Talismans, Divination and the Occult in Jewish Traditions
The next online symposium at Warburg Institute will host a book launch for Thâbit ibn Qurra, On Talismans, by Gideon Bohak and Charles Burnett, and Unveiling the Hidden—Anticipating the Future, Divinatory Practices Among […]
Early Modern Ottoman Visions of the World
For the GHOST – Geographies and Histories of the Ottoman Supernatural Tradition project, the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (Rethymno, Greece) organizes an online symposium entitled “Enchantments and Disenchantments: Early Modern […]
Premodern Fertility: Global Perspectives
“Premodern Fertility: Global Perspectives” is a hybrid workshop organized by the University of Exeter. Tuesday 24th May Welcome – Sarah Toulalan and Catherine Rider Claire Collins (University of Reading) – […]
Rethinking Natural Magic: New Perspectives on Della Porta
The Warburg Institute will host an online symposium entitled “Rethinking Natural Magic: New Perspectives on Giambattista Della Porta.” Welcome & Introduction by Donato Verardi and John Tresch Sergius Kodera – […]
Demonisms and Early Modern Knowledge Making
Scientiae research group (UK) will host a summer webinar entitled “Demonisms and Early Modern Knowledge Making”. Lu Ann Homza (William & Mary), “The Devil in the Witch-Hunt, 1608-1614” Sari Katajala-Peltomaa […]
Colonial Magic and Contested Spaces of Healing in the Indian Ocean and Atlantic Worlds
The next Objects, Images, and Spaces of Health webinar at CHSTM will host Ben Breen (University of California, Santa Cruz) on “Colonial Magic and Contested Spaces of Healing in the […]
Heinrich Khunrath in his Laboratory
The next SHAC webinar (Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry) will be given by Peter Forshaw (University of Amsterdam) on “A Not-So-Lazy Henry: Heinrich Khunrath in his Laboratory.” […]
Coffee with a Codex: Secretum Secretorum
The next Coffee with a Codex webinar (UPenn) will host Curator Dot Porter on Secretum secretorum. Thursday 2 February 2023, 12–12:30pm EDT Source: https://libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/10140150
Religion, Magic, and Science Revisited
The next CEMS webinar at Australian National University will host Suzanna Ivanič (University of Kent) on “Religion, Magic, and Science Revisited: A Material Approach to the Everyday.” Tuesday 16 May […]
Mandrake, Magic and Money in 17th-Century Saxony
The next Objects, Images, and Spaces of Health webinar at CHSTM will host Tara Nummedal (Brown) on “The Männel is a root, it should be called an Allraune: A Mandrake, […]