PANEL: Sensory Experiences in Mystical Traditions
Thursday, May 3 / 7:30 PM
McCune Conference Room, HSSB 6020
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Experiences in which the senses are intermingled in usual ways are a common motif in the descriptions that mystics provide of their unordinary sensory experiences. The panelists will discuss the role that such experiences have played in the thought and practice of selected figures in the Jewish, Islamic, and Christian mystical traditions.
Panelists: Bernard McGinn (U. of Chicago Divinity School; JE and Lillian Byrne Tipton Distinguished Visiting Lecturer), James Winston Morris (Theology, Boston College), Elliot R. Wolfson (The Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University)
WORKSHOP: Synaesthesia in Mystical Traditions,
the Arts, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Friday, May 4 / 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM / Harbor Room, University Center (UCen)
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The workshop will examine the phenomenon of synaesthesia from a multi-disciplinary perspective in order to advance our understanding of the relationship between synaesthesia, metaphor, creativity, and Catholic and other religious and artistic practices. Speakers: Bissera V. Pentcheva, Department of Art & Art History, Stanford University; Kevin Dann, Department of History, SUNY Plattsburgh; V.S. Ramachandran, Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Professor of Psychology, UC San Diego
Sponsored by the IHC; the Cordano Endowment in Catholic Studies, Department of Religious Studies; and the IHC’s Synaesthesia Research Focus Group
