Exploring the Extraordinary 4th Conference
22nd-23rd September,
York, UK
Since its inception in 2007, members of Exploring the Extraordinary have organised three successful academic conferences that have brought together researchers from a variety of different disciplines and backgrounds. The purpose of these events has been to encourage a wider dissemination of knowledge and research, and an interdisciplinary discussion of extraordinary phenomena and experience. By 'extraordinary' we refer to phenomena and experiences that are considered to be beyond the mundane, referring to those that have been called supernatural, paranormal, mystical, transcendent, exceptional, spiritual, magical and/or religious, as well as the relevance of such for human culture.
We are looking for submissions for our fourth conference, and would like to invite presentation proposals on topics related to the above. Please submit a 300-500 word paper abstract to Dr Madeleine Castro and Dr Hannah Gilbert (ete.network@gmail.com) by the 6th April 2012. Accepted papers should be on powerpoint, no longer than 20 minutes in length, and intended for an interdisciplinary audience. Please include contact information and a brief biographical note.
For more information, visit http://etenetwork.weebly.com
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Saturday, 29 January 2011
Call for Papers: EtE 3, 23rd-25th September, 2011
Exploring the Extraordinary
3rd Conference
Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th September, 2011
Holiday Inn Hotel, York
CALL FOR PAPERS
Since its inception in 2007, members of Exploring the Extraordinary have organised two very successful academic conferences that have brought together researchers from a variety of different disciplines and backgrounds. The purpose of these events has been to encourage a wider dissemination of knowledge and research, and an interdisciplinary discussion of extraordinary phenomena and experience. By 'extraordinary' we refer to phenomena and experiences that are considered to be beyond the mundane, referring to those that have been called supernatural, paranormal, mystical, transcendent, exceptional, spiritual, magical and/or religious, as well as the relevance of such for human culture.
Keynote Speakers:
Prof Charles Emmons
Dr Serena Roney-Dougal
We are delighted to release a call for papers for our third conference, and would like to invite presentation or poster submission on topics related to the above. Please submit a 300-500 word paper abstract, or poster proposal, to Dr Madeleine Castro and Dr Hannah Gilbert (ete.network@gmail.com) by the 4th April 2011. Papers should be no longer than 20 minutes in length and intended for an interdisciplinary audience. Please include contact information and a brief biographical note.
Additionally, we would like to invite contributions to an exhibition that will also be held during the conference. The theme of the exhibition will be organised around two broad themes: 'Nature, twilight and the night' and 'Dimensions of Spirit'. We would like to invite submissions of any of the following: artwork; photography; research images; research footage, moving images or short films (of no more than ten minutes in length and with copyright clearance if necessary). Please feel free to get in touch to discuss any ideas beforehand. The deadline for exhibition submissions is also 4th April, 2011.
Please visit http://etenetwork.weebly.com for more information (and to see
past conference schedules), or email ete.network@gmail.com
3rd Conference
Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th September, 2011
Holiday Inn Hotel, York
CALL FOR PAPERS
Since its inception in 2007, members of Exploring the Extraordinary have organised two very successful academic conferences that have brought together researchers from a variety of different disciplines and backgrounds. The purpose of these events has been to encourage a wider dissemination of knowledge and research, and an interdisciplinary discussion of extraordinary phenomena and experience. By 'extraordinary' we refer to phenomena and experiences that are considered to be beyond the mundane, referring to those that have been called supernatural, paranormal, mystical, transcendent, exceptional, spiritual, magical and/or religious, as well as the relevance of such for human culture.
Keynote Speakers:
Prof Charles Emmons
Dr Serena Roney-Dougal
We are delighted to release a call for papers for our third conference, and would like to invite presentation or poster submission on topics related to the above. Please submit a 300-500 word paper abstract, or poster proposal, to Dr Madeleine Castro and Dr Hannah Gilbert (ete.network@gmail.com) by the 4th April 2011. Papers should be no longer than 20 minutes in length and intended for an interdisciplinary audience. Please include contact information and a brief biographical note.
Additionally, we would like to invite contributions to an exhibition that will also be held during the conference. The theme of the exhibition will be organised around two broad themes: 'Nature, twilight and the night' and 'Dimensions of Spirit'. We would like to invite submissions of any of the following: artwork; photography; research images; research footage, moving images or short films (of no more than ten minutes in length and with copyright clearance if necessary). Please feel free to get in touch to discuss any ideas beforehand. The deadline for exhibition submissions is also 4th April, 2011.
Please visit http://etenetwork.weebly.com for more information (and to see
past conference schedules), or email ete.network@gmail.com
Monday, 6 December 2010
You can read a review of the second Exploring the Extraordinary conference at our website: http://www.etenetwork.weebly.com. Many thanks to Sophie Drennan for the review.
The third Exploring the Extraordinary conference will be held in York in late 2011. Call for papers and further details will be released shortly. Enquiries should be sent to ete.network@gmail.com
The third Exploring the Extraordinary conference will be held in York in late 2011. Call for papers and further details will be released shortly. Enquiries should be sent to ete.network@gmail.com
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
EtE Conference Schedule
There are still a couple of places left for the conference should you be free and wish to go! Also here are the details of speakers and the conference schedule for your perusal.
EXPLORING THE EXTRAORDINARY 2nd Conference
University of York, UK
Friday, 24th September – Saturday 25th September, 2010
Friday 24th September
9.00-9.45 Registration
10.00-10.10 Introduction
Session 1: Extraordinary experiences and bereavement
10.10-10.40 ‘Extraordinary encounters with love and light: Psycho-spiritual transformation through bereavement, death bed phenomena and near death experiences’
Josefine Speyer & Dr Mary Murray
10.40-11.10 ‘“Whisper of the bones, echoes from an embodied life”: Communiqué as a process of emotional, psychological and spiritual growth and education’
Michele Knight
11.10-11.30 Coffee break
Session 2: Religion and Spirituality
11.30-12.00 ‘Mystical experience in a new religious movement: A case study’
Alice Herron
12.00-12.30 ‘Inner knowing and spiritual knowledge: An investigation into the construction of religion and unstructured spirituality’
Dr Jenny Hallam & Candice Sunney
12.30-2.00 Lunch break
Session 3: Theory, experience and meaning
2.00-2.30 ‘The importance of extraordinary experiences for the adoption of heterodox beliefs’
Dr Gerhard Mayer & René Gründer
2.30-3.00 ‘And then what? How to assimilate extraordinary experiences, and why’
Keith Beasley
3.00-3.30 Coffee break
Keynote Lecture
3.30-4.30 ‘“I know what I saw”: Extraordinary experiences with UFOs’
Dr David Clarke
Closing Remarks – Dr Madeleine Castro
7.00 Dinner
Saturday, 25th September, 2010
Session 4: Embodiment, ethics and extraordinary experiences
10.00-10.30 ‘'Waking the entranced: Reassessing Spiritualist mediumship through a comparison of Spiritualist and shamanic spirit possession practices’
David Gordon Wilson
10.30-11.00 ‘Therapeutic emotional labour, relational dynamics and ethics in the work of mediums and psychic practitioners’
Sarah Metcalfe
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
Session 5: Spirit mediumship in the UK
11.30-12.00 ‘Talking with the spirits: An experiential exploration of contemporary trance physical mediumship’
Jack Hunter
12.00-12.30 ‘The Awakening Letters: Exploring the mediumship of Lady Cynthia Sandys’
Dr Fiona Bowie
12.45-2.00 Lunch break
Session 6: Experiencing spirit
2.00-2.30 ‘Discerning spirit: Phenomenological art’
Ann Davies
2.30-3.00 ‘The journey in and out of “the extraordinary”: Long-term research with mediums in Los Angeles and Brazil’
Dr Yves Marton
3.00-3.30 Coffee break
Session 7: Incorporating interdisciplinary perspectives
3.30-4.00 ‘Anthropology and parapsychology: Still hostile sisters in science?’
Dr David Luke
4.00-4.30 ‘The psychical and the mystical: Is there a connection?’
Dr Paul Marshall
4.30-5.30 General discussion
EXPLORING THE EXTRAORDINARY 2nd Conference
University of York, UK
Friday, 24th September – Saturday 25th September, 2010
Friday 24th September
9.00-9.45 Registration
10.00-10.10 Introduction
Session 1: Extraordinary experiences and bereavement
10.10-10.40 ‘Extraordinary encounters with love and light: Psycho-spiritual transformation through bereavement, death bed phenomena and near death experiences’
Josefine Speyer & Dr Mary Murray
10.40-11.10 ‘“Whisper of the bones, echoes from an embodied life”: Communiqué as a process of emotional, psychological and spiritual growth and education’
Michele Knight
11.10-11.30 Coffee break
Session 2: Religion and Spirituality
11.30-12.00 ‘Mystical experience in a new religious movement: A case study’
Alice Herron
12.00-12.30 ‘Inner knowing and spiritual knowledge: An investigation into the construction of religion and unstructured spirituality’
Dr Jenny Hallam & Candice Sunney
12.30-2.00 Lunch break
Session 3: Theory, experience and meaning
2.00-2.30 ‘The importance of extraordinary experiences for the adoption of heterodox beliefs’
Dr Gerhard Mayer & René Gründer
2.30-3.00 ‘And then what? How to assimilate extraordinary experiences, and why’
Keith Beasley
3.00-3.30 Coffee break
Keynote Lecture
3.30-4.30 ‘“I know what I saw”: Extraordinary experiences with UFOs’
Dr David Clarke
Closing Remarks – Dr Madeleine Castro
7.00 Dinner
Saturday, 25th September, 2010
Session 4: Embodiment, ethics and extraordinary experiences
10.00-10.30 ‘'Waking the entranced: Reassessing Spiritualist mediumship through a comparison of Spiritualist and shamanic spirit possession practices’
David Gordon Wilson
10.30-11.00 ‘Therapeutic emotional labour, relational dynamics and ethics in the work of mediums and psychic practitioners’
Sarah Metcalfe
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
Session 5: Spirit mediumship in the UK
11.30-12.00 ‘Talking with the spirits: An experiential exploration of contemporary trance physical mediumship’
Jack Hunter
12.00-12.30 ‘The Awakening Letters: Exploring the mediumship of Lady Cynthia Sandys’
Dr Fiona Bowie
12.45-2.00 Lunch break
Session 6: Experiencing spirit
2.00-2.30 ‘Discerning spirit: Phenomenological art’
Ann Davies
2.30-3.00 ‘The journey in and out of “the extraordinary”: Long-term research with mediums in Los Angeles and Brazil’
Dr Yves Marton
3.00-3.30 Coffee break
Session 7: Incorporating interdisciplinary perspectives
3.30-4.00 ‘Anthropology and parapsychology: Still hostile sisters in science?’
Dr David Luke
4.00-4.30 ‘The psychical and the mystical: Is there a connection?’
Dr Paul Marshall
4.30-5.30 General discussion
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
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