Summer school in Research on Religion, Culture and Society in Europe (1750-). Religion and Modernity.

Summer school in Research on Religion, Culture and Society in Europe (1750-). Religion and Modernity.

Veranstalter
K.U.Leuven; University of Fribourg; Lund University; Ecole Pratique des hautes Eudes, EPHE Sorbonne Paris; Utrecht University
Veranstaltungsort
KADOC, K.U. Leuven
Ort
Leuven
Land
Belgium
Vom - Bis
17.08.2009 - 26.08.2009
Deadline
01.07.2009
Von
Siegfried Weichlein

The societal and cultural significance of religion during the age modernity has traditionally been portrayed in dichotomic and often ambiguous ways. Proponents of the secularisation thesis argue that the rapid economic, social, cultural and political transformations that embodied modernity, linearly weakened the hold of religion on society. This has led many scholars to underestimate or even ignore the significance of religion as an explanatory factor in 19th and 20th century history.

The 2009 Summer School on Religion, Culture and Society in Europe (1750-) offers its students a closer and refreshing look at the complicated historical relationship between religion and modernity. Participants will get a solid introduction to the very different domains in which religion has influenced, (re)shaped and even embodied the modernisation process, but also to the continuous adaptation and transformation processes of the religious domain itself, thus finding a clear contemporary reflection in Europe's cultural identities.

This summer school ensures active involvement of the students by means of a balanced programme of seminars, lectures and field trips. Established researchers in the field develop specific topics and cases, students have the possibility to present their own work and discuss their ideas in a relaxed and open atmosphere and within a multidisciplinary framework.

Programm

After an introductory key-note lecture on the general theme of the summer school, the programme provides more in-depth discussions of 7 related themes: 'religion and media', 'gender and piety', 'religion and education', 'material culture', 'religion and welfare state', 'religious internationalism' and 'civil society'.

A specialist instruction to these research topics and the existing literature during an afternoon lecture (15-17 h.) provides a framework for a more in-depth discussion of papers during a morning seminar (10-13 h.).

Bibliographies, key-texts and other materials will be made available to the students in advance.

English will be used as the operational language of the course and as the language of instruction. The programme accommodates the use of other European languages, e.g. French and German.

Sunday 16 August 2009

Arrival in Leuven
5:00 pm.: Welcome
Evening walking tour of Leuven
Welcoming meal and drink

Monday 17 August 2009

Morning session
Key-note lecture: Religion and modernity in Europe (1750-); new stakes and research objectives
(Staf Hellemans)

Afternoon session
Lecture: Media and religion
(Joris van Eijnatten, Utrecht)

Tuesday 18 August 2009

Morning session
Seminar: Media and religion
(Joris van Eijnatten, Utrecht)

Afternoon session
Lecture: Gender and Piety
(Anders Jarlert, Lund University)

Evening program
Optional guided visit to KADOC, Documentation and Research Centre on Religion, Culture and Society

Wednesday 19 August 2009

Morning session
Seminar: Gender and Piety
(Anders Jarlert, Lund University)

Afternoon session
Lecture: Religious internationalism in the age of modernity
(Vincent Viaene, K.U.Leuven)

Thursday 20 August 2009

Morning session
Seminar: Religious internationalism in the age of modernity
(Vincent Viaene, K.U.Leuven)

Afternoon session
Lecture: The Integration of Religion in European School Systems
(Ansgar Jödicke, Fribourg)

Friday 21 August 2009

Morning session
Seminar: The Integration of Religion in European School Systems
(Ansgar Jödicke, Fribourg)

Afternoon session
Lecture: Material culture of Christianity in the Modern Age
(Jan De Maeyer, K.U.Leuven)

Saturday 22 August 2009

Field Trip
Material culture: Ghent and Brussels
(Jan De Maeyer, K.U.Leuven)

Sunday 23 August 2009

Free Day

Monday 24 August 2009

Morning session
Seminar: Material culture of Christianity in the Modern Age
(Jan De Maeyer, K.U.Leuven)

Afternoon session
Lecture: Religion and the modern welfare state
(Denis Pelletier and Philippe Portier, EPHE Paris)

Tuesday 25 August 2009

Morning session
Seminar: Religion and the modern welfare state
(Denis Pelletier and Philippe Portier, EPHE Paris)

Afternoon session
Lecture: Civil society between tradition and modernity
(Patrick Pasture and Peter Heyrman, K.U.Leuven)

Wednesday 26 August 2009

Morning session
Seminar: Civil society between tradition and modernity
(Patrick Pasture and Peter Heyrman, K.U.Leuven)

Afternoon session
Poster seminar: students briefly present and discuss their research in progress

Closing discussion

Evening program
Closing dinner

Thursday 27 August 2009

Departure

Kontakt

Peter Heyrman

KADOC-K.U.Leuven, Vlamingenstraat 39
B-3000 Leuven Belgium
+32 (0) 16 32 35 00
+32 (0) 16 32 35 01
summerschool@kadoc.kuleuven.be

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