Mind, Body, Magic: Sensory And Emotional Approaches To Magic In The Roman World - 27/03/2020, Milto
FECHA/DATE/DATA: 27/03/2020
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: The Michael Young Building, Walton Hall Campus, The Open University (Milton Keynes, England)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Adam Parker; Stuart McKie
INFO: web - adam.parker@open.ac.uk; stuart.n.mckie@durham.ac.uk
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: Gratis/free/gratuito AquÃ/here/qui
Lunch will be provided, and a range of vegetarian and vegan options will be available. If you have any special dietary or other needs, or any other questions about the event, please contact the conference organisers, Adam Parker (adam.parker@open.ac.uk) and Stuart McKie (stuart.n.mckie@durham.ac.uk).
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:
09:00 Registration
9:45-10:00 Welcome & introduction
10:00-10:25 Stuart Mckie - King Pyrrhus’ Magic Toe: Pliny the Elder and the Supernatural Power of the Human Body
10:30-10:55 Giulia Frigerio - Apolline divination in Roman times: A cognitive analysis of the success of Claros and Didyma
11:00-11:30 Coffee
11:30-11:55 Jordan Poole: Materiality of uterine gems in Roman Egypt
12:00-12:25 Adam Parker: Teething Problems: Pierced tooth amulets and the protection from pain
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-13:55 Despina Keramida: The aesthetics of emotional storytelling in Ovid
14:00-14:25 Paula Arbeloa: ‘Odi et Amo’. Hope, autosuggestion and security: emotionl effects of the use of magic figurines in erotic rituals
14:30-15:00 Olivia Angsten: Queering magic: a new theroy of magic in antiquity
15:00-15:30 Coffee 2
15:30-15:55 Andrew Fear: Singing in tongues
16:00-16:25 Brita Ager: Scent, taste, and transcendence in the Greek Magical Papyri
16:25-16:55 Isabel Black – The left hand of darkness: temporary drawing on the body in the Greek Magical Papyri.