With apologies for cross-posting:
Astrology and the Body 1100-1800
8-9 September 2006
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
Organised by Hilary Carey, Lauren Kassell and Rob Ralley
with support from the British Academy and the Williamson Fund
Provisional programme:
Friday 8 September
10.00-10.30 Coffee and registration
10.30-12.30 Session 1
Simon Schaffer, 'The Astrological Roots of Mesmerism'
Patrick Curry, 'Truth, the Body and Astrology'
Commentator: Lauren Kassell
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-3.30 Session 2
Claudia Brosseder, 'New Worlds, a new astrology? The bodies of Saints,
Creoles and Indians under the southern skies of 17th Peru'
Steven vander Broeke, [Medicine and the End of Astrology]
Commentator: Alisha Rankin
3.30-4.00 Coffee
4.00-6.00 Session 3
Brian Copenhaver, [Ficino's Astrological Magic]
Monica Azzolini, 'Plotting the Skies: Celestial Figures, Courtly Bodies, and
the Body Politic'
Commentator: David Juste
7.30 Conference dinner
Saturday 9 September
10.30-12.30 Session 4
Darin Hayton, [Astrology and Medicine in the Universities, c. 1450-1550]
Rob Ralley, [Astral Magic and Witchcraft in Fifteenth-Century England]
Commentator: Martin Kjellgren
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-3.30 Session 5
Darrel Rutkin, 'The Mysteries of Attraction: Pico, Astrology and Desire'
Hilary Carey, 'Interrogations and Elections and the World of the Late
Medieval Astrologer'
Commentator: Patrick Boner
3.30-4.00 Coffee
4.00-6.00 Session 6
Laura Ackerman Smoller, 'Astrology and the Sibyls in Medieval Europe'
Charles Burnett, [The Arabic Astrological Tradition]
Commentator: Jean-Patrice Boudet
To register please complete the form pasted below. Updated information will
be posted on www.hps.cam.ac.uk/medicine/astrology from 24th July.
Astrology and the Body 1100-1800
8-9 September 2006
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
University of Cambridge
Free School Lane
Cambridge CB2 3RH
BOOKING FORM
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Registration includes refreshments and lunch.
Special dietary requirements: none vegetarian other (please specify)
Any other special requirements:
The charge for the conference is £30 for waged attendees, or £20 for those
who are unwaged (e.g. students). Please note that this does not include
accommodation.
Would you like to attend the conference dinner (£35 per head for waged
attendees, £25 for unwaged-e.g. students)? (Please note that numbers are
limited.) Yes No
Please return this form, together with a cheque for the full amount payable
to 'University of Cambridge', to Rob Ralley, Department of History and
Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, Free School Lane, Cambridge
CB2 3RH, by Friday 1 September. No receipt will be sent unless specifically
requested.
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