{"id":1535,"date":"2012-03-30T17:54:18","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T17:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/transculturalwriting-archive\/?page_id=1535"},"modified":"2012-08-15T19:38:23","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T19:38:23","slug":"capturing-witches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/transculturalwriting-archive\/capturing-witches\/","title":{"rendered":"Capturing Witches"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Information and Registration<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Plenaries and Programme<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 Preternature<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 Accommodation and Travel<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 The Late Lancashire Witches<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 Stepping Stones Nigeria<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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CAPTURING WITCHES: HISTORIES, STORIES, IMAGES<\/span>
\n 400 YEARS AFTER THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES<\/span>
\n LANCASTER UNIVERSITY 2012<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Departments of English & Creative Writing<\/a> and European Languages & Cultures<\/a><\/p>\n

INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012 will mark the 400th anniversary of the trial and execution of the Lancashire Witches. This interdisciplinary conference uses the Lancashire witches as a focal point to engage with wider questions\u00a0about witchcraft, and in particular how witchcraft is theorised and represented in and through history and across cultures.<\/p>\n

PLEASE NOTE: The\u00a0 Capturing Witches Conference will not be able to issue refunds requested after\u00a012 noon, Tuesday 24 July 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n

Registration:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0From 15th August, our<\/span>\u00a0online<\/span>\u00a0registration form will no longer be available. \u00a0Should anyone wish to register after this date, please go directly to the Lancaster University online payment facility<\/a>. \u00a0The Conference organisers will receive notification of your payment.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Capturing Witches Conference Tour,<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Sunday 19th August, departing from campus 12.30 pm: \u00a0please see\u00a0http:\/\/www.baytourism.co.uk\/capturing-witches-tour-bookings\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Bursaries: \u00a0<\/strong><\/span>A small number of bursaries will be made available from the Lancaster University Friends Programme to support postgraduate students and independent speakers wishing to\u00a0participate in\u00a0the Capturing Witches conference. \u00a0To make an application, you are asked to present your case for a bursary (no more than 1 side of A4). In addition,\u00a0postgraduates must\u00a0provide a supporting letter from their supervisor outlining their funding status and any financial assistance they will receive towards attending the conference. Independent speakers (i.e. those not affiliated to an academic institution) should where possible provide evidence that they are not in receipt of funding from other sources.\u00a0Applications for bursaries\u00a0must be submitted\u00a0by 5pm on Monday 2 July to Anne Stewart-Whalley, Department of English and Creative Writing, County College, Lancaster University LA1 4YD or by e mail to\u00a0a.stewart-whalley@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a>. \u00a0We will let you know whether your application has been successful in the following week.<\/p>\n

The Conference Team:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Charlotte Baker<\/a>,\u00a0Alison Findlay<\/a>,\u00a0Liz Oakley-Brown<\/a>,\u00a0Catherine Spooner<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact us: \u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Conference Organisers –\u00a0Charlotte Baker<\/a>, Alison Findlay,<\/a> Liz Oakley-Brown<\/a>, Catherine Spooner<\/a>; \u00a0<\/span><\/span>Conference Secretary –\u00a0<\/span>Anne Stewart-Whalley,\u00a0Department of English & Creative Writing,\u00a0Lancaster University,\u00a0LA1 4YD,\u00a0Tel. O1524 592129,\u00a0Fax: 01524 594247,\u00a0email: a.stewart-whalley@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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Stepping Stones\u00a0Nigeria<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>The charity, Stepping Stones Nigeria<\/em>, is participating in Capturing Witches<\/em> as part of their effort to publicize the plight of ‘Child Witches’ in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

An increasing number of children in the Niger Delta are being forced to the streets and trafficked as a result of a deeply held belief in child \u2018witches\u2019 and also due to persistent violent conflicts, poverty, abuse, torture, rape, or being orphaned by HIV\/AIDS. \u00a0Stepping Stones Nigeria<\/em> does not believe that children can be \u2018witches\u2019. However, Stepping Stones Nigeria acknowledges the right of individuals to hold this belief on the condition that this does not lead to the abuse of child rights as outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) [Read more…<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Information and Registration \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Plenaries and Programme \u00a0 \u00a0 Preternature \u00a0 \u00a0 Accommodation and Travel \u00a0 \u00a0 The Late Lancashire Witches \u00a0 \u00a0 Stepping Stones Nigeria CAPTURING WITCHES: HISTORIES, STORIES, IMAGES 400 YEARS AFTER THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES LANCASTER UNIVERSITY 2012 The Departments of English & Creative Writing and European Languages & Cultures INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION… Continue reading Capturing Witches<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1535","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/transculturalwriting-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/transculturalwriting-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/transculturalwriting-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/transculturalwriting-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/transculturalwriting-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1535"}],"version-history":[{"count":93,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/transculturalwriting-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1537,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/transculturalwriting-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1535\/revisions\/1537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/transculturalwriting-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}