"Von bierbrauenden Mönchen und kriegerischen Nonnen – Klöster und Klerus in analogen und digitalen Spielen"

The depiction of nuns, monks and monasteries in analogue and digital games is an important component of modern (church) history cultures: In addition to actual historical sources and artefacts as well as reminiscences of Hollywood films or historical novels, it is above all the values, norms and ideas of their time and environment of origin that influence the design of the games. The significance of this comparatively little-researched topic was demonstrated by last year's exhibition "Mönch ärgere dich nicht – kriegerische Nonnen, trinkfeste Brüder und geheimnisvolle Klöster im Spiel" (Monks don't get angry - warlike nuns, hard-drinking brothers and mysterious monasteries in games) at the Museum Abtei Liesborn, which for the first time explored the presence of monastic culture in the popular medium of games. 2023 will also see the publication of the anthology "Von bierbrauenden Mönchen und kriegerischen Nonnen: Klöster und Klerus in analogen und digitalen Spielen" (Monasteries and Clergy in Analogue and Digital Games), which will explore the topic in greater depth. In addition to the lectures relevant to the content, the presence of church history, Christian cultural heritage and monastic culture in games and the mediation of all these aspects will be discussed. The lecture series therefore focuses on the perception and reproduction of history and events in relation to monastic history and what this in turn tells us about the significance of monastic history for the present.The lecture series is a cooperation between the Institut für historische Theologie und Ihre Didaktik an der WWU Münster, the Research Centre for Comparative Religious History (FOVOG) at the TU Dresden as well as the project Boardgame Historian and the Arbeitskreis Geschichtswissenschaft und Digitale Spiele (AKGWDS). A continuation of the lecture series on the presence of monasteries in other popular culture media such as films and social networks is planned for the winter semester 2023/24.

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If you are interested, please contact Nathalie Schmidt or register for the OPAL course. You will then receive all the information in time before the beginning of the lecture series.