Mina Garcia presents at an international conference on esoterism and witchcraft

The associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures presented at an international conference celebrated in Burgos, Spain, from May 5-7.

The conference, organized by Maria Luisa Lobato, from the Universidad de Burgos, was the first of its kind to focus specifically on esoterism and witchcraft during the Spanish Golden Age (XVI-XVII C). It was highly interdisciplinary and included speakers from Spain, Mexico, Germany, Switzerland, France, Brazil, Israel and the United States. 

Garcia’s paper dealt with the use of diabolically possessed women on stage, in particular in San Carlos, by Andres de Claramonte, and Barlaan y Josafat, by Lope de Vega.