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• 12 nov 2020

  13 nov 2020

  Conference, symposium - History

  Baptism and Baptisteries

  Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Christian Initiation from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages

  On the occasion of this meeting dedicated to baptism and baptisteries, we intend to highlight the spatialization of baptismal rituals and their evolution between Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, by comparing different geographical areas within the boundaries of the Roman Empire and its neighbouring regions. Through the dialogue between written sources and archaeology, we would like to investigate whether baptismal practices could assert regional or confessional Christian identities.

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• 31 mai 2016

  Call for papers - History

  Liturgy and architecture

  The construction, uses and planning of churches (13th-18th centuries)

  Dans le cadre de l'ANR Lodocat. Chrétientés en Lotharingie et dorsale catholique (IX^e-XVIII^e siècles), l'université de Lorraine souhaite organiser une journée d'études sur les liens entre architecture et liturgie entre les XIII^e et XVIII^e siècle. Il sera alors question des aménagements ou réaménagements intérieurs des édifices religieux, l'émergence des pratiques liturgiques et leurs implications sur le bâti architectural...

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• 15 déc 2014

  Lausanne

  Call for papers - Middle Ages

  The Transept and its Upper Levels in the High Medieval Church

  Towards a New Functional Approach (Architecture, Decor, Liturgy and Sound)

  This conference is jointly organized by the Catholic University of Angers (Faculty of Humanities) and the University of Lausanne (Department of History of Art). It aims to analyse in greater detail the spaces of the transept and to explore their relation(s) with the choir / heart of the church. This two-day international and interdisciplinary symposium will work towards bringing together and assessing the results, often dispersed, of past and present research, building upon debates involving specialists from multiple backgrounds and finishing with a round table which will propose a summary of the papers and explore further insights into new research directions.

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