Exploring the Extraordinary's 7th annual conference will take place in York, UK on the 4-6 December 2015 and is now open for registration.
PANELS:
I) Parapsychology: Experimentation and Counselling
Ganzfeld stimulation Facilitates Performance at a precognitive Remote viewing task Prof Chris A Roe, Laura Hickinbotham & Johnny Ryan, University of Northampton
“Most people think you’re a fruit loop”: An exploratory study of clients’ experiences of seeking support for anomalous experiences, Dr Elizabeth E Roxburgh & Rachel E Evenden, University of Northampton
II) The Extraordinary and the Sociological Perspective
Crafting Coincidence: The Rhetoric of Improbable Events Germaine Stockbridge, University of York
‘Not true, but fun to talk about at parties’..?: exploring the challenge of otherworldly encounters for the sociological imagination Dr Sara MacKian, Open University
Exploring ‘Pennies from Heaven’: And Other Phenomena & Communication from Beyond Using a Symbolic Interaction Lens, Laurel Hilliker, Park University
III) Belief, Folklore and Space I
The ‘Voodoo Doll’: The cultural endurance of figurative magic in the twentieth century Natalie Armitage, University
Restless Souls: Beliefs in Strigoi in Romanian tradition, Cristina Douglas, University of Bucharest
Paranormal Domesticity: The reinvention of the Irish home as uncanny, revenant space Tracy Fahry, LIT
IV) The Spiritual Self
The Psychic Self, Dr Fiona Bowie, King’s College University
A Sensitivity Continuum for Mystical and Spiritual Experience, Dr Terence Palmer
V) Religion and experience
Spirit Possession and Mediumship in a South Indian Fishing Village, Dr Charles W Nuckolls, Brigham Young University
Powered by the God Who Heals: Charismatic Healing Rituals and Re-Imagining Religion, Nadya Pohran, University of Cambridge
We’re all tourists now and some are trying to listen, Richard Saville-Smith, University of Edinburgh
VI) Popular culture, identity and experience
On the head of a pin: A consideration of the methodological issues raised by approaching belligerent nationalism as a form of spiritual commitment Dr Andrew Fergus Wilson, University of Derby
“Did You Check that Corpses Credit?!” Supernatural Powers and Suicide as Displayed inThe Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service: A Critical Manga Reading Matt Coward, York St John University
Screaming Cupboards and Burning Books: An exploration of the forbidden, Chris Lambert
VII) Belief, Folklore and Space II
A New Demonology: John Keel, Charles Fort and the occult revival Dr David Clarke, Sheffield Hallam University
Borrowing Boggarts: The diffusion of folk-tales in a Manchester park, Dr Ceri Houlbrook, University of Manchester
Volcano Adventutes, Andy Sharp
VIII) Ritual, music and theatre
Lay Ritual: The Theoaesthetics of Grotowski's Lineage, Dr Mark James Hamilton, Regent’s University London
Caerimonia Metricus, Metricus Ritualis - Ceremonial Metrics, Metrical Rituals, Ben Freeth, University of Newcastle
IX) Spiritual experience and transformation
The Embodied Emotion Management of Extrasensory Practitioners: A Reflexive Approach, Dr Sarah Roberts
A tale of the temporal lobes and other mystical states Louise King, University of Northampton
Spiritual Transcendence Through Physical Exhaustion, Matthew Evans, Columbia University
X) History, magic and spirits
Sweet-Talking the Spirits: The Use of Emotional Language in the Renaissance, Drew Manns, University of London
The Experience of Magic: Performance, Embodiment and Materiality in the Magical Workings of Humphrey Gilbert and John Davis Phil Legard, Leeds Beckett University
To read the abstracts, please click here.
VI) Popular culture, identity and experience
On the head of a pin: A consideration of the methodological issues raised by approaching belligerent nationalism as a form of spiritual commitment Dr Andrew Fergus Wilson, University of Derby
“Did You Check that Corpses Credit?!” Supernatural Powers and Suicide as Displayed inThe Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service: A Critical Manga Reading Matt Coward, York St John University
Screaming Cupboards and Burning Books: An exploration of the forbidden, Chris Lambert
VII) Belief, Folklore and Space II
A New Demonology: John Keel, Charles Fort and the occult revival Dr David Clarke, Sheffield Hallam University
Borrowing Boggarts: The diffusion of folk-tales in a Manchester park, Dr Ceri Houlbrook, University of Manchester
Volcano Adventutes, Andy Sharp
VIII) Ritual, music and theatre
Lay Ritual: The Theoaesthetics of Grotowski's Lineage, Dr Mark James Hamilton, Regent’s University London
Caerimonia Metricus, Metricus Ritualis - Ceremonial Metrics, Metrical Rituals, Ben Freeth, University of Newcastle
IX) Spiritual experience and transformation
The Embodied Emotion Management of Extrasensory Practitioners: A Reflexive Approach, Dr Sarah Roberts
A tale of the temporal lobes and other mystical states Louise King, University of Northampton
Spiritual Transcendence Through Physical Exhaustion, Matthew Evans, Columbia University
X) History, magic and spirits
Sweet-Talking the Spirits: The Use of Emotional Language in the Renaissance, Drew Manns, University of London
The Experience of Magic: Performance, Embodiment and Materiality in the Magical Workings of Humphrey Gilbert and John Davis Phil Legard, Leeds Beckett University
To read the abstracts, please click here.
We'd love to see you there! For more information, please visit http://etenetwork.weebly.com or email ete.network@gmail.com, where you can also view previous conference presentations
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