Courses winter term 2024/25

Main seminar

Mirko Breitenstein
Main seminar: Cistercians: The History of a European Order from its Beginnings to the Reformation
Place: BZW/A255/U
Time: Thursday, 2 DS (9:20 - 10:50 a.m.)
OPAL course

Cistercian monks and nuns have shaped the history of Europe for many centuries. The community originated in the late 11th century as an attempt to renew Benedictine life by restoring it to its roots. However, this attempt to live in poverty and in lonely seclusion entirely for God failed because the new movement was an unexpected success. Cistercians became pioneers of modern agriculture and water management, but also remained experts in prayer and piety. The seminar will trace the eventful history of Cistercian women and men from their beginnings to the time of the Reformation. Particular attention will be paid to the two monasteries of the order in Saxony that still exist today: Marienthal and Marienstern.

Offered for the following modules:

Teaching degree new SO (from WS 23/24)
PHF-SEGY-HIST-PFVM, PHF-SEOS-HIST-PFE

Teaching degree old SO (until WS 23/24)
PHF-SEMS-Hist-VE, PHF-SEGY-Hist-VV, PHF-SEBS-Hist-VV

MA degree programs
PhF-Hist-MA-SM1, PhF-Hist-MA-SM3, PhF-Hist-MA-FMEW, PhF-Hist-MA-FMSW

Reading course

Mirko Breitenstein
Reading course: Helfta and the Helfta Mysticism
Place: BZW/A255/U
Time: Thursday, 3rd DS (11:10 - 12:40)
OPAL course

Founded at the beginning of the 13th century as a burial place and thus a place of remembrance for the local nobility, the monastery of Helfta quickly developed into an unparalleled center of female education and literacy. Names such as Mechthild of Magdeburg, Mechthild of Hackeborn and Gertrud of Helfta stand for a flourishing of mysticism not only in central Germany. In the reading course, the works of the women revered as saints will be read and analyzed as testimonies of female piety and intellectuality.

Teaching degree old SO (until WS 23/24)

PHF-SEMS-Hist-VE, PHF-SEGY-Hist-VV, PHF-SEBS-Hist-VV

MA degree programs

PhF-Hist-MA-EM, PhF-Hist-MA-SM1, PhF-MA-FMEW, PhF-MA-FMSW

Colloquium

Mirko Breitenstein
Colloquium : Research colloquium for exam and final theses FOVOG
Location: Research Center for Comparative History of the Religious Orders (FOVOG), Budapester Str. 34b
Time: Wednesday, 6 DS (16:40 - 18:10) (hybrid participation possible)
OPAL course

Mirko Breitenstein
Colloquium : Research Colloquium New Research on the Comparative History of Religious Orders
Location: Research Center for Comparative History of the Religious Orders (FOVOG), Budapester Str. 34b
Time: Wednesday, 6 DS (16:40 - 18:10)
Participation via Zoom is possible after registration at fovog@tu-dresden.de.
OPAL course

Offered for the following modules:

Teaching degree new SO (from WS 23/24)
PHF-SEGY-HIST-PFVM, PHF-SEOS-HIST-PFE

Teaching degree old SO (until WS 23/24)
PHF-SEMS-Hist-VE, PHF-SEGY-Hist-VV, PHF-SEBS-Hist-VV

MA degree programs
PhF-Hist-MA-SM1, PhF-Hist-MA-FMEW, PhF-Hist-MA-FMSW