Hello everyone,
I'm pleased to announce that after our first Hidden Charms conference which took place at Norwich Castle in April 2016 we have organised another one, this time happening in a beautiful medieval hall in Salisbury on Saturday the 21st April, 2018. The conference will explore topics related to the archaeology of magical house protection.
Anyone who attended last year will know that the conference is a fantastic opportunity to network and chat in addition to hearing fascinating lectures and interrogating lecturers. Do come along.
Best wishes,
Brian Hogggard.
Hidden
Charms 2
The
Medieval Hall, Cathedral Close, Salisbury
April
21st,
2018.
Conference
Schedule
9.30 Registration
First
session
10.00 Brian
Hoggard case study – Llancaiach Fawr
10.30 Adina
Hulubaș
A
View on Active Construction Rites from Romania
11.00 Coffee
at conference
Second
session
11.45 Cheryl
Cooper Ampullae
and their Protective Functions: Magic, Medicine or Religion?
12.15 Paula
McBride Something
Wicked This Way Comes: The Magical Protection of Buildings in
the Midlands.
12.45 John
Billingsley Soft Power: the emergence of modern apotropaics in
Albania
13.15 Break
for lunch
Third
session
14:45 Tabitha
Cadbury Materialising Magic in Museums
15.15 Peter
Hewitt Witch
Bottles: findings from the Museum of Witchcraft & Magic
15:45 Coffee
at conference
Fourth
Session
16:30 Sonja
Hukantaival Why
sharp tools, vipers and cats? – The agency of objects and
materials in the Finnish pre-mechanistic worldview
17:00 Walter
Richard Wheeler
Magical
Dwelling: Apotropaic Practices in the New World Dutch Cultural
Hearth
17:30
End of conference