Devotion and Memory

Conference of Contemporary Church History / Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte University of Teacher Education Lucerne, November 16-17, 2017 Program November 16th, University of Teacher Education Lucerne, “Zeughaus”, room ZH110 14.00 Opening of the Conference, welcome and introduction Conceptual introduction 14.15-14.40 Franziska Metzger (Luzern): Devotion and Memory – Discourses and Practices I. The dimension of memory in religious rites and (discursive) practices 14.40-15.20 Elke Pahud de Mortanges (Fribourg/Freiburg i.Br.): Gender, Religious Rites and Memory 15.20-16.00 Angela Berlis (Bern): Mediale Trauer um einen streitbaren religiösen Aktivisten: Hyacinthe Loyson (1827–1912) II. Uses of memory in religious-­national rites (part I) 16.15-16.55 Markus Ries (Luzern): Schlachtjahrzeit. Wie die moderne Nation den religiösen Glauben verändert 16.55-17.35 Gerhard Besier (Dresden/Flensburg): Gebrauch von Gedächtnis in religiös-­nationalen Riten mit Beispielen aus der römisch‐katholischen Nationalkirche und der russisch‐ orthodoxen Staatskirche 17.35-18.15 Jan de Maeyer (Leuven): The national basilica “Koekelberg” in Brussels and the “Ijzertoren” as a monument of Peace and the Flemish Nationalist Movement after WWI 18.15 Meeting of the KZG board November 17th, University of Teacher Education, “Zeughaus”, room ZH110 II. Uses of memory in religious-­‐national rites (part II) 09.00-09.40 David Neuhold (Fribourg): Frömmigkeit inmitten der Kreierung nationaler Symbolik: Das Herz‐Jesu, die Trikolore und die Anfänge der Dritten Französischen Republik (1870-­1940) 09.40-10.20 Anna Krolikowska (Szczecin): Fortunes of a community between the past and the future in the context of religious narratives. The Polish case 10.40-11.20 Robert Ericksen (Tacoma, WA): Devotion, Protestant Voters, and Religious Prejudice: 1930s Germany and Today’s America 11.20-12.00 Andrea Strübind (Oldenburg): The sacred in the secular – national holidays in the Federal Republic of Germany and the role of the churches since 1945 III. The sacralisation of places and spaces through memory 13.20-14.00 Tobias Weger (Oldenburg): Cluj‐Napoca/Klausenburg – confessional memories in a multicultural town 14.00-14.40 Kimmo Katajala (Joensuu): The Old Cathedral of Vyborg as a Site of Memory 14.40-15.20 Anders Jarlert (Lund): Desacralisation and new “sacralisation” of religious buildings 15.30-16.15 Closure of the Conference