A one-day conference organized by Guido Giglioni
In the course of his illustrious career at the Warburg Institute, D.P. Walker (1914-1985) published seminal works that contributed to redefining our view of early modern magic and demonology, such as Spiritual and Demonic Magic from Ficino to Campanella (1958), Decline of Hell (1964) and Unclean Spirits: Possession and Exorcism in France and England in the Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries (1981). This conference intends to celebrate his legacy by presenting the most recent results by young researchers working at the Warburg Institute.
Programme
Péter Tóth
Satan's Terror and the Origins of Medieval Religious Comedy
Anna Corrias
From Daimonic Reason to Demonic Imagination: Plotinus and Marsilio Ficino on the Soul’s Inner Demon
Nicholas Holland
Agostino Nifo’s Demons
Sietske Fransen
Injected Devils: Jan Baptista van Helmont on Devils and Disease
Michael Gordian
Diabolic Dis/simulation in Early Modern England: The Theatre of Exorcism in Context
James A. T. Lancaster
The Pathologization of the Early Modern Demoniac
Anthony Ossa-Richardson
Possession and Insanity: Two Views from the Victorian Lunatic Asylum
Registration
£25 (£12.50 for concessions) including coffee/tea, and a sandwich lunch
To register please contact: warburg(at)sas.ac.uk
Injected Devils: Jan Baptista van Helmont on Devils and Disease
Michael Gordian
Diabolic Dis/simulation in Early Modern England: The Theatre of Exorcism in Context
James A. T. Lancaster
The Pathologization of the Early Modern Demoniac
Anthony Ossa-Richardson
Possession and Insanity: Two Views from the Victorian Lunatic Asylum
Registration
£25 (£12.50 for concessions) including coffee/tea, and a sandwich lunch
To register please contact: warburg(at)sas.ac.uk
