Cognitive Approaches to Ancient Magic
Those interested in ancient magic may wish to make their way to London on 17-18 January 2019. The University of London Senate House is hosting a two-day workshop on Cognitive […]
CFP: The Supernatural from Antiquity to the Medieval Period
Not Yet Understood: The Supernatural from Antiquity to the Medieval Period *Graduate Student Conference* Where: Brandeis University (Massachusetts) When: April 13, 2019 Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2019. Via the […]
Dillon on Banner, Philosophic Silence and the ‘One’ in Plotinus
Courtesy of BMCR: Nicholas Banner, Philosophic Silence and the ‘One’ in Plotinus. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp. ix, 299. ISBN 9781107154629. £75.00. Reviewed by John Dillon, Trinity […]
Conference: Dis/embodiment and Im/materiality
Dis/embodiment and Im/materiality: Uncovering the Body, Gender and Sexuality in Philosophies of Late Antiquity – In Memoriam Marianne Saghy (1961‒2018) Audience: Open to the Public Speakers: Susanna Elm Grace Ledbetter […]
Zellmann-Rohrer on Faraone, The Transformation of Greek Amulets
Michael Zellmann-Rohrer (Oxford University) has just published a review at BMCR of a Christopher Faraone, The Transformation of Greek Amulets in Roman Imperial Times. Empire and after (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania […]
Daglish on Mastrocinque, the mysteries of Mithras
Attilio Mastrocinque’s work is nothing if not distinctive. His From Jewish Magic to Gnosticism is one of those books that comes at the old problems from a very different perspective. […]
Postdoc in Vienna: Proclus in Byzantium
Courtesy of John Finamore, via the ISNS mailing list: Postdoc Position The Institute for Medieval Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences Hosted by the Institute for Medieval Research at […]
