Saints and their Several Images
Conference organised by Steffen Hope (CML), 31 May-1 June 2018. This conference aims to explore the many parallel traditions of a given saint, or how tradition changed over time.
This conference aims to explore the many parallel traditions of a given saint, or how tradition changed over time. The purpose is to problematize the stability of a saint's iconography, and instead emphasize that there is usually more than just one image or representation of a saint. The conference draws scholars from a various scholarly disciplines, such as history, musicology, and philosophy, and the speakers will address saints and their cults from both Latin Christendom as well as Byzantium and Rus.
Contact: Steffen Hope, hope@sdu.dk
Saints and their Several images
May 31, 2018
| 9:30-10:30 | Registration |
| 10:00-10:15 | Welcome |
| 10:15-11:00 |
Keynote Roman Hankeln (Norwegian University of Science and Technology): The forged saint and his chants: reflections of identity in text and music in honour of St. Dionysius of St. Emmeram |
| 11:00-11:15 |
Coffee break |
| 11:15-12:45 |
Session 1. Ireland and England Elva Johnston (University College Dublin): Changing Saints in the Medieval Irish Martyrologies: Patterns of Topography and Gender Rebecca Browett (University of London): The image of St Æthelwold of Winchester: adaptation and survival Steffen Hope (University of Southern Denmark): Edward the Confessor’s three images – historiography, saint-biography and liturgy |
| 12:45-14:00 |
Lunch, including a guided tour of Odense Cathedral and the shrine of Saint Knud Rex |
| 14:00-15:00 |
Session 2. Scandinavia and Germany Sara Ellis Nilsson (Malmö University): Shifts in Perception and Veneration – the case of two regional saints from the medieval Skara Bishopric, Sweden Danette Brink (University of Regensburg): Alternative facts in the liturgical office: a study of St. Maximinus of Trier |
| 3:00 - 3:30 |
Coffee break and discussion |
| 6:00 |
Dinner |
June 1, 2018
| 10:00 - 11:15 |
Session 3. Rus and Byzantium Monica White (University of Nottingham): Constantine the Great in Byzantium and Rus: A Case Study Christian Høgel (University of Southern Denmark): On the enkomion and the office by Psellos in celebration of Symeon Metaphrastes Susana Torres Prieto (IE University): Hagiography beyond the Church |
| 11:15-11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30-12:45 |
Session 4. Central Europe Grzegorz Pac (University of Warsaw): St Adalbert – two-headed bishop of two sees Nora Berend (University of Cambridge): The Lives of St Stephen of Hungary |
| 12:45-2:00 |
Lunch |
| 2:00-3:00 |
Session 5. Southern Europe Pilar Herráiz Oliva (Medeniyet University, Istanbul): St. Thomas Aquinas: from condemnation to canonisation Amy Fuller (University of Nottingham): Sowing the Seeds of Empire: rehabilitating the reputation of San Hermenegildo and rewriting the history of Spain |
| 3:00-3:15 |
Coffee break |
| 3:15-4:00 |
Discussion and closing remarks |