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Signs of Life in Occupied Kairouan: Protective Art Painted by Women An “Insta essay” by Professor William Gallois which tells the untold story of protective paintings made by women artists in late-nineteenth-century Tunisia. https://www.instagram.com/amuleticart/

A list of conferences and talks that may be of interest. Feel free to email the magic@exeter.ac.uk list if you have an event that is not on the list. December 2019 17th-18th- London Institute of Ismaili Studies, “Esoteric Cultures of Scripture: https://iis.ac.uk/sites/default/files/esoteric_cultures_of_scripture_0.pdf 21st-31st – Boscastle – Museum of Witchcraft and Magic winter opening dates – 10.30 […]

Sun 10 Nov 2019 | 12pm | £7* (£6*) Tracey Norman (researcher, author and performer in her play The Witch) is giving a talk on witchcraft, with particular focus on its local history in Exeter and Devon, at the Hell Tor Festival. https://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/devon-witchcraft/ https://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/category/hell-tor/

Dates: 23rd October – 2nd November 2019  Times: 6:30pm & 8:30pm  Price: £17.50 Location: Knightshayes, Tiverton, Devon EX16 7RG http://four-of-swords.com/ “FOUR OF SWORDS, in collaboration with THE WELLCOME TRUST, EXETER UNIVERSITY and the NATIONAL TRUST, is honoured and proud to announce a brand new show for Autumn and Winter 2019! DOCTOR DRACULA is another immersive […]

Open University, Milton Keynes (UK) Friday 27th March 2020 The four centuries of the Roman imperial period saw massive shifts in all aspects of life for people across the Mediterranean and northern Europe, including in the ways in which they communicated with the supernatural, as it fostered unprecedented movements of people, objects and ideas. Much […]

Over the past couple of years, the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic has been devoting attention to the academic study of magic and the occult, most visible in the launch of their Journal, The Enquiring Eye, with the goal to revive the Witchcraft Research Centre that its founder, Cecil Williamson, envisioned the Museum to be. […]

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Needed to Participate in “Sorcerer’s Handbook” Project https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BUH360/postdoctoral-research-fellow The Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to participate in “A Sorcerer’s Handbook: Medieval Arabic Magic in Context,” awarded to Dr Emily Selove. This Leverhulme Trust funded post is available 01/11/2019. The successful applicant […]

June 26, 2019 by UCL Institute of Advanced Studies The recently published Routledge History of Medieval Magic (January 2019) brought together the work of scholars from across Europe and North America to provide extensive insights into recent developments in the study of medieval magic between c.1100 and c.1500. The book covers a wide range of […]

The Painters of the City: North Africa 1880-1920 An exhibition by Professor William Gallois https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/events/details/index.php?event=9327 An Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies exhibition Date 9 May – 2 August 2019 Time 18:00 Place Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies This exhibition explores a mystery which also constitutes a unique moment in the history of art. […]

ON MONDAY, 29 APRIL 2019 AT 7 P.M. COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, CHAPEL OF CHRIST THE SERVANT On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the twin city relationship between Coventry and Dresden, the Dresden State Art Collections and the City of Dresden invite you warmly to the opening of an exhibition in the Coventry Cathedral Invitation […]

Please join us for a workshop on Magic and the Occult in Islam hosted by the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies’ Centre for the Study of Islam. In honour of Professor Charles Burnett, a leading researcher in the field. http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/iais/research/centres/csi/  March 20th Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter: Lecture Theatres One […]

Check out Catherine Rider’s new blog post about editing the Routledge History of Medieval Magic! http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/medievalstudies/

A day of artistic and academic discussion – Wed 24 Apr 2019 -Wed 24 Apr 2019 10am – 4.45pm, Reed Hall, University of Exeter, EX4 4QR. £30/35 This event is £30 with earlybird booking until 28 Feb, or £35 after (£25 OAPs and students) Conference: 10am – 4.45pm (registration & coffee from 9.30am) Reed Hall, […]

Trickery, Poetry, Intoxication: The Magic of Medieval Arabic Literature Emily Selove (IAIS, Exeter) A Centre for Medieval Studies seminar Date 30 January 2019 Time 16:00 to 18:00 Place Digital Humanities LaboratoryQueen’s Digital Humanities Seminar 2 (B.02) Emily Selove from the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies offers us insights into the occult world of medieval […]

Literature as Magic, Magic as Literature: Sirāj al-Dīn al-Sakkākī’s Complete Book and a Fragment of Spells Venue: Rooms 8 & 9, Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Event date: Thursday, 29 November, 2018 – 17:15 to 18:45 Dr. Emily Selove Handbooks like that ascribed to the famous 13th-century scholar of language and magic, Sirāj al-Dīn al-Sakkākī’s Kitāb […]