Friday 11 July 2025
Room 349, Senate House, Malet St, London, WC1E 7HU
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Programme (Draft)
(All times are British Summer Time [GMT+1])
9.00-9.30 Registration
9.30-9.45 Welcome and Introduction
9.45-11.15 Enchanted and Disenchanted Myths and Tales
Chair: tbc
Giulia Samadhi Gumina (University of Palermo), “Re-enchanting the Narration: Marina Warner’s ‘Mélusine, A Mermaid Tale’”
Nadia Koukaroudi (Maynooth University), “Untangling ‘Rapunzel’: Mothers, Daughters and the Threads of Female Narration”
Karen Seago (London), “Disenchanting ‘Sleeping Beauty’: Gaiman and Riddle’s The Sleeper and the Spindle”
11.15-11.40 Coffee Break
11.40-12.40 Spirits, Divinities and Bodies
Chair: tbc
Anna Della Subin (New York), “Marina Warner on the Soul”
Esther Waldron (Oxford), “‘The mother of all things’: on the feminine divine, and a hymn to joy and life”
12.40-13.40 Lunch Break
13.40-14.40 Keynote Lecture
Chair: tbc
Philip Terry (University of Essex), “Marina Warner: An A-Z”
14.40-15.50 Watery Ways and Travelling Tales
Chair: tbc
Clelia Bartoli and Valentina Castagna (University of Palermo), “Like a thread held by many hands: Stories in Transit’s achievements in Palermo”
Yewande Okuleye (UK) “Whispering Waters: Enchanting World(l)ds Through Fluid Words”
15.50-16.15 Coffee Break
16.15-17.45 Magic Worlds, Enchanted Pictures
Chair: tbc
Ana Raquel Fernandes (University of Lisbon), “Storytelling Beyond Words: The Enchantment of Myths and Stories in Art and Literature”
Marie-Gabrielle Rotie (Goldsmiths), “Blodeuwedd: She’s neither owls nor flowers”
Padma Viswanathan (Arkansas–Fayetteville), “Ensorcelled”
17.45-18.40 Conversation
Clare Finburgh Delijani and Natalie Katsou in conversation with Marina Warner
18.40-19.40 Book Launch & Reception
Launch of Marina Warner’s Sanctuary (to be published 3 July 2025), and Reception.
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