Michelle Pfeffer
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@magdalenoxford. early modern cultural & intellectual history; history of science & religion; history of astrology 💫🌜 (sometimes Michelle Aroney)
Oxford, England
Joined June 2016
It was so fun to celebrate the launch of my new exhibition at the Bodleian Library last week. Oracles, Omens & Answers explores #divination across history and around the world and is open to all until 27 April! 💫📖✋🪿🌕
Oracles, Omens & Answers. The Bodleian’s next exhibition. Opens Friday 6 December! Discover how people have sought answers to life’s big questions throughout history. This exhibition is free & open to all until April 27 2025. Our crystal ball tells us you're going to love it.
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RT @DMLangshaw: @AshleyBlaker’s Hyperfixation on Radio 4 tonight was the most Radio 4 thing ever - a long comedy riff based on Keith Thomas….
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RT @michpfeffer: To mark the start of #conclave, I wrote for @ConversationUK about the astrologers who once made a living predicting the de….
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Those who predicted the death of the pope in the 16th century often put their own lives at risk.
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RT @ProfM_Azzolini: So nice! After years I returned to some notes I took a long time ago and I am offering a paper on the topic on Friday a….
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To mark the start of #conclave, I wrote for @ConversationUK about the astrologers who once made a living predicting the death of popes (with lots of citations of @ProfM_Azzolini).
theconversation.com
Those who predicted the death of the pope in the 16th century often put their own lives at risk.
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As part of our @TORCHOxford network, next Friday is Cartomancy Day! Come along for talks on Tarot, spider divination, AI cartomancy, Southwest Chinese travelling cartomancy, and Marie-Anne Lenormand (the famous fortune-teller of 19th C Europe) 🃏♣️🍃.
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Very much looking forward to giving a paper in this series next month - on astrology at Oxford and Cambridge ✨💫.
The Medieval and #EarlyModern Science Seminar organized by Nuno Castel-Branco, presents the latest research to understand historical changes in the making of #science. Venue: Old Library, All Souls College. Info:
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RT @BodEducation: LAST CHANCE TO SEE: as foretold, the Oracles, Omens & Answers exhibition will close on Sunday 27 April, so this weekend i….
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Free exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford. Discover how people have sought answers to life’s big questions throughout history
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RT @SSLBod: To tie in with the @bodleianlibs Weston Library exhibition on 'Oracles, Omens and Answers', we have created a pop-up book displ….
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RT @ENSIE_Network: ***Exhibition Alert***.Oxford’s very own @bodleianlibs currently host a fascinating exhibition reflecting on more than 3….
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RT @bodleianlibs: 🚨 Tomorrow! 🚨. Join us at the Weston Library to celebrate the final few weeks of our exhibition on all things Divination.….
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RT @oxford_anthro: Great review of the 'Divination, Oracles and Omens' book and @bodleianlibs exhibition co-curated by David Zeitlyn (Profe….
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RT @michpfeffer: This Saturday is divination day! As well as a VR experience of an ancient Greek Oracle, there will be talks about spider d….
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Nice to see our Oracles, Omens & Answers exhibition promoting some discussion in the Financial Times this week @bodleianlibs.
Predictions about the future may be difficult, but predictions aren't always about the future:.
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This Saturday is divination day! As well as a VR experience of an ancient Greek Oracle, there will be talks about spider divination, extispicy, and Tarot. And I'll be speaking about the history of astrology at Oxford University in the early modern period 💫🌙.
Oracles, Omens and Answers Day: this Saturday April 12. A free day of special events on Divination to celebrate the final few weeks of Oracles Omens and Answers'. Full details: #Divination #Astrology #OraclesOmensandAnswers #MyBodleian #OxfordHalfTerm
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RT @ENortonHistory: I dropped into @bodleianlibs Oracles, Omens and Answers exhibition today, which display some fascinating examples from….
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RT @ENortonHistory: Aztec (Mexica) marriage almanac, on display in @bodleianlibs Oracles, Omens and Answers exhibition. Likely 15thC, it us….
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RT @oxford_anthro: Find out how the ‘Oracles, Omens and Answers' exhibition @bodleianlibs came about when co-curators David Zeitlyn (Profes….
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