Conference Postponed
Our conference ‘Science, Magic and Religion’ that was scheduled for Saturday 22 September is now postponed until Saturday 2 February 2013.
Our AGM will now happen immediately before our first lecture in October and not on 22 September.
SCIENCE, MAGIC and RELIGION
 A one day conference to mark the retirement from Birkbeck of
Prof. Michael HunterÂ
Saturday 22 September 2012, 10.30-16.30
 10.30  AGM
11.00 Coffee break
11.15 Â Key Note SpeechÂ
Prof. Michael Hunter, ‘Reflections on My Career as an Early Modern Historian’
12.30 Â Lunch, room B04
13.30 Panel One: Natural Philosophy   Chair: tbc
Maria Kirk, ‘ “The Thoughts Feastedâ€: Margaret Cavendish and the Consumption of Knowledge’
Clare Fitzpatrick, ‘A Drop from Henry More’s An Antidote to Atheism (1653)’
14.40 Coffee break, room B04
15.00  Panel Two: Witchcraft and Kingcraft   Chair tbc
Rachel White, ‘ “All their witchcrafts at my fingers endesâ€: Thomas Nashe, The Terrors of the Night, and the Trial of the Witches of Warboys’
Stephen Brogan, ‘Debating the Miraculous Nature of the Royal Touch During the Stuart Restoration, 1660-85’
16.10 Closing remarks, Prof. Michael Hunter
16.20-18.00 Drinks reception, room B04
If you would like attend the AGM or conference or both then please e-mail our secretary Laura Jacobs at  bbkems@gmail.com.  Both are free to attend and refreshments and lunch will be provided for those who have registered
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