Noel Putnik

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Noel Putnik

Noel Putnik

Academic title: PhD

Research position: Research Associate

Fields of interest: anthropology of ancient Greek and Roman culture; medieval and Renaissance studies; anthropology of religion; studies of esotericism and alternative religions; philosophical anthropology; intellectual history.

Email: noel.putnik@ei.sanu.ac.rs

Education / Qualifications

2021 Acquired the position of Research Associate at the Institute of Ethnography of SASA

2018 Completed doctoral studies in Medieval Studies at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

2007 Completed master studies in Medieval Studies at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

2004 Graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, with a degree in Classics

Аffiliations

2021 The Institute of Ethnography of SASA

2007/2022 Philological High School, Belgrade

International conferences, scientific conferences and study visits

2018 Esotericism-inspired Artistic Visions in Central and Eastern Europe, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Szeged (Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Bölcsészet- és Társadalomtudományi Kar), Szeged, Hungary;

2016 Esotericism, LiteratureandCultureinCentralandEasternEurope, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia;

2014 Western Esotericism in East-Central Europe Over the Centuries, Central European University), Budapest, Hungary;

2013 Western Esotericism and Health, Faculty of Arts, Gothenburg University (Humanistiska fakulteten, Göteborgs universitet), Gothenburg, Sweden;

2011 Science and Magic: Ways of Knowing in the Early Modern World, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America;

2011 Lux in Tenebris: The Visual and the Symbolic in Western Esotericism, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Szeged (Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Bölcsészet- és Társadalomtudományi Kar), Szeged, Hungary;

2011 Obscuritаs in the Middle Ages, Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Fakulta sociálních věd, Univerzita Karlova), Prague, Czech Republic;

2010 Spiritualism, Esotericism, Early Modern Culture, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Szeged (Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Bölcsészet- és Társadalomtudományi Kar), Szeged, Hungary;

2010 Messianism – Jewish and Christian Perspectives, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary;

Stipends, awards and certificates

2011 Statement of Proficiency in Medieval Latin – Level Two, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto;

2009/2014 Doctoral studies stipend, Central European University, Budapest;

2007 CEU Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for the academic 2006/2007 year;

2006/2007 Master studies stipend, Central European University, Budapest;

1999/2000 Stipend of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Serbia;

1998/1999 The Young Talents Stipend of the “Madlena Janković” Foundation, Belgrade, Serbia.

Select Bibliography

Monographs

  • Između Hermesa i Hrista. Srednji put Kornelija Agripe [Between Hermes and Christ. The Middle Way of Cornelius Agrippa]. Belgrade: Službeni glasnik, 2019, ISBN: 978-86-519-2448-7
  • The Pious Impiety of Agrippa's Magic: Two Conflicting Notions of Ascension in the Works of Cornelius Agrippa. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010, ISBN: 978-3-639-24046-7

Chapters in edited volumes

  • „Grčki jezik u Ciceronovim pismima Atiku“ [The Greek Language in Cicero’s Letters to Atticus]. Marko Tulije Ciceron, Pisma Atiku I. Tr. Jelena Savić, Milica Kisić, Noel Putnik. Belgrade: Fedon, 2009, 33–59; ISBN: 978-86-86525-13-0
  • “To Be Born (Again) from God: Scriptural Obscurity as a Doctrinal Way Out for Cornelius Agrippa”. Obscurity in Medieval Texts. Ed. Lucie Doležalová, Jeff Rider, Alessandro Zironi. Krems: Medium Aevum Quotidianum, Sonderband 30, 2013, 153–163, ISBN: 978-3-901094-32-6
  • “Agrippa’s Cosmic Ladder: Building a World with Words in the De Occulta Philosophia”. Lux in tenebris: the Visual and the Symbolic in Western Esotericism. Ed. Peter J. Forshaw. Leiden: Brill, 2016, 81–102; ISBN: 978-90-04-33494-6, ISSN: 1871-1405, DOI 10.1163/9789-004334953_006
  • “Dr. Wolf and the Ancient Roots: Neoshamanism in Serbia”. Studies on Western Esotericism in Central and Eastern Europe. Ed. Nemanja Radulović, Karolina Maria Hess. Szeged: JATEP Press, 2019, 191–210; ISBN: 978-963-315-397-0
  • “Operari per fidem: the Role of Faith in Agrippan Magic”. Civilizations of the Supernatural. Witchcraft, Ritual, and Religious Experience in Late Antique, Medieval, and Renaissance Traditions. Ed. Fabrizio Conti. Budapest: Trivent Publishing, 2020, 287–312; ISBN: 978-615-81689-1-5

Published papers

  • “Two Apparently Conflicting Notions of Ascension in the Works of Agrippa von Nettesheim”. Annual of Medieval Studies at CEU 14 (2008): 121–136; ISSN: 1219-0616
  • “Pagan and Christian Consolation”. ΦΙΛΟΘΕΟΣ, International Journal for Philosophy and Theology 9 (2009): 90–98 (co-authored with Milosav Vešović); ISSN: 1451–3455
  • „Plato Ficinianus: jedan renesansni primer recepcionističke kritike“ [Plato Ficinianus: a Renaissance Example of Reader Response Criticism], Lucida intervalla, A Journal of Classical Studies 43 (2014): 165-194; ISSN: 1450-6645, UDK: 821.14'02-96.03=124'04; 141.131(450)''14''
  • „Plutarh i Seneka: dva pristupa tešenju ožalošćenih“ [Plutach and Seneca: Two Approaches to Consoling the Bereaved]. Lucida intervalla, A Journal of Classical Studies 30 (2004): 5–15
  • „Pseudo-Ksenofontov Ustav atinski i problemi njegove interpretacije“ [Pseudo-Xenophon’s Athenian Constitution and the Problems of Its Interpretation].Lucida intervalla, A Journal of Classical Studies32 (2006): 24–43; ISSN: 1450-6645
  • „Uvod u Aristejevo pismo Filokratu“ [An Introduciton to Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates]. Bogoslovlje, Journal of the Faculty of Orthodox Church, University of Belgrade LXVIII 2 (2008): 5–13 (co-authored with Milosav Vešović)