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Presentations and panels

Since 2024, scholars involved in the Normative Esotericism project have presented their research:

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* UPCOMING: "Esotericism and Modernism: Hidden Knowledge Masking the Reproduction of the Normative," panel at Modernist Sex Conference, Paris, June 2026. Convened by Brennan Kettelle, with papers by Jessica Albrecht, Tanya Cheadle, Christine Ferguson, and Manon Hedenborg-White.

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* "Extra-Terrestrials and the 'Central Ethnoclass Man': Esotericism, Genre, and Whiteness," paper presented by Aren Roukema for the Race, Religion, and Secularism Network, December 2025.

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* "Occultism, Whiteness, and Normativity: On LW De Laurence," paper presented by Justine Bakker at the annual American Academy of Religion conference, November 2025.

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* "Normative Esotericism: Whiteness, masculinity, and heteronormativity in esoteric practice," panel at the IAHR World Congress, Krakow, August 2025. Convened by Justine Bakker, with papers by Bakker, Laila van Berge, Manon Hedenborg-White, and Tanya Cheadle.

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* "Normative Esotericism: Conceptual Frameworks," panel at the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE) conference on Esotericism and Rationality, June 2025. Convened by Tanya Cheadle, with papers by Jessica Albrecht & Fredrik Gregorius, Justine Bakker, and Cheadle.

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* "Normative Esotericism: Case Studies I," panel at the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE) conference on Esotericism and Rationality, June 2025. Convened by Justine Bakker, with papers by Egil Asprem, Bakker, and Aren Roukema.

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* "Normative Esotericism: Case Studies II," panel at the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE) conference on Esotericism and Rationality. Convened by Aren Roukema, with papers by Laila van Berge, Tanya Cheadle, and Ana Milon.

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