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EDGES OF  FREEMASONRY – WESTERN ESOTERICISM AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT –
CALL FOR PAPERS:

7–8 September, 2012, University of Tampere, Finland – www.edges.fi

The School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of
Tampere is organizing an international conference on Freemasonry,
Western Esotericism and the development of the Enlightenment ideas.
The conference is organized in association with the Research Lodge
Minerva No. 27 of The Grand Lodge of F. & A. M. of Finland. The
themes focus on historical developments, although other aspects will
also be presented.

The conference is a two-day event open to scholars, postgraduate
students and students, likewise to the members of masonic lodges and
the public. The conference language is English.

The keynote speakers of the symposium are Professor Ronald Hutton
(University of Bristol, U.K.), Dr. Róbert Péter (University of
Szeged, Hungary), Dr. Henrik Bogdan (University of Gothenburg,
Sweden) and Mr. Antti Talvitie, Architect MSc. (Seinäjoki, Finland).

Freemasonry is among the most widespread spiritual communities and
has had a significant role in diverse ideological currents often
named western esotericism. Freemasonry, which is at least 300 years
old, is firmly rooted in the tradition of the Enlightenment.Western
esotericism and freemasonry have increasingly attracted attention
from academic research. As a unique yet also controversial phenomenon
freemasonry provides a dynamic standpoint for the study of western
cultural and intellectual life which from this point of view has been
much neglected.

The key themes are:
1 The historical constitution of freemasonry
2 The connections between western esotericism and the development of
modern science
3 Symbols as cultural artefacts and transmission objects between the
personal and the transcendence
4 Extending the rational: rites, intuition and religious experience
in western subjectivity

The conference board welcomes all scholarly papers, also from
postgraduates, related to the themes or concepts of the
Enlightenment, freemasonry, esotericism or the occult.

Papers should preferably to be sent via email to the conference
secretaries Mr. Antti Harmainen (papers at edges.fi) and Ms. Katariina
Lehto (papers at symposium.fi). The organizers hope that papers for the
general sessions will be sent not later than January 31, 2012. Papers
for other sessions can also be sent later. Speakers are asked to
supply their contact information, the title of the presentation and a
short abstract (400—600 words).

For registration and details of the conference, please see
www.edges.fi. For further information please do not hesitate to
contact the secretaries or Professor Risto Harisalo
(risto.harisalo at uta.fi) and Dr. Marko Nenonen (marko.nenonen at uta.fi),
+358 40 577 9737.


Risto Harisalo	
Professor of Administrative Science
President of the Conference Board


Pertti Haapala
Professor of Finnish History
School of Social Sciences and Humanities
First Vice Rector of the University of Tampere
Member of the Conference Board




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Ilmoituksen lähetti: Raisa Toivo <raisa.toivo at uta.fi>
Ilmoitus vanhentuu: 01.04.2012
Lisätietoja WWW-osoitteesta: http://www.edges.fi