Programme
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Faculty of Humanities and the Performing Arts
The Sophia Centre
Annual Conference 1-2 July 2017
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
SATURDAY 1 JULY
8.30
Registration and Refreshments
9.30
Opening
Cultural Astronomy and Sky Myths
Cultural Astronomy and Sky Myths
Stellar Myths
10.00
Darrelyn
Gunzburg
The Summer Triangle and the Stymphalian Birds
The Summer Triangle and the Stymphalian Birds
10.30
Claudia Rousseau
Love, Triumph, Immortality: The Mythic and Pictorial Tradition of the Corona Borealis
Love, Triumph, Immortality: The Mythic and Pictorial Tradition of the Corona Borealis
11.00
Coffee
Greek and Roman myths
11.30
Johann
Hasler
Plato's Myth of Er as the founding myth of the tradition of the Harmony of the Spheres
Plato's Myth of Er as the founding myth of the tradition of the Harmony of the Spheres
12.00
Faya
Causey
Astra Planeta in the British Museum
Astra Planeta in the British Museum
12.30
Magda El-Nowieemy
*
The Various Voices of the Talking Sky in the Myth of Phaethon in Ovid's Metamorphoses
The Various Voices of the Talking Sky in the Myth of Phaethon in Ovid's Metamorphoses
13.00
Lunch (own arrangements). There are
many cafes, restaurants
and sandwich bars nearby
Norse and Celtic Myths
14.30
Signe Cohen
What Do the Gods Call the Sky? Naming the Celestial in Old Norse
What Do the Gods Call the Sky? Naming the Celestial in Old Norse
15.00
Anna
Estaroth
Seasons, light and fire
Seasons, light and fire
15.30
Geoffrey Dean and
Arthur Mather
Can cosmological myths survive in today's materialist world?
Can cosmological myths survive in today's materialist world?
16.00
Coffee
Cosmic Myths
16.30
Lindsay Gladstone
The Mythology of Cosmic Orientation
The Mythology of Cosmic Orientation
17.00
Ben Rovers
The pivotal role of air in water cycle mythology
The pivotal role of air in water cycle mythology
17.30
Ben Pestell
The Sun Within: A psychic star in the fiction of Wilson Harris and J. G. Ballard
The Sun Within: A psychic star in the fiction of Wilson Harris and J. G. Ballard
18.00
Kirsten Hoving
Joseph Cornell's Cosmos: An Artist's Modern Interpretations of Ancient Myths
Joseph Cornell's Cosmos: An Artist's Modern Interpretations of Ancient Myths
18.30
Wine and
Cheese Gathering
SUNDAY 2 JULY
9.00
Registration and Refreshments
Astrology
09.30
Jenn
Zahrt
The Transneptunian Planets of the Hamburg School: A Modern Sky Myth?
The Transneptunian Planets of the Hamburg School: A Modern Sky Myth?
10.00
Laura
Andrikopoulos
Myth, enchantment and psychological astrology
Myth, enchantment and psychological astrology
10.30
Frances Clynes
Solar Deities in Irish Mythology
Solar Deities in Irish Mythology
11.00
Coffee
Considering Sky
Narratives
11.30
Astrid
Leimlehner
Sky myths retold: An exploration of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince
Sky myths retold: An exploration of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince
12.00
Morag
Feeney-Beaton
Altair and Vega, The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, an analysis of a living sky myth
Altair and Vega, The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, an analysis of a living sky myth
12.30
Gerardina
Antelmi *
Interstices of Silence. What the Sky Does Not Narrate
Interstices of Silence. What the Sky Does Not Narrate
13.00
Lunch (own arrangements). There
many cafes, restaurants and
sandwich bars nearby
Angels,
modern and classical
14.00
Maria
Nita
Angels, 'Raptured Ready' Bodies and Marvel Heroes: Modalities of Relating to the Sky in Western Culture
Angels, 'Raptured Ready' Bodies and Marvel Heroes: Modalities of Relating to the Sky in Western Culture
14.30
Edina
Eszenyi
Python and the Angels: Greek Mythology Lost and Found in the Cinquecento Veneto
Python and the Angels: Greek Mythology Lost and Found in the Cinquecento Veneto
Methodology
15.00
Bernadette Brady
The Role of the Constant Sky in the pursuit of the Restoration of Sky Myths
The Role of the Constant Sky in the pursuit of the Restoration of Sky Myths
15.30
End
Post-conference
relaxation
Join us at the popular All Bar One.
Join us at the popular All Bar One.
* These speakers do not wish to be broadcast or recorded and thus their lectures will not be part of the online conference.
Images from the conference 2016