SOPHIA CENTRE |
SECOND POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Saturday 9 June 2007, 10am-5pm, Bath Spa University

Announcing the second postgraduate conference of the Sophia Centre at Bath Spa University , with papers presented by graduates of the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology.

Speakers will include (subject to alteration):

• Nick Campion                ‘Divination as an Authoritarian System'
• Frances Clynes             ‘The Effect of Information Technology on Astrology'
• Cat Cox                        ‘The Astrologer as Magician or Shaman: A Consideration of Astrological Practice within a Cosmological Paradigm of Participation with the Divine'
• Sue Farebrother             ‘Cultural Influences, Changing Perceptions and Links between Astrology and Tarot from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Time'
• Cherry Gilchrist              ‘Naming the Planets'
• Liz Greene                    ‘The Celestial Ascent of the Soul: The Morphology of an Enduring Idea'
• Cat Javor                       ‘Astrology as the Language of the Western Esoteric Tradition'
• Teresa Moorey               ‘An Investigation of the Sky as a Source of Enchantment in the Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries'
• Chrissy Philp                 ‘Is there anything in Astrology Independent of Culture? An Investigation into the Nature of Culture and Astrology'

Please note, the conference is free but there is a charge for a vegetarian buffet lunch.  For further details and to book a place, please contact Dr Nick Campion, The Sophia Centre, Bath Spa University , Newton Park , Bath BA2 9BN , United Kingdom , or email inquiries to n.campion@bathspa.ac.uk

DIVINATION AND DIALOGUE
A conference hosted by the MA programme in the Cultural Study of Cosmology and Divination, Religious Studies, School of European Culture and Languages.
5-7 October 2007, University of Kent at Canterbury

This is an interdisciplinary conference to share and discuss new insights into divination arising from recent work – especially in religious studies, anthropology and history – which accords central importance to the practical and theoretical perspectives of the diviners themselves (who may also be theorists). It will also explore related issues such as ‘divinatory intelligence' and divinatory truth, ontology, and reflexivity.

Except in the case of keynote speakers, all papers will be circulated and read in advance by participants in order to encourage a high quality of discussion. Speakers will have 30 minutes to summarize or refine their papers and about 15 minutes in which to answer questions, followed by up to 30 minutes for discussion.

Confirmed speakers are as follows:

• Mr Geoffrey Cornelius (Religious Studies, University of Kent )
• Dr. Patrick Curry (Religious Studies, University of Kent )
• Ms Dorian Greenbaum (Warburg Institute, University of London )
• Prof. Stuart Harrop (Anthropology, University of Kent )
• Dr. Martin Holbraad (Anthropology, University College London )
• Prof. Philip M. Peek (Anthropology, Drew University )
• Prof. Juha Pentikainen (Religious Studies, University of Helsinki )
• Prof. Barbara Tedlock (SUNY, Buffalo )
• Prof. Dennis Tedlock (SUNY, Buffalo )
• Dr Angela Voss (Religious Studies, University of Kent )

For further details and booking information, see: http://www.kent.ac.uk/secl/Div_conf/