Michelle Pfeffer
@michpfeffer
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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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@AshleyBlaker’s Hyperfixation on Radio 4 tonight was the most Radio 4 thing ever - a long comedy riff based on Keith Thomas’s “Religion and the Decline of Magic”. One which @michpfeffer might enjoy, as she organised the party to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its publication.
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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) https://t.co/D54UEr2jF2
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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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 at a workshop at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. There may be a volume coming out of the meeting. Riveting material!
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) https://t.co/D54UEr2jF2
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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) https://t.co/D54UEr2jF2
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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I can confidently predict that this event will be superb!
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) 🃏♣️🍃 https://t.co/e0cYH4UsB6
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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) 🃏♣️🍃 https://t.co/e0cYH4UsB6
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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: https://t.co/M7E9CF706n
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LAST CHANCE TO SEE: as foretold, the Oracles, Omens & Answers exhibition will close on Sunday 27 April, so this weekend is your last chance to visit (or revisit) this amazing exhibition about how humans attempt to navigate an uncertain world:
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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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To tie in with the @bodleianlibs Weston Library exhibition on 'Oracles, Omens and Answers', we have created a pop-up book display. This display can be found around the corner from our issue desk. You can read more about it on our blog: https://t.co/Tmy3OOZFrb
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***Exhibition Alert*** Oxford’s very own @bodleianlibs currently host a fascinating exhibition reflecting on more than 3000 years of divination. Entitled “Oracles, Omens and Answers”, the exhibition runs until 27th April, 2025, and admission is free. https://t.co/fepYc56Qc8
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🚨 Tomorrow! 🚨 Join us at the Weston Library to celebrate the final few weeks of our exhibition on all things Divination. Unlike our exhibition curator, we aren't trained in the art of spider divination... But we know you're going to love it. https://t.co/wZdf4lUc4U
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Great review of the 'Divination, Oracles and Omens' book and @bodleianlibs exhibition co-curated by David Zeitlyn (Professor of Social Anthropology @oxford_anthro) and Michelle Aroney (@michpfeffer @OxfordHistory) in @TheTLS ⤵️
'The undisputed hero of divination is the chicken.' Mary Hitchman on how we try to know more about our lives
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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: https://t.co/wZdf4lUc4U.
#Divination #Astrology #OraclesOmensandAnswers #MyBodleian #OxfordHalfTerm
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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: https://t.co/l0uqbPUT5x
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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: https://t.co/wZdf4lUc4U.
#Divination #Astrology #OraclesOmensandAnswers #MyBodleian #OxfordHalfTerm
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I dropped into @bodleianlibs Oracles, Omens and Answers exhibition today, which display some fascinating examples from their collections. This Latin treatise on geomancy (using the natural world to make predictions) was commissioned by Richard II in 1391. This lavish manuscript
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Aztec (Mexica) marriage almanac, on display in @bodleianlibs Oracles, Omens and Answers exhibition. Likely 15thC, it uses couples’ calendrical names to predict what their marriage will be like #aztec #mexica #bodleian
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Find out how the ‘Oracles, Omens and Answers' exhibition @bodleianlibs came about when co-curators David Zeitlyn (Professor of Social Anthropology) and Dr Michelle Aroney (@michpfeffer) discovered the commonalities in their research. Watch now: https://t.co/xACCMoDHyQ
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