Amulets
The International Conference on Amulets (ICA 2024)
The Amulets, from the objects to the beliefs
Timetable
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DAY 1 - November 15
Session 1
9:15-9:30 - Welcome and Introduction
9:30-9:50 - Diane Heath - RESPECT: Reshaping Perceptions about Apotropaic and Prophylactic Cultural items: Community, Historical and Curatorial Interaction Research Themes.
9:50-10:10 - Chris Wood - Recognising Amulets.
10:10-10:30 - Eugene Kuzmin - Noah, magic and solid earth: an amulet for treasure hunting in the Sepher Raziel Ha-Malakh.
10:30-10:50 - Alessandra Magni & Gabriella Tassinari - Engraved Gems as Amulets in Modern Age: Some Literary Sources.
10:50-11:10 - BREAK
Session 2
11:10-11:30 - Selena Vitezović - Animal teeth as amulets in the Bronze Age Period.
11:30-11:50 - Barbara Carè - The ‘Power of Animals’: Astragali as Amulets in Classical Antiquity (cancelled).
11:50-12:10 - Rachael Pymm - Snakestone amulets and talismans.
12:10-12:30 - Makhortykh Serhii & Kotova Nadiia - The Amulets of The Koban Culture in The Caucasus Region.
12:30-12:50 - Panagiotis Kousoulis & Christina Papadaki - Egyptian amulets as objects of “exotic”(?) offerings with ingenious magical value and efficacy in receptive cultures: the case of the Minoan and Rhodian Egyptian and egyptianised amuletic donations.
12:50-13:30 LUNCH
Session 3
13:30-13:50 - Eva Amanda Calomino - Beliefs and Domestic Activities in Ancient North Sinai: Objects with Amuletic Value From an Urban Settlement of the 10th and 7th Centuries BC.
13:50-14:10 - Christina Aamodt - The Use of Amulets in Mycenaean Culture.
14:10-14:30 - Laurențiu Radu - Funeral Wreaths and the Representations of Medusa in The Archaeological Research at Callatis.
14:30-14:50 - Susana Bailarim - “So Far So Good”. The 30 Amulet Scarabs found in Archaeological Context in Portugal. New Perspectives.
14:50-15:00 BREAK
Session 4
15:00-15:20 - M.ª Reyes López Jurado - Knotted to Death. Heraklean Knots in the Punic Necropolis of Gadir.
15:20-15:40 - Ana Hamat - An overview on the discoveries of Roman Amulets from Dacia Superior.
15:40-16:00 - Ilija Danković & Bebina Milovanović - Tubular Capsules (Phylacteria) from Viminacium.
16:00-16:20 - Carmen Ramírez Cañas - Amphora-Shaped Glass Beads from La Algaida sanctuary (Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz): Symbolism behind Ancient Amulets.
16:20-16:40 BREAK
Session 5
16:40-17:00 - Alina Streinu & Dan Pîrvulescu - Remnants From the Realms of Magic - Greek and Roman Amulets From the Maria And Dr. George Severeanu Collection.
17:00-17:20 - Maria do Sameiro Barroso - Magic and Apotropaic Devices from Bracara Augusta (The Capital of Roman Callaecia).
17:20-17:40 - Jaquelina Covaneiro & Sandra Cavaco - Objects of Superstition and Religion. Amulets in the Archaeological Record of Tavira.
17:40-18:00 - Alexandra Vieira - The Apotropaic Power of Sound: The Bell Amulets.
18:00-18:20 DEBATE
DAY 2 - November 16
Session 6
9:15- 9:20 - Welcome and Introduction
9:20-9:50 - Ștefan Georgescu & Ana Hamat - Some new and old finds from the western necropolis of Tomis. Amulets for the dead.
9:50-10:10 - Nova Barrero Martín & Abel Morcillo León - Amulets and personal adornment in the colony Augusta Emerita. Model and diffusion throughout the province of Lusitania.
10:10-10:30 - Nicolaie Alexandru & Monica Mărgărit & Ana Hamat - A Mother - of - Pearl Amulet Discovered in a Child's Grave at Callatis.
10:30-10:50 - Andrea Menéndez Menéndez & Macarena Bustamante Álvarez - Azabache (Jet), Amber and other organic materials. Their use as Amulet in Hispania.
10:50-11:10 BREAK
Session 7
11:10-11:30 - Constantin Augustus Bărbulescu, Ovidiu Udrescu, Ana Hamat - The afterlife of the Buridava’s children. Amulets for the dead.
11:30-11:50 - Andrej Preložnik - Golden amulets depicting the attack on the Evil Eye.
11:50-12:10 - Sufi Mostafizur Rahman & Sabikun Naher - Amulets in Ancient Bengal: Intersections of Art, Religion, and Daily Life.
12:10-12:30 - Joanna Wawrzeniuk - Slavic amulets - examples from early medieval Poland.
12:30-13:10 LUNCH
Session 8
13:10-13:30 - Christopher J. Duffin - Early Modern Plague Amulets.
13:30-13:50 - Sigrid M. van Roode - A collection of amulet pendants from Oman.
13:50-14:10 - Álvaro Campelo - The Holy Tooth. Protection and healing against rabies.
14:10-14:30 - Elmira Gyul - Amulets of Uzbekistan: Evolution of Forms and Meanings.
14:30-14:40 BREAK
Session 9
14:40-15:00 - Bożena Józefów-Czerwińska - Artefacts of luck and misfortune.
15:00-15:20 - Alexander Lapshin - Apotropaic mechanism of the “suzdal’skii zmeevik”.
15:20-15:40 - Rachael Pymm - Forehead talismans.
15:40-16:00 - Fernando Augusto Coimbra - The Pentagram and Its Apotropaic / Protective Roles since Late Prehistory until The Contemporary Period.
16:00-16:20 BREAK
Session 10
16:20-16:40 - Ana Piedade - Amulets in Contemporary Portuguese Culture: An Anthropological Exploration Of Symbolism And Significance.
16:40-17:00 - Tony Kail - Rootworking amulets in the American South.
17:00-17:20 - Véronique Dasen - Charms in The Life Cycle. From Greek Amulets to Contemporary Jewellery.
17:20-17:40 CLOSURE / FINAL DEBATE
