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Si vous êtes à Bruxelles le 27 mai, venez nous joindre au Laboratoire d’Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains (LAMC) à ULB, où je donnerai une conférence sur "Picturing Aura". Details ici:
https://lamc.phisoc.ulb.be/actualites/evenements/conference-jeremy-stolow-visualiser-laura-apparitions-tecniques-aux-seuils-de-science-art-et-occultisme

For those interested, check out the video of my conversation about Picturing Aura convened in October 2025 at the Warburg Institute in London, featuring responses from Richard Noakes, Alison Wright, and Christopher Pinney, and moderated by John Tresch. Link in the first comment.

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Very honoured by the insightful and generous review of Picturing Aura by Justine Bakker that just appeared in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Link in the comments below.
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Si vous êtes à Paris le 5 février, venez à l'Institut national d'histoire de l'art m’écouter parler (en français) de Picturing Aura. Les détails figurent sur l’affiche.

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A wonderful discussion about Picturing Aura yesterday at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (Amsterdam), with brilliant and thoughtful responses from Justine Bakker, Mattijs van de Port, and Birgit Meyer. What a grand conclusion to an intense book tour these past few weeks!

A wonderful discussion about Picturing Aura yesterday at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (Amsterdam), with brilliant and thoughtful responses from Justine Bakker, Mattijs van de Port, and Birgit Meyer. What a grand conclusion to an intense book tour these past few weeks!

A wonderful discussion about Picturing Aura yesterday at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (Amsterdam), with brilliant and thoughtful responses from Justine Bakker, Mattijs van de Port, and Birgit Meyer. What a grand conclusion to an intense book tour these past few weeks!

A wonderful discussion about Picturing Aura yesterday at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (Amsterdam), with brilliant and thoughtful responses from Justine Bakker, Mattijs van de Port, and Birgit Meyer. What a grand conclusion to an intense book tour these past few weeks!

Meeting my critics at the Warburg Institute yesterday. What an opportunity to hear from this remarkable cast of characters: Alison Wright, Chris Pinney, Richard Noakes, and John Tresch.

TEASER for Picturing Aura's European book tour, which starts this Thursday (16 October) in London:
Kirlian Photography took on the strangest life in the aftermath of its insertion in 1970s psychedelic counterculture. Here's a delightful example from the late 1990s, from a German disco artist who took on the name Kirlian (with thanks to Richard Noakes for this delightful reference).

TEASER for Picturing Aura's European book tour, which starts this Thursday (16 October) in London:
Kirlian Photography took on the strangest life in the aftermath of its insertion in 1970s psychedelic counterculture. Here's a delightful example from the late 1990s, from a German disco artist who took on the name Kirlian (with thanks to Richard Noakes for this delightful reference).

TEASER for Picturing Aura's European book tour, which starts this Thursday (16 October) in London:
Kirlian Photography took on the strangest life in the aftermath of its insertion in 1970s psychedelic counterculture. Here's a delightful example from the late 1990s, from a German disco artist who took on the name Kirlian (with thanks to Richard Noakes for this delightful reference).

Join us for an 'author-meets-critics' event at the Warburg Institute in London on Thursday 16 October from 17:30 - 19:00, UK time! With responses from Christopher Pinney (Anthropology, UC London), Alison Wright (Art History, UC London), and Richard Noakes (History of Science, Exeter), moderated by John Tresch (Warburg Institute). This will be a hybrid event, so Londoners can come in person, and everyone else can join online. Register here: https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/picturing-aura-a-visual-biography

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Join us for a book talk for "Picturing Aura" in Erlangen, Germany on 28 October! This event will be live-streamed, so if you are not in Erlangen, you can join us online. See the zoom link in the poster.
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I am delighted and honoured to announce that 'Picturing Aura' was awarded a 2025 book prize from the Parapsychological Association. This is especially gratifying since large portions of the book engaged with the history, practice, and ambitions of parapsychological research but without the aim of contributing directly to their own research agendas or acting as an apologist for their work -- and yet they still saw the merits of this study.

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This is an unexpected classification!#historyofscience #mitpress #historyofthebody #sciencevisualization #alternativemedicine #visualperception #imagetheory #historyofphotography #scienceandculture

Are you a podcast listener? If so, check out my interview with Miranda Melcher about Picturing Aura (the book, the research that led to the book, and some of the issues it raises) on the New Books Network platform. Thanks, Miranda, for this stimulating conversation! Link in first comment below.