Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-3801
www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress
Sessions Sponsored by the Societas Magica at the Fortieth International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 5-8, 2005
I. Magical Figures and Diagrams I
Word and Image in Kabbalistic Diagrams
Marla Segol, Carleton University
A Magical Aesthetic: Visual Elements in Jewish Magical Texts
Michael Swartz, The Ohio State
University
II. Magical Figures and Diagrams II
Holy Images or Necromantic Figures? Two Drafts of John of Morigny's
Liber Figurarum
Claire Fanger, Independent Scholar
Medieval Magic Diagrams, Cosmology, and Ritual
Sophie Page, University College London
At the Center of Byrthferth's Diagram: Magic and Mystery
Robert Mathiesen, Brown University
Summoning the Dead in Sixteenth-Century England: British Library,
Additional 36674
Frank Klaassen, University of
Saskatchewan
Liber de angelis/Secreta astronomie/Figure septem planetarum:
Hindsight, the Academy and the Value of Editing Texts
Juris Lidaka, West Virginia State
University
IV. Approaches to Teaching the History, Practice and Material Culture of Magic: A Roundtable on Pedagogy
Moderator: Amelia Carr
Participants will include Richard Kieckhefer, Robert Mathiesen, Pat Aarkhus, Geoffrey McVey, Marguerite Johnson, David Porreca.