Find here the preliminary program of the Fifteenth Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity, May 19-21, 2026.
Latest update: March 3, 2026. Subject to changes.
Tuesday May 19, 2026
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 |
| 14:15 |
Book Presentation 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) |
| 15:30 |
Break |
Institute of Art. History, Institute of Musicology, Institute of Entology, 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 |
Wednesday May 20, 2026
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 |
| 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 |
| 11:15 |
Break |
Institute of Art. History, Institute of Musicology, Institute of Entology, 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 |
University of Wrocław, main building, Uniwersytecki Square, Aula Leopoldina, Oratorium Marianum:
Concert in the evening
Thursday May 21, 2026
Institute of Art. History, Institute of Musicology, Institute of Entology, 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 |
| 12:15 |
Closing Session |
| 12:30 |
Lunch |
Guided excursions in the afternoon.
