Hidden Charms 1 - magical protection of buildings
Saturday 2nd April, 2016
the Town Close Auditorium, Norwich Castle
the Town Close Auditorium, Norwich Castle
Nine speakers gathered together to present the latest thinking on the subject of Hidden Charms.
Brian Hoggard - Evidence of Unseen Forces: Apotropaic Objects on the Threshold of Materiality
Sonja Hukantaival - Same Mental Idea, different manifestation?Hidden Charms in Finland and the British Isles.
Jeremy Harte - Luck and Dread: How household curiousities become ritual protectors.
Linda Wilson - By Midnight, By Moonlight: Ritual Protection Marks in Caves Beneath the Mendip Hills, Somerset.
Annie Thwaite - ‘The Urinary Experiment’ - A re-appraisal of ‘witch-bottles’ and their function in early modern England.
Jason Semmens - Cunning-folk and the Protection of Property: The View from the West-country.
John Billingsley - The Head that Works for You: Apotropaic vs Show
Ceri Houlbrook - From Concealers to Finders: Putting the (concealed) shoe on the other foot.
James Wright - Cultural anxieties and ritual protection in high status early modern houses.
The Proceedings of this first Hidden Charms conference are available free of charge via Academia.edu here.
For some videos from the Hidden Charms conferences please follow this link.
Brian Hoggard - Evidence of Unseen Forces: Apotropaic Objects on the Threshold of Materiality
Sonja Hukantaival - Same Mental Idea, different manifestation?Hidden Charms in Finland and the British Isles.
Jeremy Harte - Luck and Dread: How household curiousities become ritual protectors.
Linda Wilson - By Midnight, By Moonlight: Ritual Protection Marks in Caves Beneath the Mendip Hills, Somerset.
Annie Thwaite - ‘The Urinary Experiment’ - A re-appraisal of ‘witch-bottles’ and their function in early modern England.
Jason Semmens - Cunning-folk and the Protection of Property: The View from the West-country.
John Billingsley - The Head that Works for You: Apotropaic vs Show
Ceri Houlbrook - From Concealers to Finders: Putting the (concealed) shoe on the other foot.
James Wright - Cultural anxieties and ritual protection in high status early modern houses.
The Proceedings of this first Hidden Charms conference are available free of charge via Academia.edu here.
For some videos from the Hidden Charms conferences please follow this link.
The picture below shows Jason Semmens mid-way through his lecture.