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The Ian and Mildred Karten Memorial Lecture 2015 Event

Time:
18:00
Date:
19 May 2015
Venue:
Lecture Theatre A Avenue Campus University of Southampton SO17 1BF

For more information regarding this event, please email Lorraine Rood at parkes@southampton.ac.uk .

Event details

Part of the Parkes Institute Jubilee Series of Events

'Hocus Pocus? - Ethnology of the magical text, Babylonia to Ethiopia'

The chair for this lecture will be Professor Don Nutbeam, Vice Chancellor of the University of Southampton.

Whatever you think of magic one thing is clear, it is a very long lived tradition that has left in its wake a huge wealth of written evidence. What can this evidence tell us about those who made use of magical knowledge and managed its transmission over time? We will examine two case studies, the Jewish and other magical text of late antique Mesopotamia, and the Christian and Jewish equivalents of medieval to current day Ethiopia.

The Ian and Mildred Karten Memorial Lecture is part of the Parkes Institute annual lecture series and has been renamed to honour the generosity and interest shown by Ian and Mildred in the Parkes Institute.

If you wish to attend what promises to be a very popular lecture please email parkes@southampton.ac.uk asap to reserve a place and avoid disappointment.

 

 

Speaker information

Dr Dan Levene,Reader

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