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Tieteen ja taikuuden rajamailla (TiTaRa) -hanke (2023-2025) | Between Science and Magic project | Rahoittaja/Funded by Koneen Säätiö | University of Turku

Kuva Tähtiin kirjoitettu -roolipelin kirjapinkoista.
A beautiful old library in Zürich, with finely carved doors and bookcases.
Screen cap of the BJHS Themes page with Sara Norja's journal article "Nourishing the alchemical child: metaphors of family life as textual cohesion in the fifteenth-century The Gracious Work".
Closeup photo of the ICEHL conference programme and a notebook on a desk.
Photos of the delicious food at the Reading Visual Devices conference: an avocado starter, risotto, and a coconut pannacotta.
A photo (by Ida Meerto) of King's College, Cambridge, with a parked line of bicycles in the foreground.
Photograph of Turku Cathedral in the dark. The red-brick cathedral can be seen on the left, its stairs descending to a snowy square where a brightly lit Christmas tree stands. The sky is the calm, dark blue of a winter evening.
CALL FOR PAPERS Between Science and Magic A special issue of Mirator This special issue stems from the Between Science and Magic Symposium, held 10-11 October 2024 at the University of Turku and jointly organized by the project TiTaRa: Between Science and Magic and the Finnish network of magic studies. The special issue (Mirator 2/25) will explore the themes of the symposium and the TiTaRa project: the practices and worldviews of people operating between science and magic, as well as those engaging in practices of witchcraft and esotericism. The TiTaRa project explores questions of identity through English historical linguistics and book history, and the Between Science and Magic symposium’s papers dealt with a variety of materials and languages using methods ranging from folklore studies to archaeology. Mirator (https://journal.fi/mirator) is a multilingual, peer reviewed open access journal published by Glossa, the Society for Medieval Studies in Finland. Mirator’s open access policy means that all texts published in the journal are freely available (to read, download, distribute, or link). The journal publishes texts in Finnish, Swedish, and English. Submissions We welcome submissions on all topics related to Western esotericism, magic, witchcraft, and early sciences bordering them such as astrology and alchemy. Submissions on the intersections of magic and science are especially welcome. The special issue will focus on the medieval period, but submissions related to the early modern period will be considered as well. While the special issue is related to the Between Science and Magic Symposium, we welcome article proposals by non-participants as well. Please send a 250-word abstract and a brief biographical statement by 30 November 2024 to idwira@utu.fi. Submitted manuscripts must comply with the journal’s author guidelines (https://journal.fi/mirator/about/submissions) and will be subject to a double-blind peer review.
TiTaRa researchers Sara Norja and Mari-Liisa Varila looking relaxed and happy in front of a historical Danish building in Den Gamle Byn
A scholarly still life photograph with a "Witches' Brew" waterbottle, an astrology-themed clipboard, and some editions of Old English texts.
Flat lay photo of two plates with a delicious semifreddo dessert on them. A vase with dried flowers is on the left, out of focus. The red of the dried flowers complements the red of the sauce on the plates.
Paneelikeskustelu ”magia, noituus ja alkemia” Perjantaina 28.6.2024 klo 18.00-20.00 Via Tribunalin terassi (Porthanin puiston puolella) Magian, noituuden ja alkemian kiehtovien teemojen äärelle johdattelevat tutkijat Ida Meerto sekä Sara Norja Tieteen ja taikuuden rajamailla -projektista. Puhetta johtaa projektin johtaja Mari-Liisa Varila. Keskustelussa mukana keskiajan historian dosentti Reima Välimäki.
Photo of some TiTaRa team members at a meeting. One is on Zoom, two others in the room. Everyone's laughing.
Photo of the view of the courtyard out of one of the Turku Pharmacy Museum's windows
Photo of the Solmukohta 2024 book, a white-covered paperback with the title snaking across the cover.
Photo of the TiTaRa classroom, with students and laptops; two teachers stand at the front of the room.
Photo of the exterior of the Wren Library in Cambridge
Screencap of the Between Science and Magic symposium website
Photo of a pretty Cambridge street
Window view from Turku Castle