May 12, 2026
Research colloquium (summer semester 2026)
Research colloquium (summer semester 2026)
In the summer term of 2026, the Research Center for Comparative History of Religious Orders (FOVOG) is once again hosting a colloquium in Dresden. Scholars from Germany, the Czech Republic, and the United States will discuss their current research on the history of religious orders in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period—ranging from hagiographical questions to reform movements and monastic renewal. In addition to two individual presentations, there will be two thematic clusters with multiple speakers, allowing them to engage in discussion with one another.
The colloquium sessions will begin at 3:00 p.m. in the library of FOVOG, Budapester Straße 34b. Participation via Zoom is possible upon registration.
The colloquium program can be downloaded here.
| 21.05.2026, 3:00 PM | Bruce Brasington (Canyon, TX): Monasticism in the Literature on Procedural Law: The Summa Aurea by William of Drogheda († 1245) |
| 27.05.2026, 3:00 PM |
Sarah Schnödewind (Münster): Mönchsbischöfe und Reformer in der anglolateinischen Hagiographie des 12. Jahrhunderts [Monk-Bishops and Reformers in 12th-Century Anglo-Latin Hagiography] |
| Marie Kemper (Bochum): Heilige oder Häretiker? Franziskaner zwischen Verehrung und Verfolgung, oder: was wusste man im 13. Jahrhundert über Apostel? [Saints or Heretics? Franciscans Between Veneration and Persecution, or: What Did People Know About the Apostles in the 13th Century?] | |
| Tim Ehrmann (Heidelberg): Zwischen eurasischer Steppe und Khanbaliq. Mendikanten in mongolischen Welten (1294–1330) [Between the Eurasian Steppe and Khanbaliq: Mendicants in the Mongol World (1294–1330)] | |
| 17.06.2026, 3:00 PM | Robert Harlass (Bremen): Die Reformation und die Auflösung der Zisterzienserklöster in Pommern [The Protestant Reformation and the Dissolution of the Cistercian Monasteries in Pomerania] |
| John Hinderer (Munich): Klosterleben zwischen Institutionalisierung, Regulierung und Erneuerung. Benediktinische Reformkongregationen des 15. Jahrhunderts im Vergleich [Monastic Life Between Institutionalization, Regulation, and Renewal: A Comparison of 15th-Century Benedictine Reform Congregations] | |
| 15.07.2026, 3:00 PM | Robert Shaw (Prague): The Reach of Rigour: The Minims, Their Rule, and Religious Society in Late Medieval France and Beyond |