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Call for Papers. Conference on Stephen Báthory

March 21, 2023

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REFORC, University of Eötvös Loránd (Budapest), Institute of European History (Mainz), Institute of Protestant Theology, Landau Campus, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities Sibiu, Association of Transylvanian Studies (Sibiu) announce the third conference on Stephen Bathory: Stephen Báthory – Governance between Tendencies of Pluralization and Homogenization. The conference will take place in Sibiu, October 12-14, 2023.​

 

Stephen Bathory (1533-1586) is known in historiography as Prince of Transylvania, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. Until recently, his figure and actions were described separately in the Hungarian, Romanian, Polish and Lithuanian contexts, so that the impression could arise that Stephen Báthory, Bátory István and Stefan Batory were three different persons, who each conducted different policies in their domains.​

 

This third international conference will be devoted especially to his governance in the various political and religious contexts in Transylvania, Hungary and Poland-Lithuania.

The organisers welcome paper proposal until the 10th of April 2023.

 

Please, visit the REFORC website for more information.

Call for Papers

January 16, 2023

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From 7-10 June, KADOC-KU Leuven in Leuven (Belgium) will organize the conference 'Between Conflict and Accommodation? Christian-Democracy and the Rise of “new social movements” 1960s-1990s', an initiative of CIVITAS-Forum of Archives and Research on Christian-Democracy.

 

The aim of this conference is to analyze the relation, conflicts and exchanges, between Christian-democracy and the so-called “new social movements” from the 1960s until the early 1990s. It wants to adopt a reciprocal perspective, looking at the ways in which Christian-Democratic parties and related movements reacted in response to the emergence and development of these movements from the 1960s onwards, and, inversely, at the ways in which these “new social movements” were interconnected, in real and imagined terms, to Christian-Democracy. The geographical scope is not limited to Western Europe, but also includes other regions, most notably Latin America.

 

Interested scholars are invited to send a proposal of max. 500 words (including an abstract and title) before February 15, 2023.

Fulll information is available here.

Call for Applications

December 19, 2022

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To stimulate high-quality scientific research into the social and cultural impact of religion in the 19th- and 20th-century society Patria vzw and KADOC-KU Leuven offer a short postdoctoral fellowship (12 months). It will be awarded biannually from 2023 onwards.

 

The fellowship targets excellent junior researchers (M/F) in the human sciences that have recently defended their PhD or are about to. It offers them an opportunity to further develop their research career by carrying out a well-defined, feasible and innovative research project, whether or not building on the knowledge and expertise acquired through the doctorate. The project should lead to a tangible result, preferably the publication of an article in an international scientific journal. The fellowship also supports these young academics in preparing the publication of their dissertation.

Candidates are invited to enter their application before Wednesday, 15 March, 5 p.m.

More information about the Call, how to apply, and the evaluation process are available here.

IRCI Rome Seminars

September 30, 2022

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The Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at ACU's Rome Campus invites you to join the public seminar Unwounded World: A Marian Peace for our Shared Future to be held at ACU Rome Campus, October 5-6.

The seminar is part of the Annual IRCI Seminar Series that, since 2015, draws together international scholars to discuss critical questions in religion and theology from multidisciplinary perspectives.

 

Dedicated to the suffering of children, women and men in Mariupol, this symposium aspires to address the possibility of a future peaceful politics as a sign of the coming caring and unwounded democracy.

 

The complete program of the conference is available here. Registration is mandatory.

 

If you are interested in participating, you can follow the instructions available here.

Twelfth Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity

September 30, 2022

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The Twelfth Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity will be hosted by the KU Leuven and will take place May 11-13, 2023.

 

The topic for Plenary Lectures will be Early Modern Christianity, Economic Entrepreneurship, and Social Welfare, given by the following speakers: Wim Decock (UC Louvain), Nina Javette Koefoed (Aarhus University), Germano Maifreda (University of Milan), Brian P. Owensby (University of Virginia, History Department), Eleonora Rai (KU Leuven), Keith Stanglin (Heritage Christian University, Florence, AL).

 

The (in-person) conference is open to individual short paper presentations (20-minute presentations) and to thematic sessions of two or three short papers. Papers can focus on all disciplines related to Early Modern Christianity, ca. 1400-1700, such as philosophy, law, history, theology, etc., independent of the theme of the plenary papers.

 

It is also possible to attend the conference without giving a paper.

The deadline for submitting short papers is March 1, 2023. Registration ends on March 9.

Go here to register and submit your short paper proposal.

For all information about the conference, please visit the dedicated page on the REFORC website.

IRCI Rome Seminars

September 23, 2022

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The Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at ACU's Rome Campus invites you to join the public lecture Moving or Fixed? Defining (the) Reformation in the First Global Age to be held by professor Nicholas Terpstra on September 29, 6 pm.

The lecture is part of the Annual IRCI Seminar Series that, since 2015, draws together international scholars to discuss critical questions in religion and theology from multidisciplinary perspectives.

The lecture will take place at the Australian Catholic University, Villa Maria Rome Campus, Largo Giovanni Berchet, 4, 00152 Rome.

 

Registration is mandatory. The lecture will be held in English; however, Italian simultaneous translation headsets will be available for attendees to use.

 

If you are interested in participating, you can follow the instructions available here.

Call for Applications. DREST

July 19, 2022

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31 Italian universities and research centres launched DREST, a national doctoral school in Religious Studies which offers 43 scholarships in 23 cities to both Italian and international fellows.

 

The program includes six curricular areas:

  • Buddhism and Religions of Asia

  • Christianity

  • Islam

  • Judaism

  • Law and Religion

  • Transdisciplinarity and Technological Frontier Research

The call for application is now open. Applicants must be in possession of either an Italian higher level degree (Laurea Specialistica under D.M. 509/99 or Laurea Magistrale under D.M. 270/04) or an Italian degree obtained prior to D.M. 509/99 or equivalent qualification obtained abroad. Deadline: 25/08/2022.

More details and information are available at the DREST website.

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