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• 15 jui 2016

  Brussels

  Call for papers - Science studies

  Relics @ the Lab

  1st International Workshop

  Scientists of many different disciplines are involved in the study of relics and kindred artefacts, but till now there was no real forum for these people to exchange ideas and discuss methods. Therefore the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA, Brussels) is organizing a two-day workshop on the scientific study of relics. During this meeting we want to give analytical scientists, textile specialists, conservators, anthropologists, historical researchers, people involved in 3D reconstruction as well as radiocarbon dating specialists a forum to exchange ideas about relics.

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• 13 sep 2013

  14 sep 2013

  15 jui 2013

  Ghent

  Conference, symposium - Religion

  The Christian mystery

  Ancient christianity and cults around pagan mysteries in the work of Franz Cumont (1868-1947) and in research history

  Ce colloque, qui aura lieu du 13 au 15 septembre à Gand, est centré sur la manière dont l'historien des religions belge Franz Cumont et ses contemporains ont conçu la relation entre le christianisme ancien et les cultes à mystères païens. Il s’agira d’une étude large du thème historiographique, incluant aussi ses prédécesseurs et les recherches récentes. Le colloque s’adresse aux spécialistes d’historiographie des religions antiques des XIX^e et XX^e siècles. Il sera l’occasion de discuter amplement des idées avancées par les diverses traditions historiographiques, méthodologiquement et géographiquement déterminées. 

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• 31 mar 2013

  Ghent

  Call for papers - Science studies

  The Christian Mystery

  Early Christianity and the pagan mystery cults in the work of Franz Cumont (1868-1947) and in the history of scholarship

  Cumont was a pioneer of the scientific study of the oriental religions. Many of his publications (e.g. The Mysteries of Mithras, 1900) fuelled the early 20th century debates about Christianity’s dependence on the pagan cults through the similarities they suggested between these religious traditions. Cumont expressed his opinion only indirectly and ambiguously, but other scholars have been more explicit in demonstrating or denying such influences.The theme of this international conference, hosted by Franz Cumont’s alma mater Ghent University, is the way Cumont and his contemporaries conceived the relationship of Early Christianity to the pagan mystery cults. We will also include predecessors and more recent scholarship on this topic.

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• 26 avr 2013

  27 avr 2013

  Brussels

  Call for papers - History

  Food and Hospitals

  An Historical Perspective

  While contemporary grumblings about hospital food have become the quintessential hospital complaint, it is undeniable that a clean, warm bed, rest and the provision of food and drink, rather than medicines and therapies have always greatly increased hospital patients’ chances of recovery. Indeed diet has from the time of Galen been a central part of medical therapy. However, even if central to the day-to-day routine of hospitals, workhouses and asylums, food and drink continue to be overlooked in historical accounts of hospitalisation. This conference aims to foreground the role of food and drink in health care institutions in the past.

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• 04 fév 2008

  Ghent

  Call for papers - Representation

  Orientations - Histoire culturelle

  Inaugural Conference of the International Society for Cultural History

  Dans un colloque - qui signifiera le point de départ de la International Society for Cultural History fondée lors d’un colloque sur l’histoire culturelle à Aberdeen en 2007 - s’attaquera à des questions de définition. A partir des travaux fondamentaux de Catherine Belsey, de Peter Burke, de Lynn Hunt, de Philippe Poirier et de Pascal Ory, le colloque tentera de définir la nature exacte de l’histoire culturelle. Quels disciplines, quels paradigmes constituent « l’histoire culturelle ». A-t-on vraiment besoin de cette étiquette ? Et comment la comprendre ? Y a-t-il des histoires culturelles, « nationales » distinctes (britannique, française, allemande, italienne, …) ? Si oui, comment comprendre ces différences ? Comment peut-on enseigner l’histoire culturelle?

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