Free Resource: German Medieval History

The German Historical Institute has just published a book called Medieval Germany: Research and Resources. It was compiled by a medieval history scholar, John Eldevik. It is primarily a bibliography of works on medieval Germany, as well as information about archives, library holdings, fellowships, institutes, scholarly associations, etc. I hope to increase the use of these free guides, which, incidentally, are also available on the Internet at www.ghi-dc.org/reference.html). If people want a hard copy of the guide, completely free of charge (no shipping, either), they can also click on the appropriate link at the web address above to place their order.

Thank you,
Patricia Sutcliffe

Dr. Patricia Casey Sutcliffe, Editor
German Historical Institute 1607 New Hampshire Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 552-8926 Fax: (202) 387-6437
Email: sutcliffe@ghi-dc.org

ANNOUNCEMENT: Fellowship

Franckesche Stiftungen zu Halle (Saale), Halle (Saale)

Bewerbungsschluss: 20.03.2007

<>Dank der großzügigen Förderung durch die Fritz Thyssen Stiftung können die Franckeschen Stiftungen eine Reihe von Stipendien anbieten. Sie sind <>für Forschungen im Studienzentrum der Franckeschen Stiftungen, demInterdisziplinären Zentrum für Pietismusforschung und dem <>Interdisziplinären Zentrum für die Erforschung der Europäischen Aufklärung der Martin-Luther-Universität bestimmt. <>Das Rahmenthema des Fritz Thyssen Stipendienprogramms lautet: Erforschung von Pietismus und Aufklärung im Zusammenhang mit der <>Geschichte der Institutionen, insbesondere des 18. Jahrhunderts, auch inihrem internationalen Kontext.

Folgende Stipendien werden vergeben:

6 Forschungsstipendien für Wissenschaftler aus dem In- und Ausland für

Forschungsaufenthalten in Halle von drei Monaten.

Pauschalstipendium: EUR 5.200,-

6 Doktorandenstipendien für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs aus dem In-

und Ausland für Forschungsaufenthalte in Halle von drei Monaten.

Pauschalstipendium: EUR 3.130,-

Antragstellung

Anträge auf Stipendien stellen Sie bitte formlos an den Direktor der

Franckeschen Stiftungen

Dr. Thomas Müller-Bahlke

Franckesche Stiftungen

Franckeplatz 1 Haus 37

D-06110 Halle/Saale

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Dr. Britta Klosterberg

Studienzentrum August Hermann Francke

Franckeplatz1, Haus 22-24

06110 Halle

Homepage <http://francke-halle.de/main/index2.php?cf=3_2_1>

ANN: Medieval History Seminar

The German Historical Institutes in London and Washington are pleased to announce the fifth Medieval History Seminar, to be held in Washington D.C. from October 11 to 14, 2007. The seminar is designed to bringtogether American, British and German Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D. recipients (2005-2006) in medieval history for a weekend of scholarly discussion and collaboration. They will have the opportunity to present their work to their peers as well as to distinguished scholars fromboth sides of the Atlantic.

Conveners for the 2007 seminar will be professors Michael Borgolte (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Johannes Fried (Universität Frankfurt), Patrick J. Geary (University of California, Los Angeles), Dame Janet Nelson (King’s College, University of London), Barbara H. Rosenwein (Loyola University Chicago), and Miri Rubin (Queen Mary, University of London).

The Medieval History Seminar welcomes proposals from all areas of medieval history. Participation is not limited to historians working on <>German history or German-speaking regions of Europe. Nor is a particular epoch or methodological approach preferred. Applications from <>neighboring disciplines are welcome if the projects have a distinct historical focus.

Papers and discussions will be conducted both in German and English. Successful applicants must be prepared to submit a paper of approximately twenty typewritten pages by September 1, 2007. They also are expected to act as commentator for one other paper presented in the

seminar.

The GHI will cover the travel and lodging expenses of the participants.

Applications should include:

• a curriculum vitae (including address and e-mail);

• a description of the proposed paper (4-5 pages, double-spaced);

• one letter of recommendation.

Send applications by e-mail to: b.thomas@ghi-dc.org

German Historical Institute

1607 New Hampshire Ave. N.W.

Washington D.C. 20009

U.S.A.

The deadline for submission is April 1, 2007.

For further information, please contact

Dr. Carola Dietze, GHI Washington, e-mail: dietze@ghi-dc.org or

Dr. Karsten Plöger, GHI London, e-mail: ploeger@ghil.ac.uk.

ANNOUNCEMENT: SUMMER SEMINAR (CANADA)

<>I wanted to get the word out to earlymodern historians about a series of summer seminars for dissertation-stage Ph.D. students and junior faculty to be held in Montreal (2007, 2009, 2010) and <>Toronto (2008). The seminars are part of the 'Making Publics in Early ModernEurope' research project funded by Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities <>Research Council and will be led by various members of the research group. Further information on the project and the summer seminars can be found at the project website: http://makingpublics.mcgill.ca/
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I'm also happy to respond to inquiries about the 'Making Publics' project. Please feel free to pass this message along to any students or colleagues who might have an interest in these seminars.

Prof. Brian Cowan

Canada Research Chair in Early Modern British History

McGill University, Dept. of History

855 rue Sherbrooke ouest

Montreal H3A 2T7

Quebec, Canada

phone: 1 (514) 398-4194 fax: 1 (514) 398-8365

ANNOUNCEMENT: NEH Summer Institute

Teaching the Reformation in a Pluralist Age

This NEH-funded institute is intended for humanities colleagues who teach history survey courses. It will focus on the Reformation's key themes, connect these to broader topics in western and world history, and suggest ways to make the Reformation's significance come

alive for undergraduates. Topics include Reformation theology, lay piety, religious and political power, the role of women, the impact of printing, art and iconoclasm, and the Reformation's impact in border areas, especially in Eastern Europe. Karin Maag, Director of the Meeter Center for Calvin Studies at Calvin College, will lead the institute. Visiting lecturers include Robin Barnes, Ward Holder, Henry Luttikhuizen, Graeme Murdock, Charles Parker, Larissa Taylor, and Merry Wiesner-Hanks. The institute will take place from June 25 to July 13, 2007, at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Participants receive a $2,400 stipend for the three weeks. For more information and application materials, please contact Karin Maag: kmaag@calvin.edu. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2007.

Dr Karin Maag, Director

H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies

Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary

Hekman Library, 1855 Knollcrest Circle SE

Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4402

(616) 526-6089

ANNOUNCEMENT: Calvin Studies Colloquium

"John Calvin and Roman Catholicism"

Calvin Studies Society Colloquium

University of Notre Dame

April 12-14, 2007

We would like to invite you to attend the upcoming Calvin Studies Colloquium, to be held at the University of Notre Dame.

The theme of “John Calvin and Roman Catholicism” was chosen for several reasons.First of all, it is an acknowledgement that Calvin did not envision himself as the founder of a new tradition called “Calvinism,” but rather as one who soughtto restore the Catholic Church to what he called its “purer form” under the <>apostles and early Church writers. Calvin thought of himself as belonging tothe “orthodox and evangelical” tradition, which associated him not only with Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, Martin Bucer, and Heinrich Bullinger, but also with Cyprian, Ambrose, Chrysostom, and Augustine. One of the concerns of the colloquium will therefore be to assess the degree to which Calvin might be seen as a Catholic theologian, as surprising as such a claim might appear to be on its face. Secondly, as a consequence of his desire to restore the Catholic Church of his day, Calvin’s engagement with his contemporary Roman Catholics was not tangential to his concerns, but was directly related to the task he was called to carry out. By placing Calvin and his followers within the context of their wider interactions with Roman Catholics in Geneva and its environs, and in places like Holland, we can get a better idea of what the real issues were that both united and divided them, and will be able to see more clearly how members of the Old Church regarded the work of Calvin and his colleagues. Thirdly, the theme of the conference highlights the remarkable fact that a good deal of the best scholarship on Calvin has been done by Roman Catholics such as Alexandre Ganoczy, George Tavard, Lucien Richard, Carlos Eire, and Dennis Tamburello. By holding the conference at Notre Dame, Calvin scholars would not only be acknowledging the major contributions made to their field by their Roman Catholic colleagues, but would also be recognizing the irreducible importance of listening to what our Roman Catholic colleagues see in the thought of Calvin and the movement he so deeply influenced. Finally, Notre Dame seems to be the ideal place for such a discussion to occur because of its long involvement in and commitment to the ecumenical outreach to other Christian traditions initiated in earnest at Vatican II, which has made Notre Dame such a welcome home for those in Calvin’s tradition such as Alvin Plantinga, George Marsden, and Nathan Hatch. It is our hope that this colloquium could give further impetus to these efforts at ecumenical understanding, which help us to overcome unfortunate stereotypes and to come to a richer understanding of the Christian tradition we all share.

Full details, including program, are available from Randall Zachmann at the University of Notre Dame.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Call for Papers, SCSC 2007

The Society for Reformation Research, a North American scholarly organization and partner group to the Verein für Reformationgeschichte, is concerned with furthering scholarly research on the Protestant and Catholic Reformations and all other aspects of religious life in the early modern era. Following our mandate, we will sponsor a variety of sessions at the 2007 annual meeting of the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference held in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA), from October 24-28 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

We will accept papers and sessions on any theme related to Reformation research, but are particularly interested in sponsoring a series of sessions this year on the theme of "Reformation Encounters with the Other." Papers could treat any number of themes involving encounters between differing groups in the area of theology, religion, social and political relationships and arrangements, travel narratives and literature, and so on, in any context or period affected by the Reformation or the long sixteenth century (c. 1450-1650).

We also seek papers for a series of panels entitled "Religion on the Brink of Reformation," intended to bring medievalists and early modernists together for comparative and epoch-bridging discussion.

Finally, as always, we would like to sponsor a limited number of sessions on approaches to teaching the Reformation.

We encourage proposals both for individual papers as well as full sessions; we particularly welcome panels that offer closely focused comparisons across national borders or those that include scholars and scholarly approaches from different continents. Papers should not have been previously presented at any other scholarly meeting nor have been published. The deadline for submitting paper proposals (by mail or email) is March 15th.

If you would like to present a paper under the auspices of the Society for Reformation Research, or for more information about our programs,

please contact:

Susan R. Boettcher

c/o Lehrstuhl für die Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit

Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften

Humboldt Universität

Unter den Linden 6

D-10099 Berlin

Germany

Email: susan.boettcher@mail.utexas.edu

More information about the conference is available at the website of the

SCSC: http://www.sixteenthcentury.org/