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The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism

On the 16th of March, 10 am - 2.30 pm (UK time), the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Platonism will host the Workshop "The Many Faces of Renaissance Thought in the Work of Ioan Petru Culianu"The lectures will take place on Zoom

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Organisers:

Professor Douglas Hedley, University of Cambridge

Bogdan-Antoniu Deznan, University of Bucharest

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Program:

10.00–10.30 Douglas HEDLEY, Cambridge

Eliade and Culianu – The Platonic Inheritance

10.30–11.00 Andreea-Maria LEMNARU, Sorbonne

Theurgy and Iamblichus's Reception in Culianu's Theory of Intrasubjective Magic

11.00-11.30 Eduard IRICINSCHI, Associate member of Laboratoire d'études sur les monothéismes, Paris (UMR 8584)

The Art of Memory in Ioan Petru Culianu's Writings

11.30-12.00 Anna Corrias, Cambridge

Culianu's Ficino and His Place in the History of Western Thought

Coffee break

12.15-12.45 Christian HENGSTERMANN, Wuppertal

A Renaissance Love and Hate Relationship? - Pico and Ficino in Culianu's “Eros and Magic”

12.45-13.15 Bogdan-Antoniu Deznan, Bucharest

From Renaissance to Reformation in the Work of Ioan Petru Culianu: Some Considerations

13.15–13.45 Alan Cardew, Essex

Kratophany: The Danger of Systems

13.45–14.15 Final Panel Discussion

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This is the link to join the lecture: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99458643518?pwd=MmRmemMvWFMyT0NEak04NHN3RUJv...

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