Put on a costume\, bring your friends\, and stop by Buchanan Tower at 4pm on October 31st for CENES and AMNE' Festival of Fr ights: A Pick Your Poison Event
CENES and AMNE will be joining forces (of good) this Halloween. Bring your friends\, dress up in your most glamo urous or gruesome costume\, and join us on the 9th floor of Buchanan Tower for a series of activities including:
At this Pick your Poison event\, you can mingle and attend the activities of your choices. All are welcome!
How t o Kill a Vampire and Why?
Presented by AMNE’s Jelena Todorovic< /strong>\, PhD Candidate in Classics (History) | 4:00 to 4:15p m
“In the shadowy corners of the 18th-century Balkans\ , the legend of Petar Blagojevic\, one of the earliest documented vampire c ases\, comes to life. In this mesmerizing tale\, the origin of vampires unf olds against the backdrop of Southeastern European superstitions and folklo re. As the vampire myth takes shape\, it resonates with echoes from diverse mythologies. Embark on a journey through the enigmatic crossroads of histo ry and folklore\, unveiling the age-old question: what compels us to fear a nd seek to conquer the immortal?”
“Around the Catafalque She Ran”: The Nature of Horror in Breton and Welsh Legend
Pr esented by AMNE’s Professor Antone Minard | 4:20 to 4:35pm
“The folklorist Fañch An Uhel\, known in French as François Luze l\, published a reasonably scary folktale which he called “Le linceul des m orts\, conte breton”—“The Shroud of the Dead\, Breton Folktale”—in 1892. Th e tale has nudity\, the undead\, a car(riage) chase\, a cemetery at midnigh t… everything you could want for Halloween\, and comes with a side of folkl oristic analysis.”
Remnants and Revenants in the Archive
Presented by CENES’ Steve Commichau\, PhD Candidate in Ge rmanic Studies | 4:40 to 4:55pm
“Archives are i nherently spooky. You are surrounded by the correspondence of long dead peo ple. You can trace their personal handwriting and see where they pushed the quill too hard on the paper and splattered some ink over the page. Sometim es they leave behind little secrets: a mysterious key tied to a stick\, a p iece of root\, or even organic matter that might be a piece of a human plac enta (yes\, I handled potential human placenta. Yes\, it was a bit gross).< /p>
I will talk a bit about the things left behind that I found in archiv es\, but also about some of the files themselves. It is always interesting to see how long-gone generations thought about death\, and their ideas abou t ghosts and un-death are a great window into their minds. Some people repo rt inexplicable entities unsettling the comfort and safety of their own hom e. Some use ghosts as an excuse for political gains. Sometimes\, people jus t wanted to dunk their neighbors.”
When: Oct 3
1st\, 4-6pm
Where: Buchanan Tower\, 9th Floor