[csaa-forum] Prof John Potts seminar

[Dimitris Vardoulakis]

The next speaker in the Communications and Media Studies research 
seminar will be Professor John Potts. The presenation will take place on 
Monday, May 19, 2 - 3.30 pm, in the Clayton Campus of Monash University, 
Menzies Building (Building 11), Room W710.

Title: The History of Charisma

Abstract: The term ‘charisma’ emerged in the early Christian church of 
the first century; it lay submerged for many centuries, with 
intermittent appearances; charisma was re-invented in Max Weber’s 
sociology in the early twentieth century; the word is widely used in 
contemporary western culture, in media, academic scholarship, and 
popular discourse. The analysis of the history of this term its 
invention, eclipse, re-appearance and transformation explores its 
shifting cultural role over two millennia.

Everyone welcome.

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Dimitris Vardoulakis
School of English, Communications and Performance Studies
Communications and Media Studies
Building 11
Monash University
Clayton, Vic, 3800
Australia

Tel: +61 3 9905 2442
Fax: + 61 3 9905 2135
www.arts.monash.edu.au/ecps/communications/staff/dimitris-vardoulakis/