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June 12, 2023

3rd NetMAR webinar, titled ‘European Funding Proposal Writing’ on 28th of June 2023

The Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals of the University of Cyprus, is organizing the 3rd NetMAR webinar, titled ‘European Funding Proposal Writing’, as part of the activities of the NetMAR project
May 31, 2023

Faked Rituals in ‘Tristan and Isolde’ or Who Knows What?

By Dr Andrea Schindler, University of Braunschweig

One has to believe in rituals, otherwise they don’t work. But of course, one can also just pretend to perform a ritual, or not do it properly. In ‘Tristan and Isolde’ of Gottfried of Straßburg, we learn what happens if some people know the truth about rituals – and some don’t.
May 29, 2023

NetMAR at the International Medieval Congress (IMC) 2023

NetMAR is pleased to invite medievalists to attend the presentations of the network's researchers at the International Medieval Congress (IMC), the Europe’s largest forum for sharing ideas in medieval studies, hosted by the University of Leeds. IMC 2023 will take place from Monday 03 July to Thursday 06 July 2023.
April 6, 2023

NetMAR International Conference: Rituals of Gender Staging and Performance in the Middle Ages, University of Bamberg, 03-04 May 2023

NetMAR is organizing an International Conference on "Rituals of Gender Staging and Performance in the Middle Ages" that address the role of rituals in the staging and performance of medieval gender roles. The conference will be held at the premises of the University of Bamberg between the 3rd and 4th of May 2023.
March 31, 2023

Sexual Temptations in Early Byzantine Collective Biographies

By Dr. Andria Andreou, Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals, UCY

Were early Christian ascetics tempted by sexual desire? And if they did, in what forms did they experience such a temptation? How did they manage (or not) to overcome temptation? The hard battles that ascetics gave against sexual temptations, as depicted in two collections of early Byzantine tales, is the subject of this blog post.
February 28, 2023

On the Power of Beauty in Church and Liturgy

By Dr. Wiebke-Marie Stock, University of Bonn, Germany/University of Notre Dame, USA

What is beautiful can attract and enchant us, it can uplift us, but it can also distract. It is, therefore, by no means clear whether the beautiful should play a role within the realm of the divine. This text discusses how ideas of beauty were championed or censured by philosophers and theologians.