SCIENCE AND THE OCCULT IN EUROPEAN HISTORY 

 

    SYMPOSIUM        1  OCTOBER 2010       PURDUE UNIVERSITY     

                                                                                                                          

Organized with the support of Bilsland-Puskas Fellowship/Purdue University 

Contact:  Angela Catalina Ghionea (CV):  ghionea@purdue.edu

 

Call for papers    Fields and topics to be considered:

-  History of Science (Math, Chemistry, Astronomy and Physics), History of Alchemy, Hermetism, Kabala, Magic, Witchcraft, and Herbalism.

-  The fascinating recurrence of alchemical symbols in European thought, as well as specific non-rational methods employed by many scientists to promote rational discoveries .

 

 

Deadline extended : Please submit your abstract to Angela Catalina Ghionea ghionea@purdue.edu

For Registration ($ 15), lodging,  transportation, travel directions, please click here

 

 

Participants and Papers:  (tentative program)

 

MAGIC AND MEDICINE: ASKLEPIOS AND THE ALCHEMICAL SERPENT

Dr. Patricia L. Aakhus
Director of Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Southern Indiana

 

MANDRAKES, TOADSTONES,  AND  BASIL:  THE  MAGIC  OF  ENGLAND's  EARLY   MODERN   MEDICINE  

Dr. Elizabeth Simpson 
Associate  Professor of History,  University of Phoenix  
PhD Candidate 
in Early American History,  Marquette University

 

«OCCULT SCIENCE» REVISITED: RUDOLF STEINER AND THE CHYMICAL WEDDING OF MYSTICISM AND SCIENCE

Dr. Christian Clement
Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages,  Brigham Young University

 

ALCHEMY,  EUGENICS, AND GENETICS:  THE  TRANSMUTATION  OF  DISCOURSE    

Thomas T. Hite
California State University, San Bernardino 

 

FINDING A  SCIENCE:  THE  TRANSFORMATION   OF   VICTORIAN   OCCULTISM

Dr. Alison Butler
Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies/History, St. Francis Xavier University

 

SINCERE  INSINCERITY:  MAGICAL  RHETORIC  AND  AN   HISTORIOGRAPHICAL  DOUBLE-STANDARD

Dr. Mark  A. Waddell 
Michigan State University 

 

A PROBLEM  OF  AUTHORSHIP:  JOHN  DEE,   EDWARD  KELLEY,  AND   "THE  ANGELIC  CONVERSATIONS"

R. Christopher Feldman
Center for East Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin,
Japan Anthropology Workshop (JAWS)