Figuring the Future

Event time: 
Sunday, April 28, 2019 - 9:15am to 12:00pm
Location: 
Miller Hall (PROS406) See map
406 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Event description: 

Figuring the Future | Sunday, April 26

9.15-10.30 | Predicting the future and its predicaments | Chair Aleksandar Uskakov
• Mimi Yiengpruksawan, “The Future is in the Feet, or the Evasive Maneuver in Heian Prognostics”
• Gerard Colas, “Signs of the future and causality in South Indian temples around the 10th century”

10.40-12.00 | Predicting the future and its predicaments | Chair: Eric Greene
• Marko Geslani, “Omen interludes in the Bhagavata Purana”
• Gilles Tarabout, “Better Futures? Addressing Criminal ‘Magical’ Practices in Indian Courts of Law”

Open to: 
undergraduate