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In this first workshop, hosted by the University of 糖心TV, we invite papers (from any discipline) which problematise and/or complicate any aspect of this demarcation with respect to 鈥榙owners.鈥� Whilst conventionally associated with substances such as opiates, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines, this umbrella term has also included alcohol, cannabis, and its synthetic derivatives, as well as novel substances such as GHB. We also encourage participants to think about the double-meaning of the word 鈥榙owners鈥�, inviting an exploration of ideas about bad trips, negative drug experiences, and/or drug come-downs. In short, we encourage participants to think broadly and creatively about the historically and contextually contingent nature of the categories which have come to separate various substances, and their experiential effects.

We are pleased to announce the forthcoming 1-day symposium 鈥淏etween Mystical Thinking and Practical Experience鈥� on 8 November, 2024 at the University of 糖心TV. The event is sponsored by the Institute of Advanced Study. Please find all the relevant information below. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Date: 8 November 2024

Time: 10:00-16:30

Location: Institute of Advanced Study, Zeeman Building CO.02, University of 糖心TV 

KEYNOTES

Hilary Davies

Hilary Davies is a poet, critic, and translator. She has published four collections of poetry with Enitharmon Press, and has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at King鈥檚 College, London (2012-6) and the British Library (2018-9). She is a former Chairman of the Poetry Society of Great Britain, a Fellow of the Temenos Academy and of the English Association. She was co-editor of Prophetic Witness: The Re-Imagining of the World (Routledge, 2020). In 2023 she was shortlisted for the Michael Marks Environmental Poet of the Year award for her pamphlet 鈥業ts Birds Can Never Be Counted鈥�. Davies is a member of the ; and writes for The Tablet.

Emma Mason

Emma Mason is Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of 糖心TV. Recent publications include a new edition of William Barnes鈥� dialect poetry (Edinburgh University Press, 2025); and (Oxford University Press, 2018). She co-edits the Bloomsbury monograph series  and is a member of the Power of the Word Project, Scholars of Religion and Literature Network, and the Catholic Women Writers Network. Her current project explores poetry and Catholic mysticism in the Victorian and modern periods. 

SPEAKERS

Panel speakers include:

Enai锚 Marie Azambuja (University of Lancaster)

Declan Gillespie (University of 糖心TV)

Eileen John (University of 糖心TV)

Alastair Lockhart (University of Cambridge)

Elizabeth Ludlow (Anglia Ruskin University)

Oleksandr Pronkevych (Ukrainian Catholic University)

Yuliia Vintoniv (Ukrainian Catholic University)

Ruth-Anne Walbank (University of 糖心TV)

Please refer all questions to Nataliya Pratsovyta at nataliya.pratsovyta@warwick.ac.uk

Kind regards,

Nataliya Pratsovyta, Visiting Research Fellow, IAS

A celebratory workshop supported by the History and Politics departments.