7th Conference
Friday 4th – Sunday 6th December, 2015
York Marriott Hotel, Tadcaster Road, York, UK
Friday
9.45-10.00 Introduction and Welcome
I) Performance and Rhetoric
10.00-10.30 Ganzfeld stimulation Facilitates Performance at a precognitive Remote viewing task Prof Chris A Roe, Laura Hickinbotham & Johnny Ryan, University of Northampton
10.30-11.00 Crafting Coincidence: The Rhetoric of Improbable Events Germaine Stockbridge, University of York
11.00-11.20 Coffee
II) The Extraordinary and the Sociological Perspective
11.20-12.00 ‘Not true, but fun to talk about at parties’..?: exploring the challenge of otherworldly encounters for the sociological imagination Dr Sara MacKian, Open University
12.00-12.30 Horror Anthropology: Distance and the supernatural in horror film narratives Dr Hannah Gilbert
12.30-14.00 Lunch
III) Belief, Folklore and Space I
14.00-14.30 The ‘Voodoo Doll’: The cultural endurance of figurative magic in the twentieth century Natalie Armitage, University of Manchester
14.30-15.00 Borrowing Boggarts: The diffusion of folk-tales in a Manchester park, Dr Ceri Houlbrook, University of Manchester Watch the presentation
15.00-15.20 Coffee
IV) The Spiritual Self
15.20-16.00 The Psychic Self, Dr Fiona Bowie, King’s College University
16.00-16.30 A Sensitivity Continuum for Mystical and Spiritual Experience, Dr Terence Palmer
19.30 Dinner
Saturday
V) Religion and experience
9.30-10.00 Spirit Possession and Mediumship in a South Indian Fishing Village, Dr Charles W Nuckolls, Brigham Young University Watch the presentation
10.00-10.30 Powered by the God Who Heals: Charismatic Healing Rituals and Re-Imagining Religion, Nadya Pohran, University of Ottawa
10.30-11.00 We’re all tourists now and some are trying to listen, Richard Saville-Smith, University of Edinburgh
11.00-11.20 Coffee Break
VI) Popular culture, identity and experience
11.20-11.50 On the head of a pin: A consideration of the methodological issues raised by approaching belligerent nationalism as a form of spiritual commitment Dr Andrew Fergus Wilson, University of Derby
11.50-12.20 “Did You Check that Corpses Credit?!” Supernatural Powers and Suicide as Displayed in The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service: A Critical Manga Reading Matt Coward, York St John University
12.20-12.50 Screaming Cupboards and Burning Books: An exploration of the forbidden, Chris Lambert Watch the presentation
12.50-14.00 Lunch
VII) Belief, Folklore and Space II
14.00-14.30 A New Demonology: John Keel, Charles Fort and the occult revival Dr David Clarke, Sheffield Hallam University
14.30-15.00 Ghost Noise Dr James Riley, University of Cambridge Watch the presentation
15.00-15.30 Volcano Adventures, Andy Sharp Watch the presentation
15.30-15.50 Coffee Break
VIII) Ritual, music and theatre
15.50-16.20 Lay Ritual: The Theoaesthetics of Grotowski's Lineage, Dr Mark James Hamilton, Regent’s University London
16.20-16.50 Caerimonia Metricus, Metricus Ritualis - Ceremonial Metrics, Metrical Rituals, Ben Freeth, University of Newcastle
19.30 Dinner
Sunday
IX) Spiritual experience and transformation
10.00-10.30 “Most people think you’re a fruit loop”: An exploratory study of clients’ experiences of seeking support for anomalous experiences, Dr Elizabeth E Roxburgh & Rachel E Evenden, University of Northampton
10.30-11.00 A tale of the temporal lobes and other mystical states Louise King, University of Northampton
11.00-11.20 Coffee Break
X) History, magic and spirits
11.20-11.50 Sweet-Talking the Spirits: The Use of Emotional Language in the Renaissance, Drew Manns, University of London
11.50-12.20 The Experience of Magic: Performance, Embodiment and Materiality in the Magical Workings of Humphrey Gilbert and John Davis Phil Legard, Leeds Beckett University
12.20 Closing Remarks
To see the conference booklet, please click here.
9.45-10.00 Introduction and Welcome
I) Performance and Rhetoric
10.00-10.30 Ganzfeld stimulation Facilitates Performance at a precognitive Remote viewing task Prof Chris A Roe, Laura Hickinbotham & Johnny Ryan, University of Northampton
10.30-11.00 Crafting Coincidence: The Rhetoric of Improbable Events Germaine Stockbridge, University of York
11.00-11.20 Coffee
II) The Extraordinary and the Sociological Perspective
11.20-12.00 ‘Not true, but fun to talk about at parties’..?: exploring the challenge of otherworldly encounters for the sociological imagination Dr Sara MacKian, Open University
12.00-12.30 Horror Anthropology: Distance and the supernatural in horror film narratives Dr Hannah Gilbert
12.30-14.00 Lunch
III) Belief, Folklore and Space I
14.00-14.30 The ‘Voodoo Doll’: The cultural endurance of figurative magic in the twentieth century Natalie Armitage, University of Manchester
14.30-15.00 Borrowing Boggarts: The diffusion of folk-tales in a Manchester park, Dr Ceri Houlbrook, University of Manchester Watch the presentation
15.00-15.20 Coffee
IV) The Spiritual Self
15.20-16.00 The Psychic Self, Dr Fiona Bowie, King’s College University
16.00-16.30 A Sensitivity Continuum for Mystical and Spiritual Experience, Dr Terence Palmer
19.30 Dinner
Saturday
V) Religion and experience
9.30-10.00 Spirit Possession and Mediumship in a South Indian Fishing Village, Dr Charles W Nuckolls, Brigham Young University Watch the presentation
10.00-10.30 Powered by the God Who Heals: Charismatic Healing Rituals and Re-Imagining Religion, Nadya Pohran, University of Ottawa
10.30-11.00 We’re all tourists now and some are trying to listen, Richard Saville-Smith, University of Edinburgh
11.00-11.20 Coffee Break
VI) Popular culture, identity and experience
11.20-11.50 On the head of a pin: A consideration of the methodological issues raised by approaching belligerent nationalism as a form of spiritual commitment Dr Andrew Fergus Wilson, University of Derby
11.50-12.20 “Did You Check that Corpses Credit?!” Supernatural Powers and Suicide as Displayed in The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service: A Critical Manga Reading Matt Coward, York St John University
12.20-12.50 Screaming Cupboards and Burning Books: An exploration of the forbidden, Chris Lambert Watch the presentation
12.50-14.00 Lunch
VII) Belief, Folklore and Space II
14.00-14.30 A New Demonology: John Keel, Charles Fort and the occult revival Dr David Clarke, Sheffield Hallam University
14.30-15.00 Ghost Noise Dr James Riley, University of Cambridge Watch the presentation
15.00-15.30 Volcano Adventures, Andy Sharp Watch the presentation
15.30-15.50 Coffee Break
VIII) Ritual, music and theatre
15.50-16.20 Lay Ritual: The Theoaesthetics of Grotowski's Lineage, Dr Mark James Hamilton, Regent’s University London
16.20-16.50 Caerimonia Metricus, Metricus Ritualis - Ceremonial Metrics, Metrical Rituals, Ben Freeth, University of Newcastle
19.30 Dinner
Sunday
IX) Spiritual experience and transformation
10.00-10.30 “Most people think you’re a fruit loop”: An exploratory study of clients’ experiences of seeking support for anomalous experiences, Dr Elizabeth E Roxburgh & Rachel E Evenden, University of Northampton
10.30-11.00 A tale of the temporal lobes and other mystical states Louise King, University of Northampton
11.00-11.20 Coffee Break
X) History, magic and spirits
11.20-11.50 Sweet-Talking the Spirits: The Use of Emotional Language in the Renaissance, Drew Manns, University of London
11.50-12.20 The Experience of Magic: Performance, Embodiment and Materiality in the Magical Workings of Humphrey Gilbert and John Davis Phil Legard, Leeds Beckett University
12.20 Closing Remarks
To see the conference booklet, please click here.
