Princeton University
Renaissance Magic: Performance, Technology, Theater
February 10 & 11, 2005
106 McCormick Hall

Thursday, February 10

4:30 p.m.
Brian Copenhaver , UCLA
“From Magic to Science: Picturing a Way Out”
Chair: Tony Grafton

6:00 p.m. Reception
Library Display by Don Skemer, Curator of Manuscripts, Firestone Library.

Friday, February 11

 9:00 a.m. Panel
Jessica Wolfe , UNC, Chapel Hill
“From Technologia to Technology: Gabriel Harvey on Magic, Mechanics, and Method”
David Hawkes , Lehigh University
Dr. Faustus and the Performing Sign”
Chair: Larry Danson

10:15 a.m. Coffee

10:45 a.m. Panel
Lauren Kassell , Cambridge University
“ Bell, Book and Candle: Magical Ritual Magic in Early Modern England”
Robert Goulding,
Notre Dame University
“Logic, necromancy and swimming: the marvelous arts of Everard Digby”
Chair: Eileen Reeves

12:15 p.m. Lunch

1:45 p.m.
Larry Principe, Johns Hopkins University
An Alchemical Event”

3:00 p.m. Coffee

3:30 p.m. Lecture
Stephen Orgel , Stanford University
“Open Secrets”
Chair: Nigel Smith

5:00 p.m. Closing Reception

Please e-mail mjreilly@princeton.edu or call 609-258-4959 if you plan to attend.