Find here the preliminary program of the Fifteenth Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity, May 19-21, 2026.
Latest update: March 24, 2026. Subject to changes.
The conference will open on May 19, 2026 at 13:00. University of Wrocław, main building, Uniwersytecki Square, Aula Leopoldina.
University of Wrocław, main building, Uniwersytecki Square, Aula Leopoldina: |
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| 13:00 | Opening of the conference. Welcome addresses |
| 13:15 | Plenary Lecture 1: Jan Harasimowicz (Wrocław): Stone and Brick versus Wood and Clay. Building Materials of Protestant Churches in Silesia in the 16th to 18th Centuries in the Light of Legal Provisions and Pastoral Practice Chair: Herman Selderhuis (REFORC) |
| 14:15 | Book Presentation: Jan Harasimowicz (ed.), Protestant Church Architecture of the 16th-18th Centuries in Europa |
| 14:30 | Plenary Lecture 2: Bridget Heal (St. Andrews): Devotion and Destruction: Christian Materiality in Germany during the Thirty Years War (1618 – 1648) Chair: Herman Selderhuis (REFORC) |
| 15:30 | Break |
Institute of Art History, Institute of Musicology, Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Szewska Street 36 |
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| 16:30 | Short Paper Panels 1 |
| 18:15 | Short paper Panels 2 |
University of Wrocław, main building, Uniwersytecki Square, Aula Leopoldina, Oratorium Marianum: |
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| 20:00 | Sponsored Reception |
Historical Institute, Szewska Street 49, Auditorium: |
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| 09:00 | Plenary Lecture 3: Wim François (KU Leuven): Fashioning Faith: Liturgical Vestments as Dress and Doctrine from Medieval to Early Modern Times Chair: Tarald Rasmussen (University of Oslo) |
| 10:00 | REFORC Book Award Ceremony |
| 10:15 | Plenary Lecture 4: Stefan Michels (Goethe-University, Frankfurt): Catching the Atmosphere. Music-Writing and Materiality in Early Modern Europe Chair: Tobias Jammerthal (University of Zurich) |
| 11:15 | Book Presentation: Konrad Küster, Die Orgeln am Deich. Mensch und Kultur im Marschland an der Nordsee |
| 11:20 | Break |
Institute of Art History, Institute of Musicology, Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Szewska Street 36 |
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| 11:45 | Short Paper Panels 3 |
| 13:15 | Lunch Break |
| 14:30 | Short Paper Panels 4 |
| 16:15 | Short Paper Panels 5 |
| 17:45 | Break |
| 18:15 | Short Paper Panels 6 |
| 19:45 | End of Short Paper Panels 6 |
Evening concert
Institute of Art History, Institute of Musicology, Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Szewska Street 36 |
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| 09:00 | Short Paper Panels 7 |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break |
University of Wrocław, main building, Uniwersytecki Square, Aula Leopoldina |
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| 11:15 | Plenary Lecture 5: Birgit Meyer (Utrecht University): Superstition – Idolatry – Fetishism: How Early Reformed Protestantism Saw Africans Chair: Aleksandra Lipińska (University of Cologne) |
| 12:15 | Closing Session (wrap up, announcing #REFORC2027 by Tobias Jammerthal, University of Zurich), other announcements |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 15:00 | Post-conference excursions |
