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This Colloquium will consider the writings, influence and legacy of Norman Cohn FBA.
Session One: Pursuit of the Millennium
Millenarian Movements in the Medieval & Early Modern Period
Chair: John Arnold (Professor of History, Birkbeck, University of London)
William Lamont (Emeritus Professor of History, University of Sussex): ‘Norman Cohn: the Career’
Dame Jinty Nelson (Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, King’s College London): ‘Norman Cohn and Medieval History’
Lorenzo DiTommaso (Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Religion, Concordia University, Montreal): ‘Pursuit of the Millennium: A Half-Century On’
Session Two: Warrant for Genocide
Totalitarianism and Political Religion
Chair: Frank Chalk (Professor of History, Concordia University, Montreal)
John Gray (formerly Professor of European Thought, LSE): ‘Apocalyptic Politics’
Daniel Pick (Professor of History, Birkbeck, University of London): ‘Norman Cohn & the Columbus Centre’
Session Three: Europe’s Inner Demons
The Demonization of Christians in Medieval Christendom
Chair: Dr Anthony Bale (Birkbeck, University of London)
David Feldman (Professor of History and Director, Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism, Birkbeck, University of London): ‘Norman Cohn and Antisemitism’
Paul Lay (Editor, History Today; Senior Research Fellow, Humanities Research Institute, University of Buckingham): ‘Norman Cohn and Europe’
Frank Chalk (Professor of History, Concordia University and Director, the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies) Montreal): ‘Norman Cohn’s approach to the Early Modern State and the Significance of Torture’
Session Four: Norman Cohn the Man, the Later Work
Chair: Dr Michael Briant (University of Cambridge)
An open discussion with questions and comments on the issues that have arisen during the day, including the issue of the legitimacy of using psychoanalytic insights in the study of historical phenomena, or their value in illuminating current socio-political problems.
Contributions from Sham Ambiavaga, Lorenzo DiTommaso and around the table
Dr Marina Voikhanskaya (University of Cambridge): ‘Some recollections of Norman Cohn’