During the 2022-23 academic year, the Exeter Psychedelic Studies Colloquium met fortnightly, with hybrid events hosted on the Streatham Campus of the University of Exeter. Speakers included some of the most prominent names in the psychedelic field including Dr Dennis McKenna and Dr Luis Eduardo Luna.
The table below is a diary of the meetings with links to abstracts, biographies and recordings where applicable.
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 21 October 2022, 18:00-19:30 (speaking online) | Dr Dennis McKenna, McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy (Abstract & Bio here) | Psilocybin and the Origin of Consciousness – A re-examination of the ‘Stoned Ape’ Hypothesis (view slides recording here) |
| 4 November 2022, 14:30–17:00 (speaking in person) | Dr Yogi Hendlin, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Abstract and Bio here) | Taking the Tripping out of Psychedelic Medicine is a Mistake (view recording here) |
| 18 November 2022, 10:00–11:30 (speaking online) | Prof. Em. Wayne Hall, University of Queensland (Abstract & Bio here) | The 21st Century Revival of Therapeutic Research on Classic Psychedelic Drugs: Antecedents, Evidence and Potential Future Medical and other Uses (view recording here) |
| 2 December 2022, 15:30–17:00 (speaking online) | Dr David Yaden, Johns Hopkins University (Abstract & Bio here) | Understanding, Quantifying, and Addressing Belief Change in the Context of Psychedelic Treatments |
| WINTER BREAK | ||
| 20 January 2023, 15:30–17:00 (speaking in person) | Alexander Beiner, Breaking Convention director (Abstract & bio here) | Strange Drugs for Strange Times: How psychedelics can change society (view recording here) |
| 3 February 2023, 15:30–17:00 (speaking online) | Prof. Peter Hendricks, University of Alabama at Birmingham (Bio here) | Psilocybin in the Treatment of Cocaine Use Disorder (view recording here) |
| 24 February 2023, 15:30–17:00 (speaking in person) | Dr Adrian Harris, Psychotherapist and Ecopsychologist (Abstract & Bio here) | Ecopsychology and Psychedelics (view recording here) |
| 3 March 2023 15:30-17:00 | Dr Marta Santuccio (Abstract & Bio here) | Presenting Contemplative Embodiment (view recording here) |
| 17 March 2023 15:30-17:00 (international speakers in-person, dual workshop) | Dr Rachael Summer (Abstracts & Bio) Dr Luis Eduardo Luna (Abstract & Bio) | Acute mood-elevating and pro-social properties of microdosed LSD in healthy volunteers: a home-administered randomised controlled trial. The Ayahuasca Visions of Peruvian Painter Pablo Amaringo and The Usko-Ayar Amazonian School of Painting. A chronicle (1985-1994) (view Luna recording here) |
| 31 March 2023 15:30-17:00 | End of term get-together and discussions | |
| SPRING BREAK | ||
| 12 May 2023 14:30-16:00 (speaking in person) | Ya’Akov Darling Khan (Abstract & Bio) | The Role of the Shaman in the Psyche and the Modern World (view recording here) |
| 26 May 2023 14:30-16:00 (speaking in person) | Dr Ravi Das UCL (Abstract & Bio) | Maladaptive Memory Modification with Psychedelics (view recording here) |
| 9 June 2023 2.30-4 pm (WS 105 and via Zoom) | Ed Prideaux (Abstract & Bio) | HPPD and ‘flashbacks’: disorders of prohibition? (view recording here) |
| 16 June 2023 2.30-4 pm (speaking in person) | Noa Latham (Abstract & Bio) | The Value of Mystical Experience (view recording here) |
| 23 June 2023 13.30-15.30 (Joint event with Exeter’s Magic Centre) | Exeter’s Magic Centre, organised by Emily Selove | Magic, Esotericism, and the Psychedelic |
| 29 June 2023 14:30-16.30 (both speaking in person) | Osiris Sinuhé González Romero (Abstract & Bio) and Prof. Christine Hauskeller (Bio here) | Power and Freedom in the Psychedelic Space (view recording here) |