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Frances A. Yates was one of the most original, influential and controversial Warburg scholars of the twentieth century. This conference brings together former students and colleagues of Yates with scholars who work in the many fields to which she made her distinguished contributions.This conference will explore the academic and intellectual legacy of Dame Frances A. Yates in the diverse areas of scholarship and contemporary culture – from esotericism to architecture - which have been influenced, stimulated and transformed by her work. The two-day colloquium will  bring together academics who knew and worked with Yates, as well as scholars who work in fields to which she made her important contributions, ranging from Renaissance art history and festivals, Shakespeare studies and Giordano Bruno to the history of science, Hermeticism and the “Art of Memory”.  Drawing on the current state of research, the presentations will offer reappraisals of the various influential theses of Frances Yates and their methodological and interdisciplinary innovations, while also charting new venues of academic inquiry into the construction and transmission of knowledge.Speakers: Sydney Anglo, Lina Bolzoni, Peter Burke, Mary Carruthers, Stephen Clucas, Wouter Hanegraaff, Deborah Harkness, James Knowles, Dilwyn Knox, Ewa Kociszewska, Margaret McGowan, Elizabeth McGrath, Sophie Page, Margaret Shewring, Charlotte Skene Catling, György Szönyi and Bill Sherman.Thursday, 30 May:9.00 Registration9.30-11.00: Session 1 – Chair: Paul TaylorElizabeth McGrathFrances Yates as WarburgianMargaret McGowanThe Resilience of Phantom Ideas11.00-11.30: Tea &#38; Coffee11.30-13.00: Session 2 – Chair: Elizabeth McGrathEwa KociszewskaTBC: Frances Yates and French FestivalsMargaret ShewringTBC: Frances Yates and Renaissance and Early Modern Festivals13.00-14.00: Lunch14.00-16.00: Session 3 – Chair: Claudia WedepohlMary CarruthersThe Medieval Matrix of the Art of MemoryLina BolzoniTBC: The Art of Memory in the RenaissanceCharlotte Skene CatlingTBC: Yates, memory and architecture16.00-16.30: Tea &#38; Coffee16:30-18.00: Session 4 – Chair: Alessandro ScafiBrian CopenhaverTBCPeter BurkeBetween G. B. Harrison and Aby Warburg: The Intellectual Development of Frances YatesFriday, 31 May:9.30-11.00: Session 5 – Chair: Bill ShermanSydney AngloFrom Court Revels to the Cosmos. The 'Flatulent Rhapsodies' of Clement ArmstrongJames KnowlesTBC: Yates and Shakespeare11.00-11.30: Tea &#38; Coffee11.30-13.00: Session 6 – Chair: Jill KrayeSophie PageFrances Yates and Ritual MagicDilwyn KnoxFrances Yates and Giordano Brun13.00-14.00: Lunch14.00-15.30: Session 7 – Chair: Charles BurnettGyörgy SzönyiThe Discreet Charm of Hermeticism: the work of Frances Yates as seen from East-Central EuropeWouter HanegraaffFrances Yates in Ancient Egypt15.30-16.00: Tea &#38; Coffee16.00-17.30: Session 8 – Chair: Yuri StoyanovStephen ClucasTBC: Frances Yates's conception of John Dee as a 'Hermetic Magus'Bill Sherman and Deborah HarknessTBC: Frances Yates and John DeeOrganised by Paul Taylor (Warburg Institute) and Yuri Stoyanov (School of Oriental and African Studies). Funded by the Warburg Institute and SAS Coffin Funding.Source &#160;