The Leibniz Science Campus Mainz/Frankfurt is offering a series of lectures on Byzantium in the summer semester 2024, some of them in English.
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The Leibniz Science Campus Mainz/Frankfurt is offering a series of lectures on Byzantium in the summer semester 2024, some of them in English.
In the summer semester, the Association for Late Antique Archaeology and Byzantine Art History in Munich is offering several lectures. The speakers are Luigi Pinchetti (Bonn), Gabriele Castiglia (Rome), Jon C. Cubas Díaz (Göttingen) and Stefanie Archut (Bonn).
The "Cooperatores Veritatis" conference on Ratzinger in dialogue with philosophy will take place from 17 to 19 April in Mexico City at the Universidad Panamericana. The conference is supported by the Ratzinger Foundation in Madrid.
The March issue of the popular archaeology magazine "Archeo" reports on the front page about the excavations at the Shepherds' Field in Bethlehem, which were started last year by the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land and the Pontifical Institute for Christian Archaeology and are expected to continue for several years.
The birthplace of Benedict XVI in Marktl am Inn is offering a series of lectures this year. There will also be a special exhibition with objects from the estate of the German Pope from 7 April to 3 October.
On 27 April 2024, the Church History Association for the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau is offering its members lectures on the island of Reichenau, which looks back on 1300 years of monastery history (contact: Prof. Karl-Heinz Braun, Freiburg). There will also be a Konradsblatt readers' trip to the island from 24 to 28 April.
A lot has happened in German and international research since the working group for hagiographical questions first met 30 years ago. On 12 April 2024 at 19:30, Göttingen historian Hedwig Röckelein will trace these changes using the example of her own research biography under the title "Research on saints in motion - between textuality and materiality".
From 14-16 March 2024, the annual conference of the Patristic Circle (Arbeitskreis Patristik) will take place in Augsburg, which will be dedicated to the history of the transmission of ancient Christian written sources. You are cordially invited to attend.
Stefan Heid will be speaking at the Dahlem Forum Bernhardinum on 27 March at 7.30 pm on "The cultural contribution of the liturgy or: How Christians unlearned to eat meat". No zoom transmission is planned.
Location: Königin-Luise-Str. 33
The Theological Study Year in Jerusalem at the Dormition Abbey is celebrating its 50th anniversary with special events from 1 to 5 April. The theological study year offers theologians a free year in Jerusalem and thus unrivalled insights into the history and current relevance of Christianity.