On 20 January 2017, Thomas Wallnig will give a talk about the Pez correspondence, the digital edition and the digitized Pez papers during the Forschungsschwerpunkt Text und Edition at the University of Vienna. Learn more.
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“Geschichte am Mittwoch”, Vienna
On 14 December 2016, Joëlle Weis (cooperation partner) will speak about her dissertation entitled “Johann Friedrich Schannat (1683-1739) and the Republic of Letters. Communication, Practices and Identities in Critical Scholarship on the Eve of Elightenment” within the series “Geschichte am Mittwoch” (University of Vienna/Institute for History). Learn more.
Poster presentation, Vienna
On 6 December 2016, Manuela Mayer and Irene Rabl will participate in the 3rd Digital Humanities Austria Conference (DHA) hosted by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities (ACDH) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW, Sonnenfelsgasse 19, 1010 Vienna). They will present a project poster with the title “The Letters of the Pez Correspondence: a Transforming Edition”. Program.
Conference report is online
The report on the conference “Monastica Historia III: Kommunikation zwischen Kloster und Welt in Spätmittelalter und Früher Neuzeit” (21-23 September 2016, Melk Abbey) is online and can be found here.
Critical monks in Paris
On 5 December 2016, Thomas Wallnig will present his habilitation thesis (“Critical Monks: The German Benedictines, 1680-1740”) in Paris (Institut d’histoire moderne et contemporaine, Sorbonne). Learn more.
Everything you always wanted to know about Leibniz
Thomas Wallnig spoke with Nikolaus Halmer (Ö1) about Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and his plans for a Vienna academy. You can listen to the interview here (“Leibniz in Wien”; link valid until 12 December 2016).
Congress: Bruderschaften in der Habsburgermonarchie, Salzburg
Irene Rabl will present her paper “Kloster und Bruderschaft” at the international congress “Multifunktionale Dienstleister. Frühneuzeitliche Bruderschaften in der Habsburgermonarchie” in Salzburg (23-25 February 2017). Program.
Workshop: Bibelfrömmigkeit und Christusnähe, Saarbrücken
On 3-4 February 2017, Irene Rabl and Ines Peper will present their papers (Irene Rabl: “Frauen in barocken Laienbruderschaften – dargestellt anhand der Lilienfelder Josephsbruderschaft”; Ines Peper: “„Ah! Mon doux et divin Jésus.“ Zum (über)konfessionellen Frömmigkeitsstil verschriftlichter Gebete in den Memoiren der Gräfin Charlotte Luise von Schwerin (1684-1732)”) at the workshop “Bibelfrömmigkeit und Christusnähe. Katholische Laienreligiosität in der Frühen Neuzeit” in Saarbrücken. Program.
Jesuits-Congress, Krems
Monastica Historia III, Melk Abbey
On 21-23 September 2016, Thomas Wallnig (keynote) and Irene Rabl (organization) will participate in the international congress “Monastica Historia III: Kommunikation zwischen Kloster und Welt in Spätmittelalter und Früher Neuzeit” at Melk Abbey. Organization: Meta Niederkorn-Bruck (University of Vienna), Thomas Aigner (Diocesan archive St. Pölten), Irene Rabl (University of Vienna / Verein zur Erforschung monastischer Gelehrsamkeit in der Frühen Neuzeit), Tomáš Černušák (Moravský zemský archiv v Brně / Historický ústav Akademie věd, Praha). Program.
Pez Workshop 