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University of OxfordConference organized by Robin Briggs and Maryse SimonAt&#160;the Maison Fran&#231;aise d'Oxford,&#160; 2-10 Norham Road,&#160;&#160; Oxford OX2 6SE, U.K.contact : maryse.simon@history.ox.ac.ukhttp://www.history.ox.ac.uk/events/index.htmFronti&#232;res de la Sorcellerie dans le Rhin Sup&#233;rieur Boundaries of Witchcraft in the Upper Rhine RegionMarch 14th - 15th&#160;2008 Friday 14th March2 pm Welcome and Introduction : Robin Briggs2:30 pm&#160;&#160;Georg Modestin, Swiss Fellow at the Monumenta Germaniae Historia, Munich (Germany).Heinrich Institoris OP dans l'espace rh&#233;nan: un inquisiteur par-del&#224; les fronti&#232;res? / Heinrich Institoris OP in the Rhine region: an Inquisitor beyond the boundaries?3 pm&#160;Laura Stokes, Assistant Professor, University of Stanford (USA).Hagel und Hexen: The meaning of weather magic in the formation of witch stereotypes on the upper Rhine./ Hagel und Hexen:&#160; La signification de la magie relative au mauvais temps dans la formation des st&#233;r&#233;otypes de la sorci&#232;re dans le Rhin Sup&#233;rieur.3:30 pm&#160;&#160;Discussion4 pm Coffee break4:30 pm Kazuo Muta, Ph.D candidate, University of T&#252;bingen (Germany).Cas de sorcellerie dans les villes imp&#233;riales de Haute-Alsace (Colmar, Kaysersberg, Turckheim et Munster). / Witchcraft cases in the Upper Alsatian free Imperial cities (Colmar, Kaysersberg, Turckheim and Munster).5 pm&#160;Maryse Simon, Researcher &#8211; Marie Curie Actions Programme, University of Oxford (UK).Fronti&#232;res de la sorcellerie en Alsace-Lorraine: entrelacs juridictionnels et variations contextuelles./ Boundaries of witchcraft in Alsace-Lorraine. Jurisdictional networks and contextual variations.5:30 pm&#160;Discussion6 pm End of daySaturday 15th March9 am&#160;Walter Rummel, Director (temp.) of the Landessarchiv Speyer (Germany).Communal witch persecution in western German territories (Rhine-Moselle): a story of successes, failures and decline./Chasse aux sorci&#232;res communautaire en Allemagne de l'Ouest (Rhin-Moselle): une histoire de succ&#232;s, d'&#233;checs et de d&#233;clin.9:30 am Rita Voltmer, Lecturer for medieval and premodern history, University of Trier (Germany).Witch hunting and the practice of lordship in the Rhine-Meuse area./ Chasse aux sorci&#232;res et pratique de l'autorit&#233; seigneuriale dans l'espace Rhin-Meuse.10 am&#160;Discussion10:30 am&#160;Coffee Break11 am&#160;Dries Vanysacker, Professor, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium).Importation d&#233;monologique ? La sorcellerie autour des fronti&#232;res actuelles de la Belgique, de l'Allemagne et du Luxembourg aux 16e-17e si&#232;cles. / Demonological imports? Witchcraft around the present Belgian, German and Luxemburg borders in the 16th-17th centuries. 11:30 am&#160;Caroline Oates, University of London (UK).Loups-garous in Franche-Comt&#233;./ Loups-garous en Franche-Comt&#233;.12 pm&#160;Discussion12:30 pm&#160;Lunch2 pm&#160;Round-Table with Robert Muchembled (Paris 13, France).&#160;&#160; &#160;Chairman : William Monter (Northwestern University, USA).5 pm&#160;&#160;End of ConferenceWith the support of the Marie-Curie Actions Programme, the History Faculty &#8211; University of Oxford, and the Maison Fran&#231;aise d'Oxford.