
On several occasions, particularly on the periphery of the Habsburg Empire during the 17th and 18th centuries, dead people were suspected of being revenants or vampires, and consequently dug up and destroyed. Some contemporary authors named this phenomenon Magia Posthuma. This blog is dedicated to understanding what happened and why.
Monday, 22 June 2009
Vienna
So next week I will be in Vienna for the conference on vampirism and magia posthuma. The next few days I will be working on my presentation on a certain weblog approach to the history of vampires. If at all technically possible, I may try to post a couple of reports from Vienna while I am there, but I had better not promise anything beforehand.

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2 comments:
Don't put yourself out trying to live-blog the conference, but please give us some meaty posts once you've had a chance to absorb what you learn there. I'm sure I'm not your only reader green with envy right now.
That sounds fantastic, Niels! Lookin' forward to hearing about your experience and all the best with your paper!
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