Tag - colin dickey
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Happy Bloomsday!
Thursday, June 16th, 2011 at 8:28 am
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Paranoia, Mania and Melancholy
Saturday, April 30th, 2011 at 8:00 pm
An epic lecture battle of epic proportions.
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Tempting St. Anthony: Epilepsy, Masturbation and Iconophobia
Friday, August 21st, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Colin Dickey discusses the history of the Temptation of St. Anthony, the story of the 4th century desert ascetic who was tortured by hordes of demons and would go on to become the patron saint of skin diseases.
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The Temptation of St. Anthony, + post-forest party
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
This Friday night at 8pm, Colin Dickey will tell us about the Temptation of St. Anthony, the story of the 4th century desert ascetic who was tortured by hordes of demons and would go on to become the patron saint of skin diseases. Topics to be discussed include: epilepsy, ergotism, demonic possession, madness, the scourge [...]
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Cranioklepty: A History of Phrenological Graverobbing
Saturday, September 13th, 2008 at 12:00 am
With the rise of phrenology, the early 19th century saw a host of bizarre grave robberies, in which the graves of famous men were plundered for their owners’ skulls.