{"id":1838,"date":"2013-08-23T19:39:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/scitent.com\/2013\/08\/23\/symposium-damaging-the-body-body-and-mind-mesmerism-in-nineteenth-century-culture-and-literature-10172013\/"},"modified":"2013-08-23T19:39:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T19:39:00","slug":"symposium-damaging-the-body-body-and-mind-mesmerism-in-nineteenth-century-culture-and-literature-10172013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navsa.org\/2013\/08\/23\/symposium-damaging-the-body-body-and-mind-mesmerism-in-nineteenth-century-culture-and-literature-10172013\/","title":{"rendered":"Symposium: Damaging the Body &quot;Body and Mind: Mesmerism in Nineteenth Century Culture and Literature&quot; (10\/17\/2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/banner4caps.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/navsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/banner4caps-300x72.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Free symposium<\/div>\n<div>Damaging the Body \"Body and Mind: Mesmerism in Nineteenth Century Culture and Literature\"<\/div>\n<div>Barts Pathology Museum<\/div>\n<div>Thursday&nbsp;17th October 2013, 6-9 pm<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This symposium will seek to explore&nbsp;the relationship between the sciences and Victorian mesmerism, psychical research and parapsychology. This event has been kindly sponsored by the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsls.ac.uk\/\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">British Society for Literature and Science<\/span><\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speakers:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Prof. William Hughes&nbsp;<\/i>(Bath Spa University) \"'The Theatre of His Beastly Exhibitions': The Erotic Nature of Early Victorian Magnetism'\"<\/li>\n<li><i>Andreas Sommer<\/i>&nbsp;(UCL Centre for the History of Psychological Disciplines)&nbsp;'Mesmerism, hypnotism and the formation of modern psychology in Germany'<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>This event is free but tickets will need to be booked in advance. Book online&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/damagingthebody.eventbrite.co.uk\/\"><span style=\"color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The event will take place at St Bartholomew's Hospital, Pathology Museum and Gallery, 3rd Floor, Robin Brook Centre, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE. Nearest tube: St Paul's&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Doors open at 6pm, when there will be a chance to view the exhibits in the museum. The event will run from 6.30 - 8.30pm<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings>  <o:AllowPNG\/> <\/o:OfficeDocumentSettings><\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument>  <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>  <w:TrackMoves>false<\/w:TrackMoves>  <w:TrackFormatting\/>  <w:PunctuationKerning\/>  <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt<\/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>  <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt<\/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>  <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>  <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>  <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>  <w:SaveIfXMLInval>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>  <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>  <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>  <w:Compatibility>   <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>   <w:DontGrowAutofit\/>   <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables\/>   <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx\/>  <\/w:Compatibility> <\/w:WordDocument><\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"276\"> <\/w:LatentStyles><\/xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><![endif]-->   <!--StartFragment-->                                 <!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<div>The Damaging the Body website can be found here:&nbsp;<span style=\"color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damagingthebody.org\/\">www.DamagingtheBody.org<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free symposium Damaging the Body &#8220;Body and Mind: Mesmerism in Nineteenth Century Culture and Literature&#8221; Barts Pathology Museum Thursday&nbsp;17th October 2013, 6-9 pm This symposium will seek to explore&nbsp;the relationship between the sciences and Victorian mesmerism, psychical research and parapsychology. This event has been kindly sponsored by the&nbsp;British Society for Literature and Science. 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