Preliminary Program

Last update: April 17, 2025

Thursday May 22, 2025

 
13:00 Opening of the conference
Welcome addresses: Herman Selderhuis (REFORC) and Matthias Riedl (Central European University)
13:15 Plenary Lecture: Violet Soen (KU Leuven): Between a Pacification and a Religious Peace Resistance, Reconciliation and Peace Making at a Crucial Juncture of the Dutch Revolt (1576-1578)
14:30 Short Paper Panels 1
16:00 Break
16:30 Short Paper Panels 2
18:15 Short Paper Panels 3 (two papers)
19:15 Sponsored reception at CEU

Friday May 23, 2025

 
09:00 Short Paper Panels 4
10:30 Break
11:00 Plenary Lecture: Pavel Soukup (Centre for Medieval Studies, Prague): The Hopes and Restraints of Religious Rebellion: A View from Hussite Bohemia
12:00 Lunch Break
During lunch break: Brown-bag lunch presentation by Catharine Balleriaux (informative session on the ERC funding opportunities for researchers in the field of (Early Modern) history)
13:30 REFORC Book Award Ceremony
13:45 Plenary Lecture: Philippe Buc (Leiden): Ikkō ikki Violence in the Prism of Western Europe
15:00 Short Paper Panels 5 (two papers)
16:00 Break
16:30 Short Paper Panels 6
18:00 End Short Paper Panels 6

Saturday, May 24, 2025

 
09:00 Short Paper Panels 7
10:30 Break
11:00 Plenary Lecture: Lyndal Roper (Oxford University): Turbulence and the German Peasants’ War of 1524-6
12:00 Plenary Session (wrap up, announcing #REFORC2026 by Marcin Wisłocki and Katharina Opalka, University of Wrocław, other announcements)
13:00 End of the conference
Afternoon, 15:00-16:00 Visit to the Academy of Fine Arts: Hieronymus Bosch’s “Last Judgement” and other Religious Paintings

 

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