Find here the preliminary program of the Fifteenth Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity, May 19-21, 2026.
Latest update: April 10, 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
Chair: Herman Selderhuis (REFORC) |
| 14:00 |
Book Presentation: Jan Harasimowicz (ed.), Protestant Church Architecture of the 16th-18th Centuries in Europa. Presented by Albrecht Weiland (Schnell & Steiner), Karla Boersma (REFORC), Felix Weiland (Schnell & Steiner) and Jan Harasimowicz (Wrocław) |
| 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 |
| 19:45 |
End of Short Paper Panels 2 |
University of Wrocław, main building, Uniwersytecki Square, 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
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 |
University of Wrocław, main building, Uniwersytecki Square, Aula Leopoldina, Oratorium Marianum
Thursday May 21, 2026
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 |
Institute of Art History, Institute of Musicology, Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Szewska Street 36
| 12:30 |
Lunch |
| 15:00 |
Post-conference excursions |
