeks to examine a range of
phenomena related to superstition in various cultural and historical contexts. Proposals
addressing any world region or representational form are welcome; interdisciplinary projects are
especially encouraged. Topics might include, although are not limited to:


Abjection
Fate and Destiny
The Supernatural
Fear and Loathing
Animism and Shamanism
Magical and Sacred Numbers
Idolatry
Folklore
Witchcraft
Healing Practices
Power of the Unknown
The nature of evidence, proof, and belief
The Occult


Keynote Speaker:
Richard Kieckhefer
author of Magic in the Middle Ages (Cambridge, 1989) and several books on witchcraft


Please send abstracts for 20-minute papers, as well as proposals for alternative presentation
formats (e.g. full panels, round tables, debates, performance, etc.). This is a discussion-oriented
conference with no concurrent panels.
Send proposals by 20 October 2003 (e-mail preferred) to:


Prof. Michelle R. Warren
C/O Aaron Merideth
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
University of Miami
PO Box 248093
Coral Gables, FL 33124-4650
Tel: 305. 284. 4858
Fax: 305. 284. 2068
E-mail: a.merideth@miami.edu