International Conference

Noli me tangere: Text ­ Image ­Context

Where: Academia Belgica Rome, April 1 ­ 3, 2008/

Organizers: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: Faculty of
Theology-Faculty of the Arts

Reimund Bieringer, Barbara Baert, Karlijn Demasure, Sabine Van Den Eynde
Contact: nolimetangeretheo.kuleuven.be
<mailto:nolimetangeretheo.kuleuven.be>

Program

April 1

6 pm: Welcome reception at the Academia Belgica

April 2

Welcome by the director of the Academia, Walter Geerts

Introduction to the program by Barbara Baert

9 am ­ 11 am: Session 1:
A philosophical perspective on touch and the prohibition of touch
Karlijn Demasure, presiding

Speaker 1: Zsuzsa Baross (Peterborough)
Speaker 2: Marc De Kesel (Nijmegen)

11 am ­ 11.30 am: Coffee

11.30 am ­ 1.30 pm: Session 2:
Noli me tangere and the apocrypha
Reimund Bieringer, presiding

Speaker 3: Erika Mohri (Worms)
Speaker 4: Esther de Boer (Kampen)

1.30 pm ­ 4 pm: Lunch and break

4 pm ­ 6 pm: Session 3:
Noli me tangere in the New Testament
Virginia Rajakumari Sandiyagu, presiding

Speaker 5: Turid Karlsen Seim (Oslo/Rome)
Speaker 6: Reimund Bieringer (Leuven)

7 pm: Walking dinner at the invitation of the director of the Academia

April 3

9 am ­ 11 am: Session 4:
Mary Magdalene in iconography
Barbara Baert, presiding

Speaker 7: Lisa Marie Rafanelli (New York)
Speaker 8: Victor Schmidt (Groningen)

11 am ­ 11.30 am: Coffee

11.30 am ­ 1.30 pm: Session 5:
Noli me tangere in literature
Karlijn Demasure, presiding

Speaker 9: Bram Rossano (Gent)
Speaker 10: Hedwig Schwall (Leuven)

1.30 pm ­ 3 pm: Lunch

3 pm ­ 4.30 pm: Session 6:
Perspectives on Noli me tangere : synthesis and discussion
Barbara Baert, Reimund Bieringer, Karlijn Demasure

5 pm: Farewell reception

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Professor dr. Barbara Baert
Medieval Art, History of Christian Art
Iconology Research Group (IRG)
Faculty of Arts Room 04.05
Blijde Inkomststraat 21-Bus 3313
B-3000 Leuven
BELGIUM
Phone: +32-16-32 48 64 Fax: +32-16-32 4872
E-mail: barbara.baertarts.kuleuven.be
www.kuleuven.be <http://www.kuleuven.be/>

International research project 'Mary Magdalene and the Touching of
Jesus. An Intra- and Interdisciplinary Investigation of the
Interpretation of John 20,17 in Exegesis, Iconography and Pastoral Care'