CMRS Symposium: Reformation and Remembrance

Color image of Martin Luther amidst a crowd of people nailing the 95 Theses to the door of the church
October 20 - October 21, 2017
12:00AM - 12:00AM
Room 202, Thompson Library

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2017-10-20 00:00:00 2017-10-21 00:00:00 CMRS Symposium: Reformation and Remembrance The Center for Medeival and Rennaissance Studies presents: Reformation and RemembranceReformation and Remembrance is a two-day symposium exploring practices of, repositories for, and revisions to religious memory on the quincentenary of a seminal moment in Reformation history, Martin Luther's nailing of his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenburg church in 1517. The symposium brings together a group of world-class scholars to consider the important roles of memory and remembrance in Reformation religious culture, from artistic representation to material production to life-writing.  In addition to paper presentations and roundtable discussions, the symposium also coincides with the University’s Rare Books & Manuscripts Library’s exhibition, “Publish or Perish,” highlighting the important role the technology of print played during the Reformation. Participants will have an opportunity to tour the exhibit and interact with some of the Library’s original Reformation-era holdings.Finally, the symposium features one of the speakers in our 2017-2018 lecture series, Alexandra Walsham (University of Cambridge). This event is free and open to the public. Room 202, Thompson Library America/New_York public

The Center for Medeival and Rennaissance Studies presents: Reformation and Remembrance

Reformation and Remembrance is a two-day symposium exploring practices of, repositories for, and revisions to religious memory on the quincentenary of a seminal moment in Reformation history, Martin Luther's nailing of his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenburg church in 1517. The symposium brings together a group of world-class scholars to consider the important roles of memory and remembrance in Reformation religious culture, from artistic representation to material production to life-writing. 

 In addition to paper presentations and roundtable discussions, the symposium also coincides with the University’s Rare Books & Manuscripts Library’s exhibition, “Publish or Perish,” highlighting the important role the technology of print played during the Reformation. Participants will have an opportunity to tour the exhibit and interact with some of the Library’s original Reformation-era holdings.

Finally, the symposium features one of the speakers in our 2017-2018 lecture series, Alexandra Walsham (University of Cambridge). 

This event is free and open to the public.