{"id":239644,"date":"2012-04-22T15:41:31","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T15:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/this-weekend-at-the-2012-congress-for-curious-peoples-panoramas-baroque-television-evangelism-human-zoos-frederik-ruysch-religious-theatre\/"},"modified":"2012-04-22T15:41:31","modified_gmt":"2012-04-22T15:41:31","slug":"this-weekend-at-the-2012-congress-for-curious-peoples-panoramas-baroque-television-evangelism-human-zoos-frederik-ruysch-religious-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/anatomy\/this-weekend-at-the-2012-congress-for-curious-peoples-panoramas-baroque-television-evangelism-human-zoos-frederik-ruysch-religious-theatre.php","title":{"rendered":"This Weekend at The 2012 Congress for Curious Peoples: Panoramas! Baroque Television Evangelism! Human Zoos! Frederik Ruysch! Religious Theatre!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/8aaa8_2012_congress_ad.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/8aaa8_2012_congress_ad.jpg\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><br>This weekend at Coney Island! Hope <i>very <\/i>much to see you there.<\/p><blockquote><p><span>SYMPOSIUM: THE 2012 CONGRESS FOR CURIOUS PEOPLE<\/span><br>Saturday and Sunday, April 21st and 22nd<br><span><\/span><span><br>SATURDAY APRIL 21st<\/span><\/p><p>11:00 &ndash; 12:00: Keynote Addresses<\/p><ul><li>Joanna Ebenstein, <a href=\"http:\/\/morbidanatomy.blogspot.com\/p\/morbid-anatomy-library.html\">Morbid Anatomy Library<\/a><\/li><li>Aaron Beebe, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coneyisland.com\/museum.shtml\">Coney Island Museum<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>12:00 &ndash; 1:00: Lunch<\/p><p>1:00&ndash; 3:30: Immersive Amusements: Cosmoramas, Cycloramas and PanoramicIllusions: Panel discussion moderated and introduced by Aaron Beebe,The Coney Island Museum<\/p><ul><li> Suzanne Wray<\/li><li> Sara Velas, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.panoramaonview.org\/\">The Velaslavasay Panorama<\/a><\/li><li> Jessica Routhier, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org\/\">The Saco Museum<\/a><\/li><li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ric.edu\/faculty\/rpotter\/\">Russell Potter<\/a>, Rhode Island College<\/li><li> <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.sfu.ca\/~scahome\/?q=user\/48\">Denise Blake Oleksijczuk<\/a>, Simon Fraser University<\/li><\/ul><p>4:00 &ndash; 5:00: The Business of the Dead: Frederik Ruysch as an Entrepreneurial Anatomist, Lecture by <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/margocsy2\/\">Daniel Margocsy<\/a>, Hunter College<\/p><p>5:00: Christmas in America: Miss Velma and the Evangelist Spectacle: Screening of &ldquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H12K2S1G5JQ\">Christmas in America,&rdquo; an early 1970s television special by Miss Velma, early TV evangelist<\/a>, introduced by Daniel Paul<\/p><p><span>SUNDAY APRIL 22<\/span><\/p><p>11:00 &ndash; 1:00: Religion and Spectacle: A panel with discussion moderated and introduced by Joanna Ebenstein, <a href=\"http:\/\/morbidanatomy.blogspot.com\/p\/morbid-anatomy-library.html\">Morbid Anatomy Library<\/a><\/p><ul><li> Paul Koudounaris, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/morbanat-20\/detail\/0500251789\">Empire of Death<\/a><\/li><li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shannontaggart.com\/\">Shannon Taggart<\/a>, Photographer<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shannontaggart.com\/\"><br><\/a><\/li><li> The Venerable Tsering Phunstok<\/li><li> Colin Dickey, author of  <a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/morbanat-20\/detail\/1609530101\"><span>Cranioklepty<\/span><\/a><span> and<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/morbanat-20\/detail\/1609530101\"><span> <\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Afterlives-Saints-Colin-Dickey\/dp\/1609530721\"><i>Afterlives of the Saints<\/i><\/a><\/li><li>Salvador Olguin, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.borderlineproductions.co.uk\/\">Borderline Projects<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>1:00 &ndash; 2:30: Lunch and Sideshow Visit<\/p><p>2:30 &ndash; 3:30: Traveling Ethnographic Shows and Human Zoos, a lecture by Elizabeth Bradley<\/p><p>3:30&ndash; 5:30: Theater Rethunk: An Alternative History of the Theatrical: Apanel with discussion moderated and introduced by Chris Muller<\/p><ul><li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/Academics\/Degrees\/DAH\/MediaStudies\/Pages\/AmyHerzog.aspx\">Amy Herzog<\/a>, Queens College<\/li><li>Colin Nightingale, Senior Producer of Punchdrunk, <a href=\"http:\/\/sleepnomorenyc.com\/\">Sleep No More<\/a><\/li><li>Alex Harvey, Freelance Director\/Adapter<\/li><li> <a href=\"http:\/\/design.tisch.nyu.edu\/object\/Muller_C.html\">Chris Muller<\/a>, New York University<\/li><li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coneyisland.com\/per.dick.shtml\">Dick Zigun<\/a>, Founder of Coney Island USA<\/li><\/ul><p>Tickets for the symposium are available <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.coneyisland.com\/cgi-bin\/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&amp;key=662\">here<\/a>; for tickets to individual events and lectures, click <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.coneyisland.com\/cgi-bin\/commerce.cgi?search=action&amp;category=ACON\">here<\/a>; 10-day Congressional Passes--which provide access to <span>all<\/span> events!--are available <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.coneyisland.com\/cgi-bin\/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&amp;key=661\">here<\/a>. All events take place at 1208 Surf Avenue in Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York; you can map it <a href=\"http:\/\/brooklyn.citysearch.com\/profile\/map\/7373903\/brooklyn_ny\/coney_island_museum.html\">here<\/a>. See you there!!!<\/p><\/blockquote><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/8aaa8_6582997874621015158-9028008456979675623?l=morbidanatomy.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div><p>Source:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/morbidanatomy.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss\">http:\/\/morbidanatomy.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default?alt=rss<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend at Coney Island! Hope very much to see you there.SYMPOSIUM: THE 2012 CONGRESS FOR CURIOUS PEOPLESaturday and Sunday, April 21st and 22ndSATURDAY APRIL 21st11:00 &ndash; 12:00: Keynote AddressesJoanna Ebenstein, Morbid Anatomy LibraryAaron Beebe, Coney Island Museum12:00 &ndash; 1:00: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/anatomy\/this-weekend-at-the-2012-congress-for-curious-peoples-panoramas-baroque-television-evangelism-human-zoos-frederik-ruysch-religious-theatre.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[577281],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anatomy"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}