Network for Medieval Arts & Rituals (NetMAR)
We are an international, cross-disciplinary network dedicated to the study of medieval arts and rituals.
NetMAR brings together scholars, researchers, and students from different countries, backgrounds, institutions, and disciplines, all of whom are committed to academic excellence and to widening participation.
The network is made up of three major partners:
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement No 951875.
Latest Blogs, News & Announcements
November 3, 2021
You are cordially invited to the second lecture within the Medieval advanced level Seminar series of UNI BA’s Winter Semester 2021/22, by Prof. Dr. Nils Holger Petersen (Odense), with title: “The Medieval Latin Mass and its Receptions into the modern Concert Hall and various Electronic Media"
Coordination: Prof. Dr. Ingrid Bennewitz/Prof. Dr. Klaus van Eickels
Monday, November 22, 2021
19:00 CET, via Zoom
October 30, 2021
By Daniele Gallindo Gonçalves
Whether it’s the time we get up in the morning or when we eat or go to sleep, our daily routines are a form of ritual. However, can we really call such (individual) habits rituals? What is actually a ritual? As defined by Gerd Althoff, a ritual is “a formally-standardized symbolic sequence of actions that has a specific effectiveness”, since it has the capacity to (re)produce “a social, political, spiritual, etc. change of state” (Althoff; Stollberg-Rilinger 2008: 144).October 27, 2021
Lecture at UNI BA: Prof. Dr Bettina Wagner, Director of the Bamberg State Library, and Alyssa Steiner (M.St. University of Bamberg) will give a joint paper entitled 'Albrecht Pfister and the Earliest Printed Books in German from Bamberg’ on Tuesday, 2 November 2021, at 3:30 CET (online). The paper will focus on the first Bamberg book printer, Albrecht Pfister, and specifically on the extremely rare Pfister prints held in British and American libraries. The talk will be in English; to register and join, please visit: https://www.staatsbibliothek-bamberg.de/article/albrecht-pfister-and-the-earliest-printed-books-in-german-from-bamberg/
October 19, 2021
Ingrid Bennewitz (University of Bamberg) will be giving an online seminar on "Brynhild's Return. On the Depiction of the Icelandic Queen in Twenty-first Century Cinema" on Thursday, 25 November.
The seminar is part of the autumn 2021 seminar series and will be online via Zoom. All are welcome!
To register please write to [email protected]
Last Updated on July 17, 2023