Although the deadline for this has passed, I wanted to make readers aware of the conference and the subject matter, art and esotericism.

CALL FOR PAPERS

(Deadline for submission: 31 October 2013)

We invite proposals from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, provided that they present innovative insights into visual, symbolic or material aspects of the esoteric tradition.

Acceptable topics may include, but are by no means limited to, the following areas:

* Alchemy and Hermetic symbolism;
* Astrology and astrological illustrations;
* The iconography of the tarot game;
* The Sacred and the Profane;
* The visual and material culture of witchcraft, black magic and  sorcery;
* Talismans, totems, fetishes and other apotropaic objects;
* The visual and material culture of divination;
* Occult and spiritual aspects of Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Hindu art;
* Theosophy and modern visual culture;
* The visual and material culture of other occult movements and societies;
* Surrealism and the politics of the occult;
* The influence of occultism on other avant-garde movements;
* Occult art, counter-culture and radical/subversive politics;
* Women artists and the occult;
* Gendered, sexual and ‘queer’ ramifications of esoteric art;
* Photography, spiritism, séances and automatic drawings/paintings;
* The supernatural in cinema, experimental films and video-installations;
* Occultism and magic in modern & contemporary visual culture.

Papers should be 20 minutes in length and will be followed by a 10-minute Q&A session. Abstracts of no more than 500 words and a short bio-sketch of no more than 150 words should be sent as a single Word.doc to enchantment2014@gmail.com by 31 October 2013.

We plan to publish the proceedings of this conference. Please indicate therefore whether you would be interested in further developing your paper for a publication of collected essays after the event.

Click here to download the CFP as a pdf-document. You can also download our two conference posters by clicking on Poster 1 and Poster 2.

​Early applications are strongly encouraged.