Ethan,
That looks absolutely fantastic.
~Caroline.
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Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] London conference this weekend: "Monstrous
Antiquities: Archaeology and the Uncanny in Pop Culture"
Start: Nov 1, 2013 5:00:00 PM
End: Nov 3, 2013 5:00:00 PM
Location: UCL Institute of Archaeology
A conference on 'Monstrous Antiquities', looking at archaeology and the
uncanny in popular culture, will be held at the Institute from 1-3 November
2013.
Haunted ruins, cursed artefacts, arcane rituals and ambulant mummies:
archaeology and the ancient world have provided some of the most effective
and ubiquitous scenarios for tales of horror and the supernatural. Authors
and filmmakers such as MR James, Bram Stoker and Terence Fisher have drawn
heavily upon popular conceptions of both the ancient past and the work of
the archaeologist. The conference 'Monstrous Antiquities: Archaeology and
the Uncanny in Popular Culture' aims to study and celebrate this long and
productive relationship.
Institute of Archaeology, University College London
Programme
Friday 1 November 2013
17:00 Registration
Session 1
18:00 Druids, Deities and Daemons: Archaeological Horrors
in Doctor Who
John J Johnston (University College London and The Egypt
Exploration Society)
18:30 Keynote: "I Love you, Mummy": Mummies in Books for
Children
Dr Jean-Marcel Humbert (Independent Researcher)
19:00 Wine reception at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian
Archaeology
Saturday 2 November 2013
Session 2
10:00 Digging for Britain: Arthurian Myth and Lost Treasure
in Bernard Cornwell's Warlord Chronicles
Dr Mike Bintley (Canterbury Christ Church University)
10:30 Uncanny Archaeology in the Ghost Stories of M.R.
James, E.F. Benson and E.G. Swain
Dr Gabriel Moshenska (University College London)
11:00 "To worship me, take wine and strange drugs":
Archaeology and Occultism in the Work of Kenneth Anger
Ethan Doyle White (Independent Researcher)
11:40 Break
Session 3
12:10 The Mummy in a Modern City
Dr Louis Greenberg (University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg)
12:40 Uncanny Statues: Female Mummies as Arte(fact) in
Victorian and Edwardian Culture
Eleanor Dobson (University of Birmingham)
13:10 Stratigraphy and Super Strength: Exploring the Role
of Archaeologists in Graphic Novels
David R Howell (University of South Wales)
13:50 Lunch
Session 4
15:00 Tales of the Forgotten City: A Comparative Analysis
of 'The Nameless City' (Lovecraft, 1921) and 'The Immortal' (Borges, 1947)
Dr Patricia Garcia (Dublin City University)
15:30 "The Accursed Galaxy": Astronomy, Archaeology and the
Appeal of Cosmic Horror
Dr Marek Kukula and Rob Edwards (Royal Observatory
Greenwich)
16:00 Archaeology, Memory and Identity in the Fiction of H
P Lovecraft
Dr James Holloway (Independent Researcher)
16:40 Keynote: Where are all the Giants? Monstrous Beings
in Ancient Egypt
Prof W J Tait (University College London)
Sunday 3 November 2013
Session 5
10:00 Dead Weight: The Mummy as Travelling Companion
Dr Jasmine Day (Independent Researcher)
10:30 Cigars of the Pharaoh: The Monstrous and Ancient
Egypt in Comic-books and Cartoons
George Richards (Independent Researcher)
11:00 The Theory and Practice of Eternal Curses: A
Beginner's Guide
James Goss (Author)
11:40 Break
Session 6
12:10 The Horror of Folk: Folklore, Archaeology and Fiction
Dr Nigel Tallis (The British Museum)
12:40 The City Disinterred: Confronting the Uncanny at
Pompeii
Dr Joanna Paul (The Open University)
13:10 The Fair Ladies of Naxos: Discussing Creatures
Haunting Monuments in the Folk Tradition of Island Greece
Dr Stelios Lekakis (Independent Researcher)
13:50 Lunch
Session 7
15:00 Zombies, Mummies and Carnivorous Beetles: Horrific
Egypt in Video Games
Caterina Minnitti (University College London)
15:30 There's Something About Nodens: Statues and Survivals
in the Works of Arthur Machen
Dr Katy Soar (The Open University)
16:00 "Who knows.what things undreamed-of and infinitely
desirable lie beyond the dark gates": Facing the Fear of the Past in E
Nesbit's The Story of the Amulet
Edmund Connolly (University College London)
16:40 Closing discussion
