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About ESSWE
The European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE) is a learned society established in 2005 to advance the academic study of the various manifestations of Western esotericism from late antiquity to the present and to secure the future development of the field. The ESSWE is an affiliated society of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) and a related scholarly organization of the American Academy of Religion (AAR).

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CALL FOR PAPERS: The 9th Biennial Conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism: Western Esotericism and Practice

26-28 June 2023, Malmö University, Sweden.

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Texts and Studies in Western Esotericism is the first professional academic book series specifically devoted to a long-neglected but now rapidly developing new domain of research in the humanities, usually referred to as “Western Esotericism”.

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CAS-E Lecture Series: The Shades of Emptiness - The Alchemical Teaching of the Master Wei Yao 魏堯 by Dr. Ilia Mozias (CAS-E fellow)

2023-12-12 18:15

Erlangen, Germany or online at https://fau.zoom.us/j/63672581746
CAS-E Lecture Series: Magic as Social Mediation by Dr. Jesper Sørensen (Aarhus Universitet)

2023-12-19 18:15

Erlangen, Germany or online at https://fau.zoom.us/j/63672581746
CAS-E Lecture Series: Translation and the Study of Esotericism by Prof. Dr. Birgit Menzel (CAS-E)

2024-01-09 18:15

Erlangen, Germany or online at https://fau.zoom.us/j/63672581746
CAS-E Lecture Series: Hybrid Pathways to Orthodoxy - Esoteric Practices in 'Sharia Compliant‘ Exorcism by Prof. Dr. Dominik Müller (FAU, CAS-E)

2024-01-16 18:15

Erlangen, Germany or online at https://fau.zoom.us/j/63672581746
CAS-E Lecture Series: Islamicate Magic in the Twelfth Century - Hermetic, Islamic, and Jewish Entanglements by Dr. Liana Saif (University of Amsterdam)

2024-01-23 18:15

Erlangen, Germany or online at https://fau.zoom.us/j/63672581746
CAS-E Lecture Series: Śrīvidyā Goes West - Continuities and Transformations in Cross-Cultural Encounters by Dr. Monika Hirmer (CAS-E fellow)

2024-01-30 18:15

Erlangen, Germany or online at https://fau.zoom.us/j/63672581746

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Summer / Winter 2023 Newsletter

2023-11-28 10:34

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CFP: Happy Hour VIII conference - an international interdisciplinary conference focused on research on esotericism and alternative religious movements (27-29 October 2023 in Brno, Czechia)

2023-07-29 10:09

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CFP: Occultism and Popular Culture in Europe (22-23 November 2023, University of Copenhagen + online)

2023-07-10 00:21

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CFP: Devil 2024 (15-18 May 2024, University of King’s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)

2023-07-04 19:26

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Early Bird registration for ESSWE9 closes soon

2023-03-31 13:22

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Upcoming conference: Simulations of the Unseen - In the History of Art, Science, and the Occult (May 11-13, 2023. ETH Zürich, Switzerland)

2023-03-15 15:15

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