SCIENCE AND THE OCCULT IN EUROPEAN HISTORY 
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
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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)
