Convened by the Department of Philosophy
and Religious Studies and the
Carolina Lowcountry
and Atlantic World Program
at the
College of Charleston
Program
All sessions will take place in Arnold Hall, on the ground floor of
the Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Center,
College of Charleston, 96 Wentworth Street
Friday, February 20th, 2004
Noon
to 1:00 p.m.
Registration
1:00 p.m.
Introduction and welcome by Dr. Sam Hines,
Dean of Humanities
and Social Sciences,
College of Charleston
1:30-3:00
p.m.
Panel One: Pilgrimage and Popular Culture (Chair: Kathy De Haan)
Ryan Smith (Archivist, Library
of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia)
“The
Fountain of Youth: History of an Errant Shrine”
Robert Westerfelhaus (Associate Professor
of Communication, College of Charleston)
“Prayers
in Plaster and Plastic: Catholic Kitsch as Ritual Communication”
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Plenary Session: Wachovia Public
Lecture introduced by Margaret Cormack,
Associate Professor of Religious
Studies, College of Charleston
John Corrigan
(Edwin Scott Gaustad Professor of Religion and Professor
of History
Director, Center for the Study of Emotion, Florida
State University)
"The Transplantation of European Culture to North
America: French and Spanish Mission Strategies"
5:00-6:00 p.m.
Reception--Lobby
of Arnold Hall
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Saturday, February 21st, 2004
9:00-10:30 a.m.
Panel Two: Syncretism,
Resistance, and Iconoclasm
(Chair:
Rosemary Brana-Shute)
Nicholas Beasley (Department of History, Vanderbilt
University)
"English
Iconoclasm in the Iberian Atlantic World, 1570-1660"
Alison McLetchie (Department of Anthropology, University
of South Carolina)
"Incidents of
Douglazation: The Worship of La Divina Pastora in Trinidad"
Kevin Roberts (Assistant Professor of History, New
Mexico State University)
“Worshipping
St. John at the Bayou: Afro-Catholicism and Voodoo in New Orleans,
1773-1873.”
11:00-12:30 p.m.
Panel Three: Slaves, Race,
and Sainthood (Chair: Massimo Maggiari)
2:00-3:30 p.m.
Panel Four: Catholic Cults
Old and New (Chair: Robert Westerfelhaus)
Michael Pasquier (Department of Religion, Florida
State University)
“Our
Lady of Prompt Succor: The Search for an American Marian Cult in
New Orleans"
Patrick Hayes (Department of Theology, Quincy University)
“Massachusetts Miracles: In
Search of the Holy in Catholic Boston”
Lisa Edwards (Assistant Professor of History, Valparaiso
University)
"Transatlantic Religious Practices: Latin
American Pilgrimages to Europe”
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Panel Five: Virgin and Child in Hispanic America (Chair:
Sarah Owens)
7:00-10:00 p.m.
Banquet--details to be arranged
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2004
9:00-10:15 a.m.
Panel Six:Saints and Pilgrimage
in Morocco (Chair: Mary Beth Heston)
10:30-noon
Panel Seven: Tradition and Change
in Islands of the North Atlantic
(Chair: Moore Quinn)
Robert Scully (Associate Professor of History, Le
Moyne College)
"St. Winefride's
Well: The Significance and Survival of a Welsh Catholic Shrine
from the Middle Ages to the Present Day"
Margaret Cormack (Associate Professor
of Religious Studies, College of Charleston)
"Holy
Wells and National Identity in Iceland"
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Last update: J. Finch, 2/18/04