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.
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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.
Austrian Academy of Sciences learns about its Pezian prehistory
On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz’s death, the Austrian Academy of Sciences – together with two sister academies – will honour its almost-founder with a symposium held on 3-4 November 2016. Thomas Wallnig will contextualize Leibniz’s failed attempts at establishing an academy within the broader context of the Viennese court scene of the 1710s. Learn more.
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.
