International conference on the Carthusians
An international Conference on the Carthusians will be held at the Theaterhotel De Oranjerie in Roermond on 19 and 20 June 2009. The
main theme is: Carthusian Worlds: Contemporary Approaches to the Carthusians and their Heritage.
There will be lectures from internationally renowned scholars in the field of Carthusian history, theology and literature, on subjects such
as: recent research into Carthusians, modern representations of Carthusians, current Carthusian spirituality, the reception of
Carthusian literature, the significance of the Carthusians for the town, the Carthusians as a source of inspiration for art and architecture.
A collection of conference papers will be edited by Peter Nissen and Krijn Pansters.
Entrance: two conference days, lunch, coffee and tea: € 150,- pp.; € 95, - for (PhD-)students.
Information and registration: congres@kartuizers.nl.
Conference flyer here
Programma Carthusian Worlds. Contemporary Approaches to the Carthusians and Their Heritage.
Friday, June 19
History I
Chair: K. Pansters
| 10.30-10.45 | K. Pansters | Introduction |
| 10.45-11.30 | P. Nissen | Carthusian Worlds |
| 11.30-12.15 | M. Niederkorn | Carthusian Research of the Past Forty Years |
| 12.15-13.30 | Lunch |
History II
Chair: P. Nissen
| 13.30-14.15 | R. van Dijk | Iuxta modum cartusiensium. Kartäuser Einflüsse in der spätmittelalterlichen Klosterlandschaft der Niederlande |
| 14.15-15.00 | T. Gaens | A Modern Approach to Carthusian Prosopography and Social Network Analysis. The Charterhouses of Zelem and Monnikhuizen During the Internal Schism as a Case-study |
| 15.00-15.15 | Break |
Short Presentations I: History
Chair: H. van Engen
| 15.15-15.45 | H. Goder | Der Ordensnachwuchs der Kartause Roermond im 18. Jahrhundert |
| 15.45-16.15 | J. Sanders | The Chronicle of the Charterhouse of Vught |
| 16.15-16.45 | L. Hansen | Carthusian Worlds- More than the Cell? The Carthusian Tradition of praedicare manibus and its Challenge to Reformed Spirituality |
| 16.15-16.45 | J. Seynnaeve | A Sympathetic Agnostic Look at Monasticism: Léo Moulin on the Carthusians |
| 17.15-18.30 | Dinner |
Keynote Lecture I: History
Chair: M. Niederkorn
| 18.30-19.30 | J. Hogg | The Carthusians and Their Heritage |
| 19.30-22.00 | Visit tot the Exhibition ‘The Secret of Silence’ (Guides: R. Dückers & B. Dukers) |
| 22.00-23.00 | Get-together |
Saturday, June 20
Arts and Architecture
Chair: H. Goder
| 10.00-10.45 | M. Früh | Kostbarkeiten aus der Ittinger Klosterbibliothek: Buchillustrationen vermitteln kartäusisches Gedankengut |
| 10.45-11.30 | L. Zuidema | Viewing the Carthusians and Their Art |
| 11.30-11.45 | Break |
| 11.45-12.30 | B. Dukers | Building Historical Research of a Charterhouse |
| 12.30-13.00 | H. van Engen | A Carthusian Medieval Painting |
| 13.00-14.15 | Lunch |
Short Presentations II - Spirituality
Chair: T. Gaens
| 14.15-14.45 | F. Morales | The Pedagogical Principles in the Letters of St. Bruno |
| 14.45-15.15 | K. Pansters | The Golden Epistle and the Ladder of Monks: Aspects of Twelfth-Century Carthusian Spirituality |
| 15.15-15.45 | I. Cornet | The Spiritual Influence of the Cologne Carthusians |
| 15.45-16.00 | Break |
Short Presentations III - Literature
Chair: J. Seynnaeve
| 16.00-16.30 | R. Faesen | The Carthusians and a Crucial Moment in the Development of Mystical Literature in the Low Countries |
| 16.30-17.00 | P. Sartori | The Carthusians and the Biblical Disputes in the Time of Erasmus: Historical and Philological Approach to Petrus Sutor’s De tralatione Bibliae (1525) |
| 17.00-17.30 | W. Francois | Petrus Sutor and Erasmus on Bible Reading in the Vernacular |
| 17.30-19.00 | Dinner |
Intermezzo
Chair: B. Dukers
| 19.00-19.30 | C. Reinberger | The Virtual Reconstruction of a Charterhouse |
Keynote Lecture II: Philosophy
Chair: K. Pansters
| 19.30-20.30 | K. Emery Jr. | Denys the Carthusian: The World of Thought Comes to Roermond |
| 20.30-20.45 | P. Nissen | Conclusion |
| 20.45-22.30 | Get-together |
Lectures 'The Secret of Silence'
The Secret of Silence. Lectures on the Eventful History of the Carthusians and their Charterhouse at the Swalmerstraat Roermond.
| Drs. Tim Peeters | Carthusian Spirituality and Way of Life | Thursday, April 2nd 2009 |
| Dr. Régis de la Haye | The Origin of the Carthusian Order | Thursday, April 16th 2009 |
| Drs. Ben Hartmann | The Murder of the Carthusians of Roermond 1572 | Thursday, April 30th 2009 |
| Mw. drs. Birgit Dukers & drs. J. Wattenberghe | Archeology and Building History of the Charterhouse of Roermond | Thursday May 14th 2009 |
| Dr. Ton van Schaik | Why the Carthusians Never Returned to the Netherlands | Thursday May 28th 2009 |
| Mw. drs. Liesbeth Zuidema | Carthusian Art and Art Donations | Thursday, June 11th 2009 |
The lectures will be in Dutch. Location: Refectory, Former Charterhouse, Swalmerstraat 100, Roermond.
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'The Roermond Carthusians' Foundation |