{"id":239624,"date":"2012-04-01T15:41:51","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T15:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/panoramas-baroque-tv-evangelism-human-zoos-frederik-ruysch-religious-theatre-announcing-the-2012-congress-of-curious-peoples-lineup\/"},"modified":"2012-04-01T15:41:51","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T15:41:51","slug":"panoramas-baroque-tv-evangelism-human-zoos-frederik-ruysch-religious-theatre-announcing-the-2012-congress-of-curious-peoples-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/anatomy\/panoramas-baroque-tv-evangelism-human-zoos-frederik-ruysch-religious-theatre-announcing-the-2012-congress-of-curious-peoples-lineup.php","title":{"rendered":"Panoramas! Baroque TV Evangelism! Human Zoos! Frederik Ruysch! Religious Theatre! Announcing the 2012 Congress of Curious Peoples Lineup!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am SO very excited to (finally!) announce the lineup for this years' Congress of<\/span> and for <\/span>Curious Peoples, taking place this April 13-22 at Coney Island USA!<\/p>

For those of you new to the concept, The Congress of <\/span>Curious Peoples is a 10-day series of lectures and performances devoted to curiosity and curiosities broadly considered. If features sideshow acts, lectures, performances, and a 2-day scholarly-yet-popular symposium called The Congress <\/span>for<\/span> Curious Peoples, which is produced by The Morbid Anatomy Library in tandem with The Coney Island Museum.<\/p>

This year's Congress <\/span>for<\/span> Curious Peoples symposium will feature panel discussions on such topics as pre-cinematic immersive amusements and religion as spectacle, while some of the featured speakers will be Sara Velas of The Velaslavasay Panorama;<\/a> Paul Koudounaris of Empire of Death;<\/a> an as-of-yet unnamed representative of the amazing Sleep No More<\/a>; and Colin Dickey, author of Cranioklepty<\/span><\/a>. Also featured will be stand-alone lectures on the 17th century artist of fetal skeleton tableaux Frederik Ruysch<\/a> and the phenomenon of ethnographic displays called \"human zoos<\/a>,\" a screening of an over-the-top early 1970s TV Evangelist Christmas spectacular<\/a>, and introductory lectures by myself and Coney Island Museum director Aaron Beebe<\/a>.<\/p>

Full lineup below; hope to see you at some--if not more--of the terrific events making up this year's Congress!<\/p>

SYMPOSIUM: THE 2012 CONGRESS FOR CURIOUS PEOPLE<\/span>
Saturday and Sunday, April 21st and 22nd<\/span>

SATURDAY APRIL 21st<\/span><\/p>

11:00 – 12:00: Keynote Addresses<\/p>