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Saturday, 15 February9:00-10:20 a.m. Panel 3: The talismanic shirt as text and artifactModerator: Eva Orthmann (University of Bonn)Respondent: Tunç Şen (University of Chicago)Rose Muravchick (University of Pennsylvania)“The Void in the Vitrine: The Exhibition History of Islamic Talismanic Shirts”Özgen Felek (City University of New York):“Fears, Hopes, and Dreams: The Talismanic Shirts of Sultan Murād III”10:20-10:50 a.m. Tea and coffee10:50 a.m.-12:10 p.m. Panel 4: Theory and politics in Būnian magicModerator: Emin Lelić (University of Chicago)Noah Gardiner (University of Michigan):“Al-Būnī’s Lettrist Cosmology: Writing and Diagramming the Invisible Worlds”Jean-Charles Coulon (University of Paris - Sorbonne):“Magic and Politics: Historical Events and Political Thought in the Šams al-maʿārif Attributed toal-Būnī (d. 622/1225)”12:10-2:00 p.m. Lunch on own2:00-3:20 p.m. Panel 5: Shirazi occultists in Iran and IndiaModerator: Rose Muravchick (University of Pennsylvania)Daniel Sheffield (Princeton University):“The Lord of the Planetary Court: Cosmic Aspects of Millennial Sovereignty in the Thought of ĀẕarKayvān and His Followers”Matthew Melvin-Koushki (Princeton University/University of South Carolina):“‘Imami’ Letter Magic in Safavid Iran: The Life and Works of Maḥmūd Dihdār ʿIyānī, Shirazi Occultist”3:20-3:50 p.m. Tea and coffee3