Materialising the Holy. Matter, Senses, and Spiritual Experience in the Middle Ages (12th-15th century)
Call for Papers for SenSArt’s 4th International Multidisciplinary Conference of the Series ‘Experiencing the Sacred’
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Conferences
Divine Senses: Exploring Sensorial Experiences in Religious Contexts throughout the Premodern Iberian World
We are interested in how these elements affected bodily sensations, behaviors, mindsets and/or were harnessed and incorporated into religious experiences as a whole.
Call for papers for RSA 2025 on “Sensing the Elements in the Experience of the Sacred (14th-16th century)”
We are interested in how these elements affected bodily sensations, behaviors, mindsets and/or were harnessed and incorporated into religious experiences as a whole.
Conference on “Embodied Preaching: Multisensorial Preaching Performances in Medieval Europe”
By the Late Middle Ages, the liturgy has become the most important and elaborate ceremonial of Christianity in an already highly ritualised society.
Conference on “The Senses, Cognition and the Body in Medieval Devotional Practices”
The conference aims to shed new light on the intricate ways in which the senses, cognition, and the body were engaged in devotional practices, emphasizing themultisensory nature of medieval spirituality
Conference on “Performance, Perception and Devotional Experience in Medieval Sacred Spaces”
The conference, jointly organized by Zuleika Murat (University of Padua) Fabio Massaccesi (University of Bologna) and Núria Jornet (Universitat de Barcelona), brings together international scholars working on diverse topics and materials
Conference on “The Role of the Senses in Medieval Liturgies and Rituals”
By the Late Middle Ages, the liturgy has become the most important and elaborate ceremonial of Christianity in an already highly ritualised society.