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Hidden Charms 2 - The magical protection of buildings

Saturday 21st April 2018
The Medieval Hall, Cathedral Close, Salisbury
10am to 5pm
The event was a great success.  Below you can find the running order for Hidden Charms 2 along with links to more details about each lecture.  To puchase a copy of the proceedings from Hidden Charms 2 please follow this link. 

The conference took place in the Medieval Hall in Cathedral Close, Salisbury.  To view videos from the conference please follow this link.


09:30 - Registration
First Session
10:00 - Brian Hoggard:
case study – Llancaiach Fawr
10:30 - Adina Hulubas:
A View on Active Construction Rites from Romania
11:00 - Coffee at conference

Second Session
11:45 - Cheryl Cooper:
Ampullae and their Protective Functions: Magic, Medicine or Religion?

12:15 - Paula McBride:
Something Wicked This Way Comes: The Magical Protection of Buildings in the Midlands

12:45 - John Billingsley:
Soft power: the emergence of modern apotropaics in Albania

13:15 - Break for lunch
Third Session
14:45 - Tabitha Cadbury:
Materialising Magic in Museums
15:15 - Peter Hewitt:
Witch-bottles in the MoW collection
15:45 - Coffee at conference
Fourth Session
16:30 - Sonja Hukantaival:
Why sharp tools, vipers and cats? – The agency of objects and materials in the Finnish pre-mechanistic worldview
17:00 - Walter Richard Wheeler:
Apotropaic practices in the USA
17:30 - end of conference

As stated above, if you would like to read all of these papers please purchase a copy of the Proceedings of Hidden Charms 2 by following this link. 

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