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Very Short Introductions

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Magic: A Very Short Introduction

4:15pm | Thursday 29 March 2012
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About this Event:

Welcome to a Very Short Introduction soapbox. A short talk lasting 15 minutes from an expert in the field. The talk is free and takes place in the Blackwell book tent.

Owen Davies does not attempt to provide a concluding definition of magic: it is beyond simple definition. Instead the professor of social history at the University of Hertfordshire explores the many ways in which magic, as an idea and a practice, has been understood and employed over the millennia.

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