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Conference: Globalizing the Protestant Reformations
Friday, Dec. 8, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 9, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
This conference investigates the nature and significance of the Protestant Reformation as a global phenomenon. Leading scholars from Europe and the United States will offer fresh perspectives on the dynamics of religious change by examining the roles of institutions, interpretative communities, and communications media in advancing the globalization of the Protestant faith. Rothenberg Hall
Registration for this 2-day conference is $25, with an optional buffet lunch each day for $20.
Conference registration is $10 for current Huntington docents, and free for current Long-Term Fellows and students with a current Student I.D. Please bring your current I.D. to event day check-in. Students, please note school affiliation after your name when registering.
Conference Schedule
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8
8:30 a.m. - Registration & Coffee
9:30 a.m. - Welcome: Steve Hindle (The Huntington)
Remarks: Ulinka Rublack (Cambridge University)
Session 1: Re-shaping Society
Moderator: James Van Horn Melton (Emory University)
Carla Gardina Pestana (University of California, Los Angeles)
Reworking the Reformation in the Early English Atlantic
David Hall (Harvard Divinity School)
Piety, Practice, and Social Experience: The Practical Divinity and its Local Contexts
12:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00 p.m. - Session 2: Translating Culture and Belief
Moderator: Ulinka Rublack
Anthony Grafton (Princeton University)
Learned Reading in the English Colonies: How Humanist Practices Crossed the Atlantic
Neil Kamil (University of Texas, Austin)
Portable Lives: Reformed Artisans and Refined Materials in the Refugee Atlantic
3:00 p.m. - Break
3:15 p.m. - Session 3: Calvinist Encounters
Moderator: Jacqueline Van Gent (University of Western Australia)
Susanna Burghartz (University of Basel)
Market and Confession: The Global Project of the de Bry Family
Charles Parker (St. Louis University)
Better the Turk than the Pope?: Calvinist Engagement with Islam in Southeast Asia
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9
9:00 a.m. - Registration & Coffee
9:30 a.m. - Session 4: Lutheran and Pietist Encounters
Moderator: Vanessa Wilkie (The Huntington)
Renate Dürr (University of Tübingen)
Global Lutheranism: Debates and Encounters in Early Modern Germany
James Van Horn Melton
Calculating Encounters on the Southern Colonial Frontier: The Pietist Encounter with Non-Christians, 1734-1765
11:30 a.m. - Lunch and time to view exhibition, The Reformation: From the Word to the World
1:00 p.m. - Session 5: Global Reformations in India
Moderator: Susanna Burghartz
Ulrike Gleixner (Herzog August Library, Wolfenbüttel)
Globalizing the Reformation through Millenarian Practices
Jacqueline Van Gent
Protestant Global Missions and the Emotions
3:00 p.m. - Break
3:15 p.m. - Session 6: Macro- and Micro-Histories of Gender and Belief
Moderator: Charles Parker
Merry Wiesner-Hanks (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
New Perspectives on Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World
Jon Sensbach (University of Florida)
The Sacred World of Mary Prince
5:15 p.m. - Concluding Discussion
Ulinka Rublack
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LocationRothenberg Hall, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (View)
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
United States
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| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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