Conference programme: "Charms, Charmers and Charming", Pécs, Hungary, May 11-13, 2007

A three-day international conference at the Pécs Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA PAB Székház, Jurisics u. 44.) Pécs, Hungary
Friday 11th–Sunday 13th May, 2007

Organized by:
International Society for Folk Narrative Research,
Committee on Charms, Charmers and Charming
Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Pécs, Hungary
Hungarian Ethnographical Society, Budapest
The Folklore Society, London

Friday, 11th May
10:00–11:00 Registration / Coffee
11:00–11:15 Opening of the conference
11:15–13:00 Session 1
Amundsen, Arne Bugge (Norway): A genre in the making – an analysis of the study of charms in Norway
Agapkina, Tatiana–Toporkov, Andrei (Russia): The project of charms’ index
Lielbardis, Aigars (Latvia): Charming traditions in nowadays Latvia

13:00–14:30 Lunch
14:30–16:30 Session 2
Bozóky, Edina (France): Medieval narrative charms
Voigt, Vilmos (Hungary):’Báj-’. Historical development of ’charm’ terminology in Hungarian
Olsan, Lea T. (United Kingdom): The marginality of medieval charms
Stiùbhart, Domhnall Uilleam (United Kingdom): Scottish Gaelic charms and the creation of Alexander Carmichael’s Carmina Gadelica (1900)

16:30–16:50 Coffee break
16:50-19:00 Session 3
Hoppál, Mihály (Hungary): Shamanic prayers or charms. Notes on the spirits in/of the text
Troeva-Grigorova, Evgenia (Bulgaria): Magical interaction with the other world. Dealing with demons
Tuczay, Christa (Austria): Oben aus und nirgends an – die ekstatische Luftreise der Hexen
Marks, Ljiljana (Croatia): ‘Not on wood, nor on stone... ‘. Magical formulae in Croatian legends about witches

19:30: Dinner
Saturday, 12th May
9:00–11:00 Session 4
Roper, Jonathan (United Kingdom): Estonian narrative charms in European context
Vaitkevic(iene., Daiva (Lithuania): Baltic and Eastern Slavic charms: Typological parallels
Klyaus, Vladimir (Russia): Collation of Indoeuropean and non-Indoeuropean charm traditions (the Slavonic and Siberian material)
Minniyakhmetova, Tatiana (Austria/Russia): Charm parallels in Volga–Ural Region (Russia)

11:00–11:20 Coffee break
11:20–12:20 Session 5
Barišic'-Jokovic', Vanja (Serbia): Words that kill. Traditional curses in modern time
Profantova, Zuzana (Slovakia): Oaths, swearwords and curses (about the magic of words)

12:20–13:50 Lunch
13:50–15:50 Session 6
Raudalainen, Taisto-Kalevi (Estonia): Charms, healing activities and Greek Catholic liturgy in multiconfessional Ingria
Timotin, Emanuela Cristina (Romania): The na(jit (neuralgia) between prayers and charms. A study on the Romanian manuscript tradition
Bárth, Dániel (Hungary): Benediction and exorcism in early modern Hungary
Pócs, Éva (Hungary): Churchbenediction and popular charms in Hungary

15:50–16:10 Coffee break
16:10–16:50 Poster presentations
Domány, Judit (Hungary): Magic without Effect: Theocritus’ Idyll 2 reconsidered
Peti, Lehel (Romania/Hungary): The techniques of magical force in Moldavian csángó villages
Lehr, Urszula (Poland): Weather wizards and contemporary protecting resources
Czerwonnaja, Swietlana (Poland): Charming as a new function of the modern religious art of the Russia's non-Russian peoples
Dallos, Edina (Hungary): ‘The Magician and his Pupil’ (AaTh 325)

17:00–19:00 Meeting of the Collegium of ISFNR Committee on Charms, Charming and Charmers / optional sightseeing in Pécs
19:30–20:30 Dinner
20:30 Wine reception given by the Folklore Society, London

Sunday, 13th May
9:00–11:00 Session 8
Viljakainen, Maarit (Finland): The Virgin Mary in birth incantations
Ahsan, Mostofa Tarequl (Bangladesh): Charming as healing
Bužeková, Tatiana (Slovakia): Two kinds of evil eye charms in Slovak rural tradition
Herjulfsdotter, Ritwa (Sweden): Folk therapy practices referred to in Swedish snake charms

11:00–11:20 Coffee break
11:20–12:50 Session 9
Kis-Halas, Judit (Hungary): Transformed tradition. The story of wax-casting women and their charms in South-Hungary
Iancu, Laura (Hungary): Magical curing of ‘bad illness’ in Moldavia (Romania)
Vivod, Maria (France): Suskálás – The ear-whispering. An example of charming from Hungary

13:00–14:30 Lunch
14:30–15:30 Session 10
Petreska, Vesna (Macedonia): The secret knowledge of the ’spell experts’ in Macedonian traditional culture
Butler, Jenny (Ireland): Neo-pagan charms

15:30 Closing discussion
16:00 Coffee
16:20 Optional sightseeing
19:30 Dinner
Monday, 14th May
9:30 Sightseeing and visiting museums in Pécs