The Centre for Marian Studies and
the Orthodox Network are organising a two-day conference on the Mother of God
in the Orthodox and Oriental Churches, at the University of Winchester (18th-20th
August 2015).
The earliest evidence for
devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary comes from the Greek and Oriental churches,
and the writings of the early authors of Eastern Christianity have influenced
the cult of the Mother of God in both East and West. The Western church in
recent decades has seen an upsurge of interest in the liturgy and theology of
the East, and this conference will draw together scholars from both sets of
traditions and from the secular academy to consider the rich Marian inheritance
of Byzantine, Near Eastern and non-Chalcedonian Christians, with a focus on the
tradition of hymnody.
Speakers who have agreed to
address the conference include Andrew Louth (Durham University), Niki Tsironis
(Institute for Byzantine Research, Athens), Pierre Najem (Notre Dame
University, Lebanon) and Sebastian Brock (University of Oxford).
Location
The location for the conference
is the beautiful city of Winchester, which has a long Christian (and
specifically Marian!) history. Winchester is easily accessible from London and
Oxford, and the University of Winchester provides excellent conference
facilities and residential accommodation.
Call for papers
Papers are invited on the main
conference theme, but contributions on other aspects of the cult of the Mother
of God in the East will also be considered. The topics may concern any period
of church history, and may be in any relevant discipline – theology, liturgy,
anthropology, art history, literary studies or politics.
Fees
Fee for the full conference: £230,
including full board and lodging for the first day (Tuesday 18th-Wednesday
19th), and half board (without dinner) for the second day (Wednesday
19th-Thursday 20th).
Day 1 only: £90 including dinner.
Day 2 only: £70 without dinner.
Cheques should be made payable to
the Centre for Marian Studies. A reduced fee may be available on request.
Enquiries should be addressed to
either
Dr Andreas Andreopoulos
(University of Winchester),
or Dr Sarah Jane Boss (Centre for
Marian Studies, University of Roehampton),
Email: aurora.consurgens@marianstudies.ac.uk,
Telephone 07977 192458.
A draft programme is the
following:
Tuesday 18th
2.p.m. onwards. Registration
3.30. Tea
4.00.-5.00. Sebastian Brock: 'Bride of Light: Mary in the hymns of the Syriac Churches'
5.00.-5.45. Bronwen Neil: ‘Mary as Selective Intercessor
for Souls in Hades in Middle Byzantine Apocalyptic’
5.45-6.30. Richard Price: ‘The Mother of God in the
Russian Spiritual Verses’
6.30. Evening prayer
7.00. Supper
Wednesday 19th
9.15.a.m. Stephen Shoemaker: ‘The Mother of God in the
Jerusalem Chant Book’; Olga Grinchenko:
‘Hymns to the Mother of God found in the Slavonic Kontakaria and their
Byzantine counterparts’; Ephrem Lash:
‘Images of the Mother of God in Orthodox hymns’
11.15. Coffee
11.45. Pierre Najem [Near or Middle Eastern texts]
12.45. Lunch
2.30.p.m. Brian
Reynolds: ‘Patristic Echoes in Dante’s Mariology’;
Kevin Alban: ‘Some
Eastern theological aspects of Carmelite Mariology’; and Sarah Jane Boss:
‘Theophanes of Nicaea’s On the Holy Mother of God as a foundation for
Mariology’
4.30. Tea
5.00. Nikolaos
Loudovikos: ‘Mary in the work of Nikolas Kavasilas’
6.30. Evening prayer
Thursday 20th
9.15.a.m. Andrew Louth:
‘The Mother of God in the theology of Fr Sergii Bulgakov’
10.15. Niki Tsironi:
‘The Mother of God in the thought and homilies of Anthony of Sourozh’
11.15. Coffee
11.45. Andreas
Andreopoulos: ‘The Significance of Mary for Modern
Theology’
12.45. Lunch
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