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To view presentations from the Supernatural in Contemporary Society Conference please click on the corresponding link below: Dr Rachael Ironside – Welcome and Introduction Professor Dennis Waskul - Let’s Summon Demons! The Promise of the Supernatural (Keynote) Dr Leticia Cortina Aracil - From Veiled to Displayed. A tour through Madrid’s enchanted landscape John Sabol - Time, Social Compass, and the Return: Relevant Revenants as Intangible Cultural Heritage Professor Peter Reid - The ancient dame, the given ground and the quaking fever: the enduring legacy of witchcraft and superstition in the fishing communities of North-East Scotland Dr Andrea Kitta - Slender Man and the Unacknowledged Common Experience of the Supernatural Dr Tom Clark - The Devil rides in: ‘Cinematic Satanism’, ‘the swinging sixties’, and the idea of evil in civil society Dr Derek Johnston - Understanding History and Causality through the Television Ghost Story Hayley Lockerbie & Dr Graeme Baxter - “Blood has been spilt on that spot”: exploring the relationship between the supernatural and the library and information sciences Dr Eva Kingsepp - Ghosts, extraterrestrials and re-enchantment: Possibilities and challenges in regional tourism Dr David Clarke - "What's all this stuff about flying saucers?": Extraordinary personal experiences from The National Archives UFO Project (Keynote) Professor Christopher Bader - Science or Religion? Framing within the Bigfoot Subculture Filip Andjelkovic - Haunted Houses, Haunted Minds: Psychical Research, psychoanalysis, and the Philip Experiment Dr Jack Hunter - Anomalistics and Ecology: Exploring the Threads Alicia Edwards - A guide to the geography of Ghostland: Ghost Tourism Narratives and the Mapping of ‘Haunted London' Dr Terence Palmer - Supernatural Experiences in the Hospital Environment Dr Leo Ruickbie - Victorian Ghost Hunters in the 21st Century: Conflict, Continuity and the Society for Psychical Research Paula Fenn - Paula Fenn - The Liminality of Modern Day Exorcists .

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