The project TiTaRa: Between Science and Magic, together with the Finnish network of magic studies, will organise an international symposium, Between Science and Magic, at the University of Turku, Finland, from 10 to 11 October 2024.

The symposium will explore the underlying themes of the TiTaRa project: the practices and worldviews of people operating between science and magic, as well as those engaging in practices of witchcraft and esotericism.

The programme of the symposium has now been published and can be found here.

We warmly welcome anyone interested in the topics of Western esotericism, magic, witchcraft, and early sciences bordering them, such as astrology and alchemy, to join us. The papers presented at the symposium will take us on a fascinating journey from medieval England through 16th-century colonial New Spain to Finland in the 19th century. 

Our keynotes are:

Professor Egil Asprem (University of Stockholm): “‘Gypsy Fortune-telling’ as Science and as Fraud: Roma as Ambiguous Others in the History of Occultism”

Title of Docent, University Lecturer Carla Suhr (University of Helsinki): “The Interplay of Medicine and Magic in Early Modern English Witchcraft Pamphlets”

The symposium will be in English. We will convene in person; unfortunately we cannot provide for online attendance.

Registration is now open and will close on 31 August 2024. See here for more information on registration.