Category Archives: Conferences

ContERN meeting at ESSWE5 in Riga, April 18

Posted on March 28, 2015 by easprem

The fifth international ESSWE congress is coming up very soon in Riga, Latvia (April 16-18). ContERN will not be hosting any special sessions this year, but we do have a reserved slot for a brief business meeting. The ContERN meeting … Continue reading →

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“Occulture is Ordinary” – Chris Partridge’s keynote lecture, ContERN conference, 2012

Posted on November 5, 2013 by easprem

Continuing our series of posts from last year’s conference on Contemporary Esotericism, today we have released the video of Christopher Partridge’s keynote lecture, “Occulture is Ordinary”. Please do check it out (on site and the YouTube channel) – and don’t … Continue reading →

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Introducing the ContERN YouTube channel

Posted on October 31, 2013 by easprem

Following last year’s Contemporary Esotericism conference in Stockholm we proudly promised that video material from the conference would be made available on the ContERN website. It’s taken us no less than 14 months, but today we finally release a first … Continue reading →

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Announcing ContERN session at ESSWE 4 conference

Posted on May 12, 2013 by easprem

The ESSWE4 conference in Gothenburg is only a month and a half away, and judging from the conference website it is looking quite promising. As previously mentioned, there will be a ContERN panel session at the conference. We are happy … Continue reading →

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ESSWE4 registration is open!

Posted on April 9, 2013 by easprem

The ESSWE4 conference website has just been launched, and registration for the conference is now open. Browsing through the list of accepted papers you will see quite a few papers dealing with aspects of contemporary esotericism. We are also happy … Continue reading →

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Cyberproceedings taking shape

Posted on November 1, 2012 by easprem

It is already two months since the 1st International Conference on Contemporary Esotericism in Stockholm was concluded. Today, we upload the first installment of the cyberproceedings from the event. You can find a new link to “cyberproceedings” in the top … Continue reading →

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ContERN session at ESSWE4 next year: CAM, conspiracy culture, and contemporary esotericism

Posted on October 10, 2012 by easprem

ContERN  will arrange special sessions at ESSWE4, which will be held at University of Gothenburg on  June 26-29, 2013. We are particularly interested in papers dealing with esotericism, CAM (complimentary and alternative medicine), and  conspiracy culture, but other themes related to … Continue reading →

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Reviews of the 1st International Conference on Contemporary Esotericism

Posted on October 4, 2012 by easprem

The 1st International Conference on Contemporary Esotericism, which took place at Stockholm University on August 27-29 2012, was the launching event of the ContERN network. A few reviews of the conference have been published over the month that has passed. … Continue reading →

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