Exorcism and Other Magical Practices in Medieval China

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Societas Magica

Organizer Name

Dimitri Drettas

Organizer Affiliation

Centre de Recherche sur les Civilisations de l'Asie Orientale, Paris

Presider Name

Vincci Chui

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Toronto

Paper Title 1

Chinese "Great Peace Symbols" from Talismanic Paraphernalia to Taoist Liturgy (Fourth to Fourteenth Centuries)

Presenter 1 Name

Grégoire Espesset

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Centre de Recherche sur les Civilisations de l'Asie Orientale, Paris

Paper Title 2

Magic or Religion? Ritual Power in Medieval China (and East Asia)

Presenter 2 Name

Gil Raz

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Dartmouth College

Paper Title 3

Witchcraft as a High-Tech Crime in Medieval Chinese Law

Presenter 3 Name

Yulia Mylnikova

Presenter 3 Affiliation

St. Petersburg State Univ.

Paper Title 4

"This spirit gave the illness: sacrifice to it and all will be well": Magical Pediatrics in a Ninth-Century Sino-Khotanese Fragment

Presenter 4 Name

Dimitri Drettas

Start Date

11-5-2013 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1245