CAS-E lecture series
Lecture series on esoteric practices from around the world
Have you ever wondered how esoteric practices are deployed to predict and influence everyday life events? The DFG-funded Center for Advanced Studies “Alternative Rationalities and Esoteric Practices from a Global Perspective” CAS-E investigates these practices and their resilience in the face of an increasingly dominant scientific and technical discourse from a transcultural perspective by bringing together researchers from all over the world.
You are invited to the CAS-E Lecture Series, where international fellows and guest speakers present their latest research on the topic.
For further information contact Dr. Monika Hirmer (monika.hirmer@fau.de) or Dr. Raquel Romberg (raquel.romberg@fau.de).
Event details
- Tuesdays, 6.15–7.45pm
- For each lecture, you can either join us on-site (Großer Seminarraum, D1, Hartmannstr. 14, Erlangen)
- or via Zoom: https://fau.zoom-x.de/j/62556506187
The program
October 15, 24
“Super-Power” in the Grave: Meaning-Making of Muslim Saints’ Graves in Southeast Asia and on the Arabian Peninsula
PD Dr. Viola Thimm (FAU)
October 22, 24
Fairy Castles Gliding Like Swans: How Daydreaming Affects Writing and Analysis
Prof. Michael Taussig (Columbia University)
Sondervorlesung in Orangerie (register here)
October 29, 24
Unlocking the Unknowable: Exploring Intuitive Cognition in the Yijing (Book of Changes)
Dr.phil. Dr.rer.med. Dominique Hertzer (CAS-E Fellow)
November 5, 24
Visual Miracles, Trust, and the Cinematic Experience
Prof. Roger Canals (University of Barcelona)
November 19, 24
Malleable Fixity: On Destiny, Agency and Indian Astrologers
Prof. Audrius Beinorius (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
An extra presentation on this day: Screening of documentary “Managers of Luck” by Eglė Vertelytė and discussion with Prof. Beinorius at 3:15 pm
November 26, 24
A Touch of Zen: Spirituality in Japanese Martial Arts in Sweden
Prof. Per Faxneld (Södertorn University, Stockholm, via live switch)
December 3, 24
Translating Western (?) Esotericism (?): The People’s Republic of China
Dr. Davide Marino (CAS-E Fellow)
December 10, 24
Advertising as Integral Magic: An Afterlife
Prof. William Mazzarella (University of Chicago, via live switch)
December 17, 24
Practices of Multiple (Religious) Affiliations: Spatial and Practical Negotiations in Havana, Cuba
Joanna Katharina Kiefer (FAU)
January 7, 25
Sufi Saints and Their Contestation in the Modern Islamic Revival: Lessons from the Chinese Qadiriyya and Jahriyya
Dr. Tommaso Previato (CAS-E Fellow)
January 14, 25
Podcasting and Popular Media as Research Advocacy in Magic and Esoteric Studies
Prof. Heather Freeman (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
January 21, 25
The Magical Resistance 2.0: Meme Magic and the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
Prof. Sabina Magliocco (University of British Columbia, via live switch)
January 28, 25
Art, Dreams, and Witchcraft in the Malay World
Dr. Douglas Farrer (CAS-E Fellow)
February 4, 25
Sacralizing Human Production: Commodities, Identity Fetishism, and the Spirit of the Screen
Prof. Peter Pels (Leiden University)