Workshop: Scents of Religious Authority

Alchemies of Scent is an international team of philosophers, Egyptologists, historians and scientists exploring the complexity and chemistry of perfumery  in Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece.

Alchemies of Scent

A cross-cultural workshop about the scents of religious authority in sources from Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Medieval Europe

Workshop: Scents of Religious Authority
Alchemies of Scent, Department for the Study of Ancient and Medieval Thought, and the Centre for Medieval Studies, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences

At this workshop, we take a cross-cultural look at the scents of religious authority in sources from Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Medieval Europe. We will read and smell about the scent of divinity and death as they pertain to religious figures and their claims to authority. 

Workshop: Scents of Religious Authority
Alchemies of Scent, Department for the Study of Ancient and Medieval Thought, and the Centre for Medieval Studies, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences

At this workshop, we take a cross-cultural look at the scents of religious authority in sources from Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Medieval Europe. We will read and smell about the scent of divinity and death as they pertain to religious figures and their claims to authority. 

MONDAY 5 JUNE 2023
10.00–10.30. Scent in the Egyptian Temple: Worshipping the Gods with Fragrance in the Daily Ritual (Heike Wilde)

10.40–11.10. "Death seems to me today like the fragrance of myrrh": Scent and stench in the Egyptian realm of the dead (Diana Míčková)

11.20–11.50. Later Greek Medical Sources of Religious Scents (Sean Coughlin)

12.00–13.30. Lunch

14.00–16.00. The Fragrance of Authority: Did Medieval Folks Smell Power? And Did Power Want to be Smelled? (Joëlle Rollo-Koster)

18.00. Dinner

TUESDAY 6 JUNE 2023
10.00–12.00. Smelling: rose, musks, balsam

12.00–13.30. Lunch

13.30–17.00. Blending and experiment

LOCATION
IN PERSON
Day 1 (Morning), Day 2: Husova 7, 110 00 Prague

Day 1 (Afternoon): Jilská 1, 110 00 Prague

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Agenda

 Scent in the Egyptian Temple (Heike Wilde)

Scent and stench in the Egyptian realm of the Dead  (Diana Míčková)

Later Greek Medical Sources of Religious Scents (Sean Coughlin)

The Fragrance of Authority  (Joëlle Rollo-Koster)

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