Exploring the Extraordinary 3rd Conference
Exploring the Extraordinary III Conference
Friday 23rd – Sunday 25th September, 2011
Holiday Inn Hotel, Tadcaster Road, York, UK
Throughout the conference, there will be two exhibitions of artwork: Dimensions of spirit and Nature, twilight and the night
Friday, 23rd September
1.00 Welcome and introduction
Panel 1: Boundaries, personal experience and the mystical
1.15-1.45 ‘Memoirs of the extraordinary: Women’s mystical experiences with the Goddess’ Patricia ‘Iolana
1.45-2.15 ‘The British music festival as a context for mystical experience’ Deirdre Ruane
2.15-2.45 ‘In possession of my senses? Reflections from social science on engaging with the otherworldly’ Dr Sara MacKian
2.45-3.10 Coffee
EtE extras: Research Reports
3.10-3.30 ‘Closed Circles: Following in the footsteps of Scole’ Mike Ganley
3.30-3.50 ‘Effects of Pagan healing practices on health and well being’ Charmaine Sonnex
3.50-4.00 Coffee
EtE extras: Art, photography and spirit
4.00-4.30 ‘Spirituality, philosophy, and new technologies: Exploring the extraordinary through photography’ Christina Rawls
4.30-5.00 ‘Demonstration of spirit art' Annie Conboy
6.00-8.00 Dinner
EtE extras: Documentaries
8.30 ‘Personal Electronics’ Steven Ball
9.00 ‘GHost Project’ Sarah Sparkes, Dr Ricarda Vidal
Saturday, 24th September
Panel 2: Vampires in culture
10.00-10.45 ‘To kill a vampire?’ Jonathan Ferguson
10.45-11.30 Coffee
Panel 3: Space, place and supernatural resonance
11.30-12.00 ‘Mesmerism and Victorian Arctic exploration’ Dr Shane McCorristine
12.00-12.30 'Animated places: Ritual sites as stages of communication with Norse gods in Asatru Paganism' Dr Rene Grunder
12.30-2.00 Lunch
Panel 4: The paranormal on both sides of the Atlantic
2.00-2.30 ‘Conversing with the dead: Considerations of the collective in modern British paranormal groups’ Rachael Hayward
2.30-3.00 ‘Haunted ground: Journeys through a paranormal America’ Dr Darryl Caterine
3.00-3.30 Coffee
3.30-5.00 Keynote Lecture
‘In praise of experience as data’ Professor Charles Emmons
7.00 Conference Dinner
Sunday, 25th September
Panel 5: Parapsychological approaches toward paranormal belief and experience
10.00-10.30 'Lability, paranormal beliefs and psychokinetic experiences: A questionnaire-based survey’ Sophie Louise Drennan
10.30-11.00 ‘Two studies assessing paranormal believers’ susceptibility to probabilistic reasoning (conjunction fallacy) biases’ Dr Paul Rogers
11.00-11.30 Coffee
Panel 6: Hospitals, dying and extraordinary experiences
11.30-12.00 ‘A sense of presence in the land of medicine: How hospital staff respond to encounters with the extra-ordinary’ Prof Simon Robinson, Dr Stephen Sayers & Dr Chris Swift
12.30-12.30 ‘Integrating ‘extraordinary’ bereavement experiences into everyday life’ Dr Mary Murray & Josefine Speyer
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-3.00 Keynote Lecture
‘Tibetan psychic traditions’ Dr Serena Roney-Dougal
Friday, 23rd September
1.00 Welcome and introduction
Panel 1: Boundaries, personal experience and the mystical
1.15-1.45 ‘Memoirs of the extraordinary: Women’s mystical experiences with the Goddess’ Patricia ‘Iolana
1.45-2.15 ‘The British music festival as a context for mystical experience’ Deirdre Ruane
2.15-2.45 ‘In possession of my senses? Reflections from social science on engaging with the otherworldly’ Dr Sara MacKian
2.45-3.10 Coffee
EtE extras: Research Reports
3.10-3.30 ‘Closed Circles: Following in the footsteps of Scole’ Mike Ganley
3.30-3.50 ‘Effects of Pagan healing practices on health and well being’ Charmaine Sonnex
3.50-4.00 Coffee
EtE extras: Art, photography and spirit
4.00-4.30 ‘Spirituality, philosophy, and new technologies: Exploring the extraordinary through photography’ Christina Rawls
4.30-5.00 ‘Demonstration of spirit art' Annie Conboy
6.00-8.00 Dinner
EtE extras: Documentaries
8.30 ‘Personal Electronics’ Steven Ball
9.00 ‘GHost Project’ Sarah Sparkes, Dr Ricarda Vidal
Saturday, 24th September
Panel 2: Vampires in culture
10.00-10.45 ‘To kill a vampire?’ Jonathan Ferguson
10.45-11.30 Coffee
Panel 3: Space, place and supernatural resonance
11.30-12.00 ‘Mesmerism and Victorian Arctic exploration’ Dr Shane McCorristine
12.00-12.30 'Animated places: Ritual sites as stages of communication with Norse gods in Asatru Paganism' Dr Rene Grunder
12.30-2.00 Lunch
Panel 4: The paranormal on both sides of the Atlantic
2.00-2.30 ‘Conversing with the dead: Considerations of the collective in modern British paranormal groups’ Rachael Hayward
2.30-3.00 ‘Haunted ground: Journeys through a paranormal America’ Dr Darryl Caterine
3.00-3.30 Coffee
3.30-5.00 Keynote Lecture
‘In praise of experience as data’ Professor Charles Emmons
7.00 Conference Dinner
Sunday, 25th September
Panel 5: Parapsychological approaches toward paranormal belief and experience
10.00-10.30 'Lability, paranormal beliefs and psychokinetic experiences: A questionnaire-based survey’ Sophie Louise Drennan
10.30-11.00 ‘Two studies assessing paranormal believers’ susceptibility to probabilistic reasoning (conjunction fallacy) biases’ Dr Paul Rogers
11.00-11.30 Coffee
Panel 6: Hospitals, dying and extraordinary experiences
11.30-12.00 ‘A sense of presence in the land of medicine: How hospital staff respond to encounters with the extra-ordinary’ Prof Simon Robinson, Dr Stephen Sayers & Dr Chris Swift
12.30-12.30 ‘Integrating ‘extraordinary’ bereavement experiences into everyday life’ Dr Mary Murray & Josefine Speyer
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-3.00 Keynote Lecture
‘Tibetan psychic traditions’ Dr Serena Roney-Dougal