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Some here might be interested in this conference. Apologies if you've read about it before.
 
All the best
 
Chris
 
Boundaries of Witchcraft in the Upper Rhine Region
March 14th - 15th 2008
University of Oxford
Conference organized by Robin Briggs and Maryse Simon
At the Maison Française d'Oxford, 2-10 Norham Road, Oxford OX2 6SE, U.K.
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http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/events/index.htm

Friday 14th March

2 pm Welcome and Introduction : Robin Briggs

2:30 pm Georg Modestin, Swiss Fellow at the Monumenta Germaniae Historia, Munich (Germany).
Heinrich Institoris OP dans l'espace rhénan: un inquisiteur par-delà les frontières?
/ Heinrich Institoris OP in the Rhine region: an Inquisitor beyond the boundaries?

3 pm Laura Stokes, Assistant Professor, University of Stanford (USA).
Hagel und Hexen: The meaning of weather magic in the formation of witch stereotypes on the upper Rhine.
/ Hagel und Hexen: La signification de la magie relative au mauvais temps dans la formation des stéréotypes de la sorcière dans le Rhin Supérieur.

3:30 pm Discussion

4 pm Coffee break

4:30 pm Kazuo Muta, Ph.D candidate, University of Tübingen (Germany).
Cas de sorcellerie dans les villes impériales de Haute-Alsace (Colmar, Kaysersberg, Turckheim et Munster).
/ Witchcraft cases in the Upper Alsatian free Imperial cities (Colmar, Kaysersberg, Turckheim and Munster).

5 pm Maryse Simon, Researcher – Marie Curie Actions Programme, University of Oxford (UK).
Frontières de la sorcellerie en Alsace-Lorraine: entrelacs juridictionnels et variations contextuelles.
/ Boundaries of witchcraft in Alsace-Lorraine. Jurisdictional networks and contextual variations.

5:30 pm Discussion

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Saturday 15th March

9 am Walter Rummel, Director (temp.) of the Landessarchiv Speyer (Germany).
Communal witch persecution in western German territories (Rhine-Moselle): a story of successes, failures and decline.
/Chasse aux sorcières communautaire en Allemagne de l'Ouest (Rhin-Moselle): une histoire de succès, d'échecs et de déclin.

9:30 am Rita Voltmer, Lecturer for medieval and premodern history, University of Trier (Germany).
Witch hunting and the practice of lordship in the Rhine-Meuse area.
/ Chasse aux sorcières et pratique de l'autorité seigneuriale dans l'espace Rhin-Meuse.

10 am Discussion

10:30 am Coffee Break

11 am Dries Vanysacker, Professor, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium).
Importation démonologique ? La sorcellerie autour des frontières actuelles de la Belgique, de l'Allemagne et du Luxembourg aux 16e-17e siècles.
/ Demonological imports? Witchcraft around the present Belgian, German and Luxemburg borders in the 16th-17th centuries.

11:30 am Caroline Oates, University of London (UK).
Loups-garous in Franche-Comté.
/ Loups-garous en Franche-Comté.

12 pm Discussion

12:30 pm Lunch

2 pm Round-Table with Robert Muchembled (Paris 13, France).
Chairman : William Monter (Northwestern University, USA).

5 pm End of Conference

With the support of the Marie-Curie Actions Programme, the History Faculty – University of Oxford, and the Maison Française d'Oxford.