Performing Magic in the Premodern North 2025 conference

[Burrows, Hannah]

Dear All,

See below to sign up to attend the next Performing Magic in the Premodern North conference online! Please use the email address below (rather than this scando one) for any queries.

Best wishes,

Hannah

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From: Selu Ita <seluvaia...@gmail.com>
Sent: 22 September 2025 16:59
To: Burrows, Hannah <hannah....@abdn.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Distribution for the conference

 

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Hello Hannah, 

Please feel free to release this link for sign-ups to attend our 13th-14th November 2025 online conference for Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North. Official details such as presenters and schedule will be released on our instagram and our website. 

The details for our theme this year are as follows:

Building upon the success of our previous conferences, where we have explored diverse aspects of pre-modern magic in the North, this year’s conference will focus on the lived, communal, and practical expressions of folk magic. Rather than elite or learned magical traditions, we invited discussions on the everyday magical practices embedded in vernacular culture.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

The roles of cunning folk, healers, midwives, and local magical practitioners 
Household and agricultural magic, charms, and protective rites
The use of spoken spells, songs, and folk incantations in practical magic
Magical objects, amulets, and everyday ritual tools in folk traditions
The transmission and evolution of folk magical knowledge across generations

Thanks so much for your help Hannah! Anyone is free to contact us at performingma...@gmail.com with any questions. 

Best Wishes, 

Selu 'Ita

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