Centre for Myth Studies, Essex

Centre for Myth Studies, Essex The Centre for Myth Studies provides a forum for the study of myth with weekly seminars and conferences. Contact us: [email protected]

The Centre for Myth Studies, which is administratively located within the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (PPS) at the University of Essex was established in 2008. The Centre provides a forum for those working on myth within the University of Essex and in other universities and institutions in the UK and abroad. It promotes the study of myth, from ancient to modern, and raise

s awareness of the importance of myth within the contemporary world. (https://www.essex.ac.uk/centres-and-institutes/myth-studies)

You can find a full programme and further information about past and current sessions and open seminars on the centre’s webpage: https://essexmyth.wordpress.com/

CENTRE FOR MYTH STUDIESUniversity of EssexOPEN SEMINARA Myth, its Metaphors, and its Metamorphoses: Orpheus and Eurydice...
15/10/2025

CENTRE FOR MYTH STUDIES
University of Essex
OPEN SEMINAR

A Myth, its Metaphors, and its Metamorphoses: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dr Terence Dawson
(formerly National University of Singapore)

Thursday 30 October 2025
7.30 – 9.00 pm (GMT)

All welcome

To register for this free Zoom event, please email: [email protected] before 11.30 am on the day (mention CMS open seminar)

15/10/2025

🎓 Centre for Myth Studies – Open Seminar
📍 University of Essex
🗓️ Thursday 30 October 2025
🕢 7:30–9:00 PM (GMT) | 📍 Online via Zoom
🎟️ Free & Open to All

📢 Dr Terence Dawson (formerly National University of Singapore)
presents:
“A Myth, its Metaphors, and its Metamorphoses: Orpheus and Eurydice”

Explore how the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has been reimagined over time — from ancient storytelling to modern interpretations touching on AI, gender, and society.

To register, email [email protected]
by 11:30 AM on the day (mention CMS open seminar).
📚 All welcome!

OPEN SEMINAR: Towards a Mythic Consciousness: Reimagining the Great God Pan’s Return, Dr Angeliki Yiassemides (Certified...
05/02/2025

OPEN SEMINAR: Towards a Mythic Consciousness: Reimagining the Great God Pan’s Return, Dr Angeliki Yiassemides (Certified Jungian analyst, Cyprus)

Thursday 6 February 2025
7.30 – 9.00 pm (GMT)
Online
All welcome

To register for this free Zoom event, please email: [email protected] before 11.30 am on the day of the seminar (mention CMS open seminar).

CENTRE FOR MYTH STUDIESUniversity of EssexOPEN SEMINARTowards a Mythic Consciousness:Reimagining the Great God Pan’s Ret...
22/01/2025

CENTRE FOR MYTH STUDIES
University of Essex
OPEN SEMINAR

Towards a Mythic Consciousness:
Reimagining the Great God Pan’s Return

Dr Angeliki Yiassemides
(Certified Jungian analyst, Cyprus)

Thursday 6 February 2025
7.30 – 9.00 pm (GMT)
Online
All welcome

To register for this free Zoom event, please email: [email protected] before 11.30 am on the day of the seminar (mention CMS open seminar).

CENTRE FOR MYTH STUDIESUniversity of EssexOPEN SEMINAR Towards a Mythic Consciousness:Reimagining the Great God Pan’s Return Dr Angeliki Yiassemides(Certified Jungian analyst, Cyprus) Thursday 6 Fe…

02/12/2024

Join us at the next Centre for Myth Studies open seminar with Dr Cristina Salcedo Gonzalez.

https://essexmyth.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/persephone-myth/OPEN SEMINARBOOK PRESENTATION: The Persephone Myth in Young A...
30/11/2024

https://essexmyth.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/persephone-myth/

OPEN SEMINAR
BOOK PRESENTATION: The Persephone Myth in Young Adult Fiction: From Girl to Woman
Dr Cristina Salcedo González (Complutense University, Madrid)

Thursday 12 December 2024, 7.30 – 9.00 pm (GMT), Online
All welcome

To register for this free Zoom event, please email: [email protected] before 11.30 am on the day of the seminar (mention CMS open seminar)

CENTRE FOR MYTH STUDIESUniversity of EssexOPEN SEMINARBOOK PRESENTATION The Persephone Myth in Young Adult Fiction:From Girl to Woman Dr Cristina Salcedo González(Complutense University, Madrid) Th…

27/11/2024

📚✨ ¡Únete a un fascinante seminario!
Explora "El mito de Perséfone en la ficción juvenil: De niña a mujer" con la Dra. Cristina Salcedo González (Universidad Complutense de Madrid).
🗓️ Fecha: jueves, 12 de diciembre de 2024
⏰ Hora: 19:30 – 21:00 (GMT)
🌐 Modalidad: Online
Organizado por el Centre for Myth Studies, University of Essex.
🆓 Evento gratuito – ¡Abierto a todos! Regístrate escribiendo a [email protected] antes de las 11:30 el día del evento (CMS open seminar).
¡No te pierdas esta fascinante mirada al mito y la narrativa!

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: The CauldronDr Leon BurnettDr Eirini ApanomeritakiProfessor Roderick MainDr Ben Pestell(Universit...
30/10/2024

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: The Cauldron

Dr Leon Burnett
Dr Eirini Apanomeritaki
Professor Roderick Main
Dr Ben Pestell
(University of Essex)

Thursday 31 October 2024
7.30 – 9.00 pm (GMT)
Online

All welcome!

To complement the gatherings of witches and other scary beings in our streets and skies this Halloween, our first session of the new academic year is devoted to a roundtable discussion of the mythological properties of the cauldron. Of course, witches have not been the only users of cauldrons. In Chinese, Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic, and other mythologies, as well as in their modern transformations in literature and popular culture, the symbol of the cauldron appears in various guises and with various functions. Our presenters will explore a selection of these, and participants are invited to bring their own knowledge and join the discussion.
https://essexmyth.wordpress.com/2024/10/25/roundtable-cauldron/

To register for this free Zoom event, please email: [email protected] before 11.30 am on the day of the seminar (mention CMS open seminar)

CENTRE FOR MYTH STUDIESUniversity of EssexROUNDATABLE DISCUSSION The Cauldron Dr Leon BurnettDr Eirini ApanomeritakiProfessor Roderick MainDr Ben Pestell(University of Essex) Thursday 31 October 20…

https://essexmyth.wordpress.com/2024/10/25/roundtable-cauldron/ CENTRE FOR MYTH STUDIES, University of Essex ...
25/10/2024

https://essexmyth.wordpress.com/2024/10/25/roundtable-cauldron/
CENTRE FOR MYTH STUDIES, University of Essex
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
The Cauldron

Dr Leon Burnett
Dr Eirini Apanomeritaki
Professor Roderick Main
Dr Ben Pestell
(University of Essex)

Thursday 31 October 2024
7.30 – 9.00 pm (GMT)
Online

All welcome

To register for this free Zoom event, please email: [email protected] before 11.30 am on the day of the seminar (mention CMS open seminar)

CENTRE FOR MYTH STUDIESUniversity of EssexROUNDATABLE DISCUSSION The Cauldron Dr Leon BurnettDr Eirini ApanomeritakiProfessor Roderick MainDr Ben Pestell(University of Essex) Thursday 31 October 20…

27/06/2024

HAPPENING TODAY!
Join our Centre for Myth Studies at their next open seminar, where PPS alumnus Dr Elizabeth Brodersen will speak on "A qualitative study of the Cymric/Welsh mythic Land of the Dead".
Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies at University of Essex

https://essexmyth.wordpress.com/2024/05/28/sun-flower/OPEN SEMINAR: The Sun-Flower: An eco-centric footnote to Book IV o...
29/05/2024

https://essexmyth.wordpress.com/2024/05/28/sun-flower/
OPEN SEMINAR: The Sun-Flower: An eco-centric footnote to Book IV of Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Dr Leon Burnett, University of Essex

Thursday 6 June 2024
7.30 – 9.00 pm (BST), Online
All welcome

To register for this free Zoom event, please email: [email protected] before 11.30 am on the day of the seminar (mention CMS open seminar)

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University Of Essex Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
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Website

https://www.essex.ac.uk/centres-and-institutes/myth-studies

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