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University of Wales Trinity Saint David

School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology

The Sophia Centre

Annual Conference 25-26 June 2016

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)




SATURDAY 25 JUNE

9.00

Registration and Refreshments


9.30


Dr Nick Campion
Worshipping the Stars


9.45


Laura Michetti
Saturn and the Evolving Godhead


10.15

Reinhard Mussik
Why do people connect supposed prehistoric sacred places in virtual space at the summer solstice?


10.45

Gaia Somasca
Manhattanhenge


11.15

TEA AND COFFEE


11.45

Hannelore Goos
Sun and Moon in Germanic Religion - from the Viking Age to Modern Germanic Paganism


12.15

Astrid Leimlehner
Ancient Deities and New Meanings: The Role of Myths in Twentieth Century Astrology


12.45

LUNCH (OWN ARRANGEMENTS). There many cafes, restaurants and sandwich bars nearby


2.15

Freedom Cole
Hindu Worship and Astrology


2.45

Kenneth D. Miller
A World Thoroughly Enchanted: The Rise of Hinduism and the Rise of Astrology


3.15

Matthew Kosuta
Worshipping Rahu in Thailand


3.45

TEA AND COFFEE


4.15

Micah Ross
The Festivals of Aquarius


5.00

Julye Bidmead
Išhtar's Journey: Above and Below


5.30

Marcello De Martino
Hestia: The Indo-European Goddess of the Cosmic Central Fire


6.00

SOPHIA CENTRE PRESS: WINE AND NIBBLES




SUNDAY 26 JUNE

9.45

Arrive and refreshments


10.00


Meira Epstein
Cosmic Order, The Heavens and the Special Role of the Luminaries in Jewish Calendric Cycles in Art, in Sacred Literature and Rituals Throughout the Ages


10.30

Rachel Schmid
Practical Depictions: Interpreting Images of Divinity in the Heavens in Late Antique Eretz Israel


11.00

TEA AND COFFEE


11.30

Konstantinos Gravanis
The Heavenly Bodies in Early Christian Art


12.00

Dragana Van de Moortel-Ilić
Images of the Sun, the Moon and Planets in Serbian Medieval Churches


12.30

LUNCH (OWN ARRANGEMENTS). There many cafes, restaurants and sandwich bars nearby


2.00

Mai Lootah
What is the Role of Folkloric Pre-Islamic Anwá' in Islamic Arabia?


2.30

Stavroula Konstantopoulou
Hubris in the Skies: Expelling the Sacred in Aristophanes' Birds and Clouds


3.00

Paul Bembridge
The Gnostic Crisis: Getting Evil out of the Heavens


3.30

Dr Nick Campion
Closing Comments





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Dr. Nick Campion, n.campion@uwtsd.ac.uk, (University of Wales Trinity Saint David) Chair

For queries about technical issues or the website:
Dr. Frances Clynes, frances.clynes@sophia-project.net (University of Wales Trinity Saint David)



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