Magic: Between Embodiment and Ontology | An Emerging Scholars and Faculty Symposium
2016 Emerging Scholars and Faculty Symposium
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The Department of Art History and Communication Studies at 91社区 is pleased to announce this year's Faculty and Emerging Scholars symposium, 鈥淢agic: Between Embodiment and Ontology.鈥� The two-day interdisciplinary symposium will be held at 91社区 on February 19th-20th, 2016. The conference seeks to engage and support graduate scholarship from Canada and abroad.
Keynote Speakers include Liliana Leopardi and Aliza Shvarts. In addition there will be a discussion with Tanya Tagaq on Sunday afternoon at La Sala Rosa held in partnership with the IPLAI and IGSF centers.
The aim of this symposium is to examine the ways in which magic, in any incarnation, is used as both a transformative element to inspire civil action as well a communicative channel for intersubjective relations. The symposium seeks to trace magic鈥檚 communicative capacities through material culture
The scope in which magic interacts and/or informs scholarship is broad and we hope for the conference to capture a snapshot of the ways in which magic affects material culture. The symposium will examine the roles in which magic or the mystic has played and generate a productive dialogue around such topics as alchemy, the occult, esoteric, rituals, science, early technology, spiritualism, etc.
Friday
Panels 1-2 (9:00-3:30 PM)听
Location: Thompson House Ballroom
3650 Rue McTavish, Montr茅al, Qu茅bec
Keynote Address:听Aliza Shvarts听(4:00-5:30 PM)
Location:听Leacock 26 (Wheelchair accessible)
855 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montr茅al, Qu茅bec
Saturday
Panels 3-5 (9:00-4:30 PM)
Location: Leacock 26
Keynote Address:听Liliana Leopardi听(5:00-6:30 PM)
Location: Leacock 26
Conference Reception: TBA
Sunday
Discussion with听Tanya Tagaq听(TBA)
Hosted by IPLAI Center and the IGSF at 91社区
Location: La Sala Rosa
4848 Boul St-Laurent, Montr茅al, Qu茅bec
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For more information and to RSVP, please contact: ahcs.pgss [at] mail.mcgill.ca
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AHCS Conference Organizing Committee:
Ayanna Dozier (Communication Studies)---Conference Chair
Anastasia Howe Bukowski (Art History)
Sofia Misenheimer (Communication Studies)