News around the globe
The Schneemelcher College of the Protestant Theology Faculty at the University of Bonn is hosting the first Patristic Schneemelcher Symposium. Topics relating to the Apocrypha, the Old Testament and art will be presented
Yesterday, 3 September, it was that time again: in the evening, the procession of the brightly lit Gothic macchina of St. Rosa, patron saint of Viterbo, took place. In March, the staff of the Roman Institute had taken a trip to Viterbo, and now Federica Giordani was able to take photos from her room at close range.
Deadline: 31 October
The Society for Conciliar History Research (Prof. Dr Johannes Grohe, Prof. Dr Thomas Prügl) is asking for proposals for papers for the next conference, which will take place in Vienna from 23 to 25 February 2026.
On 11/12 July 2025, the University of Augsburg is hosting a conference on the Council of Nicea (325): ‘Historical perspectives and ecumenical impulses for the present’. The organisers are Thomas Marschler (Dogmatics) and Matthias Simperl (Church History).
The theme of the 56th International Priests' Meeting in Cologne is "Who is this? Nicaea (325) and the question of Christ today". The speakers are Helmut Hoping, Peter Bruns, Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger, Stefan Andrzejewski and Ralf van Bühren.
25 years after the publication of ‘The Spirit of the Liturgy’, the question of Joseph Ratzinger's liturgical legacy arises. A conference at the Catholic University of America in Washington on 25-26 September is dedicated to this topic.
The Leibniz Centre for Archaeology in Mainz is organising a conference on ‘Byzantine Anatolia from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, 600-800: Historical and Archaeological Approaches to a Crisis Era’ from 26 to 28 May. Online participation is possible.
The XIX. International Congress of Christian Archaeology will take place from 2 to 8 October 2028 in Cordoba, Spain. Responsible for the organisation of the international congresses is the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology.
In an interview for Domradio Cologne with Jan Hendrik Stens, Stefan Heid loses himself in the confusing world of patriarchs and their patriarchates.
From 22-24 May 2025, Göttingen will host a conference entitled "Modern Methods, Timeless Questions. Late Antiquity and Byzantium in the Mirror of the Present", the XXVII conference of the Working Group for Christian Archaeology will take place in Göttingen. The conference aims to emphasise the social relevance and importance of Christian archaeology within universities.
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