Global Sanctity: Demons and the Demonic

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Hagiography Society

Organizer Name

Jenny C. Bledsoe

Organizer Affiliation

Emory Univ.

Presider Name

Jenny C. Bledsoe

Paper Title 1

Biographical Episodes from the Life of Iblīs, the Islamic Satan, as Narrated in Islamic Historical, Exegetical, and Other Literary Sources

Presenter 1 Name

Aram Shahin

Presenter 1 Affiliation

James Madison Univ.

Paper Title 2

Relics Possessed by Demons: Inter-confessional Conflict in Medieval Syriac Hagiography

Presenter 2 Name

Liza Anderson

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Yale Univ.

Paper Title 3

The Devil Made Me Do It: Hrotsvit's Theophilus and Basilius

Presenter 3 Name

Sarah Bogue

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Emory Univ.

Start Date

16-5-2015 1:30 PM

Session Location

Valley II Garneau Lounge