Magic and Magicians in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age: 13th International Symposium on Medieval and Early Modern Studies to be held at the University of Arizona
Magic and the magician are two critically important aspects of cultural epistemology, challenging and contributing to the world of science, undermining it at the same time. Who was the magician, what did s/he do, how did s/he operate, how did society view him/her, and what does the topic addressed here mean for our own world in reflection upon the past? This conference does not intend to fantasize about magical things, in a pretense world, but wants to uncover profound aspects of medieval and early modern epistemology. Magic and necromancy were significant avenues to understand this world, not approved, necessarily by scholars and the Church, but they held tremendous sway in many different areas of human sciences and religion. Read more here and find the program here.
