The rhetoric of Good Friday sermons in 14th-century Bohemia

The rhetoric of Good Friday sermons in 14th-century Bohemia: Defining norms, commonplaces, and discrepancies

8th session of CEFRES in-house seminar 2022-2023.
Through the presentation of works in progress, CEFRES’s Seminar aims at raising and discussing issues about methods, approaches or concepts, in a multidisciplinary spirit, allowing everyone to confront her or his own perspectives with the research presented.

Location: CEFRES Library and online
Date
: Tuesday 9th of May 2023, 16:30
Language
: English
Contact
: cefres[@]cefres.cz

Olga Kalashnikova (PhD candidate at CEU /  associated with CEFRES)
Discussant: Eloïse Adde (CEU)

Abstract

Holy Week – and Good Friday in particular – represents a crucial period of the Lenten season, as it marks the peak of Christian devotion. During Holy Week, charismatic preachers of the Middle Ages sought to profoundly influence the daily life and religious behavior of the people. Bohemian preachers retold the story of Christ’s Passion to evoke an emotional response from listeners (and sometimes readers) and invite them to repent and confess their sins. In some instances, preachers experimented with available sources and theological and rhetorical approaches to the topic to reflect on the growing devotion to the Passion and sacraments in the region and even criticise moral decay of the Bohemian laity and clergy.

My presentation will focus on intellectual background and shared discourse on Christ’s Passion that surrounded fourteenth-century Bohemian preachers while composing their Good Friday sermons at desk. In addition, I will discuss the rationale, structure, methodology, and goals of my PhD project, which ultimately aims to critically examine Good Friday preaching in Bohemia in 1330-1380, identify the peculiarities (transgressions) – of the Bohemian corpus in the broader European context, and classify some theological, hermeneutical, pastoral, and rhetorical “commonplaces” (norms) typical for the genre.

See the complete program of the seminar here.

The French radioactive heritage

The French radioactive heritage. Converting nuclear residues into fissile capital since the 1950s

7th session of CEFRES in-house seminar 2022-2023.
Through the presentation of works in progress, CEFRES’s Seminar aims at raising and discussing issues about methods, approaches or concepts, in a multidisciplinary spirit, allowing everyone to confront her or his own perspectives with the research presented.

Location: CEFRES Library and online
Date
: Tuesday 11th of April, 16:30
Language
: English
Contact
: cefres[@]cefres.cz

Ange Pottin (CEFRES / UK)
Discussant: Chloé Mondémé  (CNRS / CEFRES )

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The Men and Women of the Polish and Czech Parliamentary Far Right

“We defend the normal world!”: The Men and Women of the Polish and Czech Parliamentary Far Right

1st session of CEFRES in-house seminar
Through the presentation of works in progress, CEFRES’s Seminar aims at raising and discussing issues about methods, approaches or concepts, in a multidisciplinary spirit, allowing everyone to confront her or his own perspectives with the research presented. Continue reading The Men and Women of the Polish and Czech Parliamentary Far Right

Human Rights

The 8th session of IMS / CEFRES Epistemological seminar will be hosted by:

Zuzana Krulichová (PhD candidate at FSV UK)
Topic: Human Rights

OrganisersJérôme Heurtaux (CEFRES), Claire Madl (CEFRES), Tomáš Weiss (FSV UK) and Mitchell Young (IMS FSV UK)
Where: on line
To register, please contact: claire(@)cefres.cz
When: Wednesday, May 19th, 4:30 pm- 6:00 pm
Language: English

Reading:

  • Amartya Sen : “Human Rights and Capabilities”. Journal of Human Development, Vol. 6, No 2, July 2005.

Nutag: A Mongolian conception of Homeland?

The 11th session of IMS / CEFRES Epistemological seminar will be hosted by:

Véronique Gruca (PhD candidate at Université Paris-Nanterre & CEFRES)
Topic: Nutag: A Mongolian conception of Homeland

OrganisersJérôme Heurtaux (CEFRES), Claire Madl (CEFRES), Tomáš Weiss (FSV UK) and Mitchell Young (IMS FSV UK)
Where: on line
To register, please contact: claire(@)cefres.cz
When: Wednesday, May 5th, 4:30 pm- 6:00 pm
Language: English

Reading:

  • Sayana Namsaraeva: “Ritual, Memory and the Buriad Diaspora Notion of Home”, in: (ed. Franck Billé, Grégory Delaplace & Caroline Humphrey) Frontier Encounters, Open Book Publishers, 2012.

Feminist Objectivity as Situated Knowledges

The 10th session of IMS / CEFRES Epistemological seminar will be hosted by:

Adrien Beauduin (PhD candidate at CEU, associated at CEFRES)
Topic: Feminist Objectivity as Situated Knowledges
Discussant: Mert Koçak (PhD candidate at CEU, associated at CEFRES)

OrganisersJérôme Heurtaux (CEFRES), Claire Madl (CEFRES), Tomáš Weiss (FSV UK) and Mitchell Young (IMS FSV UK)
Where: on line
To register, please contact: claire(@)cefres.cz
When: Wednesday, April 21st, 4:30 pm- 6:00 pm
Language: English

Reading:

  • Andrews, M. (2002). Feminist research with non-feminist and anti-feminist women: Meeting the challenge. Feminism & Psychology, 12(1), 55-77.

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