CFP 01.05.2014

Faith, Politics, and the Arts (Marburg, 9-11 Mar 15)

Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany, 09.–11.03.2015
Eingabeschluss : 22.05.2014

Christina Strunck, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Call for papers

Faith, Politics, and the Arts:
Early Modern Transfers between Catholic and Protestant Cultures

The search for transcendental systems of belief that provide orientation
in the confused realities of every-day life is an anthropological
constant which characterizes contemporary multi-cultural communities
just as much as the no less troubled societies of the past. Religion can
inform political decisions, sustain certain forms of government,
underpin or destabilize the social order. The conference "Faith,
Politics, and the Arts" will explore the role of the arts as a means for
shaping and interpreting the interrelation of religion and politics.
Conference papers are intended to focus on Catholic and Protestant
cultures in the Early Modern period (1517- ca. 1800). Central questions
to be addressed are: How did Catholic and Protestant cultures visualize
the relationship between God, ruler and subjects // spiritual and
temporal power? In what ways and to what ends did the art production of
Protestant cultures appropriate and modify visual formulae developed for
Catholic societies (and vice versa)? To what extent did such transfers
promote or undermine religious tolerance?

We invite proposals for papers from a wide range of disciplines engaging
with the visual arts as well as architecture, drama, fashion, and
material culture. Among others, topics may include: religious imagery in
the palaces of political leaders; political elements in the pictorial
programme, design and layout of churches and chapels; prints commenting
on religiously motivated conflicts; diplomatic gifts between Catholic
and Protestant powers; images promoting religious tolerance; theatre
productions touching on confessional issues; the staging of the
Eucharist and of religious processions; frontispieces to theological
treatises; prints with satires on fashions associated with the "foreign"
religion etc.

Abstracts may be submitted in German, English, Italian, and French.
Please send an abstract for a 30-minute paper plus a short CV to PD Dr.
Christina Strunck (strunckstaff.uni-marburg.de) and Julia
Bender-Helfenstein, M. A. (benderhelfensteingooglemail.com) by May 22,
2014.

Quellennachweis:
CFP: Faith, Politics, and the Arts (Marburg, 9-11 Mar 15). In: ArtHist.net, 01.05.2014. Letzter Zugriff 28.03.2024. <https://arthist.net/archive/7576>.

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