Michelle Pfeffer

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Michelle Pfeffer

Michelle Pfeffer

@michpfeffer

@magdalenoxford. early modern cultural & intellectual history; history of science & religion; history of astrology 💫🌜 (sometimes Michelle Aroney)

Oxford, England Katılım Haziran 2016
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Michelle Pfeffer@michpfeffer·
It was so fun to celebrate the launch of my new exhibition at the Bodleian Library last week. Oracles, Omens & Answers explores #divination across history and around the world and is open to all until 27 April! 💫📖✋🪿🌕
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Bodleian Libraries@bodleianlibs

Oracles, Omens & Answers. The Bodleian’s next exhibition. Opens Friday 6 December! Discover how people have sought answers to life’s big questions throughout history. This exhibition is free & open to all until April 27 2025. Our crystal ball tells us you're going to love it.

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DML@DMLangshaw·
@AshleyBlaker’s Hyperfixation on Radio 4 tonight was the most Radio 4 thing ever - a long comedy riff based on Keith Thomas’s “Religion and the Decline of Magic”. One which @michpfeffer might enjoy, as she organised the party to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its publication.
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You can also find me at @m-azzolini.bsky.social
You can also find me at @m-azzolini.bsky.social@ProfM_Azzolini·
So nice! After years I returned to some notes I took a long time ago and I am offering a paper on the topic on Friday at a workshop at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. There may be a volume coming out of the meeting. Riveting material!
Michelle Pfeffer@michpfeffer

To mark the start of #conclave, I wrote for @ConversationUK about the astrologers who once made a living predicting the death of popes (with lots of citations of @ProfM_Azzolini) theconversation.com/the-dangerous-…

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Michelle Pfeffer@michpfeffer·
As part of our @TORCHOxford network, next Friday is Cartomancy Day! Come along for talks on Tarot, spider divination, AI cartomancy, Southwest Chinese travelling cartomancy, and Marie-Anne Lenormand (the famous fortune-teller of 19th C Europe) 🃏♣️🍃 torch.ox.ac.uk/event/cartoman…
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Bodleian Education
Bodleian Education@BodEducation·
LAST CHANCE TO SEE: as foretold, the Oracles, Omens & Answers exhibition will close on Sunday 27 April, so this weekend is your last chance to visit (or revisit) this amazing exhibition about how humans attempt to navigate an uncertain world: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oracles-…
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Social Science Library
Social Science Library@SSLBod·
To tie in with the @bodleianlibs Weston Library exhibition on 'Oracles, Omens and Answers', we have created a pop-up book display. This display can be found around the corner from our issue desk. You can read more about it on our blog: tinyurl.com/58fd9tr7
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ENSIE@ENSIE_Network·
***Exhibition Alert*** Oxford’s very own @bodleianlibs currently host a fascinating exhibition reflecting on more than 3000 years of divination. Entitled “Oracles, Omens and Answers”, the exhibition runs until 27th April, 2025, and admission is free. visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oracles-…
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Bodleian Libraries
Bodleian Libraries@bodleianlibs·
🚨 Tomorrow! 🚨 Join us at the Weston Library to celebrate the final few weeks of our exhibition on all things Divination. Unlike our exhibition curator, we aren't trained in the art of spider divination... But we know you're going to love it. visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/apr25/or…
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Oxford Anthropology
Oxford Anthropology@oxford_anthro·
Great review of the 'Divination, Oracles and Omens' book and @bodleianlibs exhibition co-curated by David Zeitlyn (Professor of Social Anthropology @oxford_anthro) and Michelle Aroney (@michpfeffer @OxfordHistory) in @TheTLS ⤵️
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'The undisputed hero of divination is the chicken.' Mary Hitchman on how we try to know more about our lives #Echobox=1741179461" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.co.uk/arts/visual-ar…

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