The event on 26 May at the University of Manchester seeks to bring together activists and academics who practice and research the growth of magical knowledge and magical activism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, particularly within the UK and Ireland. The aim of the symposium is to explore interdisciplinary issues relating to magical practices and the increased visibility of enchanted politics in modern and contemporary social media, artistic, protest and popular cultures.

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10.00-10.30     Registration

10.30-10.45     Holly Morse ‘Welcome’

10.45-11.30      Joanne Fitzpatrick ‘5th Dimension Librarian: New Sources of                               Knowledge in Scholarly Occult Practice’

11.30-11.45      Break

11.45-12.30      Bethan Juliet Oake ‘Attitudes Towards Potential                                                    Harmful Magical Practices in Contemporary Paganism’

12.30-13.15      Lunch

13.15-14.00     Helen Cornish ‘Reimagining Political Activism and                                               Magical-Religious Witchcraft’

14.00-14.45    Manon Hedenborg White ”The Unknown                                                                Direction” Why Magic Matters for Contemporary Political

                     Activism’

15.45-15.00    Break

15.00-15.45    Rebecca Tamás : Q&A WITCH

15.45-16.30    Anna FC Smith and Helen Mather: Q&A These Lancashire                                  Women are Witches in Politics

16.30-17.00    Summary and departure.

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The in person tickets are now SOLD OUT.

 

You can attend remotely by registering for Zoom webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YOpK_5w3SyizHt2rD5Pp-Q