The Material Culture of Religious Change and Continuity 1400-1600
Tuesday 11 - Wednesday 12 April 2017
University of Huddersfield
Conference organisers:
Dr Sarah Bastow, History, University of Huddersfield
Dr Katherine Lewis, History, University of Huddersfield
Visual and material remains are tantalizing clues to the former glories
of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. This is particularly the case
for surviving religious material culture. Scholars from across many
different disciplines have analysed these objects, buildings, and
paraphernalia in an attempt to piece together the late medieval and
early modern religious experience and the role religion played in daily
life.
This conference brings together perspectives and research on religious
objects from a range of disciplines and areas during the chaotic period
from 1400 to 1600. Beginning – and continuing – a discussion that
transcends traditional silos of discipline and time period will enable a
more nuanced analysis of evidence.
Call for Papers
2017 marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses
on the Wittenberg Church. From that date, religion in Europe had
profound changes. One such change was how people viewed, interacted and
created visual and material objects related to religious devotion. This
conference aims to bring together medievalists and early modernists
approaching religion on either side of the Reformation through a visual
and/or material examination.
By bringing together scholars from different disciplines, curators and
heritage sector representatives it is hoped that a more holistic
discussion of visual and material objects will come to light. Topics for
papers may include but are certainly not restricted to:
- Commemoration of the dead
- Household or individual devotion
- Accessories of devotion (e.g. crucifixes, clothing, jewellery, books,
etc.)
- Books, manuscripts and paintings as religious objects
- Religious space, architecture, landscape
- The destruction or salvage of religious iconography
- Change/continuity of religious objects
- Region, national, or international comparisons of material culture
through different disciplines: art history, archaeology, architecture,
literature, history, etc.
- (Un)Gendered objects
- Intercessory objects (e.g. Books of Hours, Bibles, rosaries, relics, etc.)
- Religious objects from the New World; colonial territories; religious
missions
Please send a short abstract (c. 200-300 words) to Audrey Thorstad
([log in to unmask]) no later than 15 July 2016.
Further information at
https://www.hud.ac.uk/research/history/events/thematerialcultureofreligiouschangeandcontinuity1400-1600.php,
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