Fairy God(s) Mother? The Virgin Mary and the Fairy Godmother in Western Fairy Tales
- Date: 13th May 2024
- AB2.01 University of Chichester, College Lane, Chichester, PO19 6PE / online
Fairy God(s) Mother? The Virgin Mary and the Fairy Godmother in Western Fairy Tales
Dr Paul Quinn
Monday 13th May 2024, 5 p.m., AB 2.01 / online
As part of on-going research on the relationship between Christianity and the fairy tale, Paul Quinn will examine the role of the Virgin Mary, and Marian-like figures, in a range of Western fairy tales. Discussing work by figures inclu...
Conspiracy Theory and Culture
- Date: 22nd Jun 2024
- Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Conspiracy Theory states that nothing is how it is reported, that everything you know is wrong, and that sinister forces are controlling everything for their own, dark motivations. Opposing this dark pantomime are the lone hero truth-tellers, from David Icke to Donald Trump, Alex Jones to the gnomic, anonymous Q.
Conspiracy culture has moved to the centre of society, bringing with ...
Sacred Waters: an International and Transdisciplinary Conference
- Start date: 30th Jun 2024
- End date: 3rd Jul 2024
- Buxton, Derbyshire
Sacred springs and holy wells are found around the globe in Indigenous spiritual traditions and international faiths. These sites’ sacred topographies often make them nodes of Biocultural Diversity. This conference invites exchange about how these Sacred Natural Sites are understood across disciplines, and what their study can teach us for local ecosystem care and socio-ecological...