The Conference on Contemporary Pagan Studies 2003 |
Where we are, and where we may go |
Friday November 21,
2003
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| The 2003 Conference on Contemporary Pagan Studies is a day long conference focusing on the current state of the academic field of Contemporary Pagan Studies. We hope to look at the current state of the field and then expand our view to possible futures for this fascinating area of research. |
| CCPS is being held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Attendance to CCPS will be limited to those registered for the AAR Annual Meeting. We regret the necessity for this, but at this point in time hosting a seperate open meeting is not a viable option. |
| We will be dividing the day into a number of panels, with time in-between for breaks and discussion. Each panel will be focused on a specific topic relating to the current state of the field, except for the last panel of the day, which will be dedicated to a discussion of the possible future of the field and ideas for how to get it there. |
| Admission to CCPS will be $5 per person, to defray the costs associated with organizing the conference, and to help cover the cost of the tea and coffee breaks. You can register online, or by sending in a registration form.Please register by Oct 1, 2003, to allow us to have an estimated final number in time to get better rates on services. |
| The conference will run from 9AM to 5:30PM, with a one and a half hour lunch. Lunch will be on your own, although we are hoping that many of the attendees will decide to contiue their discussions over lunch. |
| The final schedule has been set. Thank you to all the presenters who have taken the time to participate in this new forum. |
Session 1, 9:00 - 10:30 AM
Graduate student papers: field research reports and theoretical musings
Chair: Cat McEarchern, University of Stirling
The Colonial Mythology
of Feminist Witches: Reading of the Witch Hunts
Chris Klassen, York University
Re-imagining Inanna: The
Gendered Reappropriation of the Ancient Goddess in Modern Goddess Worship
Paul Thomas, University of Missouri, Kansas City
"Between the Worlds":
Ritual Constructions of Sacred Space in Feminist Wicca
Kelly Therese Pollock, University of California, Santa Barbara
10:30 - 10:45 AM
Coffee/Tea break
Session 2, 10:45 AM - 12:15
PM
Nature Religions Scholars Network: "Nature" in Paganism
Chair: Barbara Jane Davy, Concordia University
Nature Religion as a
Cultural System?
Regina Smith Obler, Ursinus College
City Witches, Romantic
Greens and Nature Mystics: Goddess Women and Nature
Wendy Griffin, California State University, Long Beach
The Implications of the
Nature Bias of Contemporary Paganism
Michael York, Sophia Center, Bath Spa University College
Paganism, Imagination,
and Nature: The Question of Universality
Grant Potts, University of Pennsylvania
12:15 - 1:45 PM
Lunch Break
Session 3, 1:45 - 3:15 PM
Where Are We Now? The Place of Contemporary Pagan Studies in the Modern
Academy.
Magickal Children: The
New Teen Witchcraft
James R. Lewis, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
The Study of Contemporary
Paganism in New Zealand: A Comparison of the Different Focuses of Study
between New Zealand and Other Western Countries.
Pauline Lind, Victoria University
Trouble Is Brewing in
the Virtual Cauldron: Communications Dynamics and Community Formation
Among Internet-Based Wiccans
Shawn Arthur, Boston University
3:15 - 3:30 PM
Coffee/Tea Break
Session 4, 3:30 - 5:30 PM
Where Do We Go From Here? The Possible Futures of Our Field
Moderated discussion between panel and attendees
Chas Clifton
Lucie DuFresne
Jone Salomonsen
Michael York
