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Altered Consciousness, 1918-1980

Saturday 16th November, 2013

9am, Mile End Campus

Altered Consciousness is a conference taking place at Queen Mary, University of London on 16-17 November 2013. Participants will explore the theme of altered consciousness in relation to popular culture, psychology, philosophy, religion, medicine and literature during the period 1918-1980.

Keynote speakers are Jeffrey Kripal (Rice University) and Christina Harrington (Treadwells Bookshop, London, UK).

Altered Consciousness is funded by the Wellcome Trust, the British Society for the History of Science, and supported by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of English and Drama, and the Centre for the History of the Emotions.

For further information, please visit the conference website, including the conference programme.