Abstracts due Jan. 31 for Medieval Mystical Theology in Dialogue with Contemporary Thought: An International Conference on the Occasion of the 750th Anniversary of the Death of Beatrice of Nazareth.

Held May 30-June 2 at KU Leuven, in Leuven, Belgium. Abstracts invited on MANY aspects of medieval religious devotion, vernacular spirituality, mysticism, women’s religious experience and more. 

**Keynotes include Profs. Bernard McGinn, Amy Hollywood and Carolyn Muessig** https://theo.kuleuven.be/…/institute_sp…/beatrice_conference

The Mystical Theology Network invites abstracts for our annual conference–held this year at KU Leuven in Leuven Belgium. 2018 marks the 750th anniversary of the death of Beatrice of Nazareth, one of the earliest authors of mystical treatises in the vernacular in the Low Countries. Beatrice’s text and context illustrate some of the most exciting and interesting themes in medieval studies and medieval theology today.

The Institute for the Study of Spirituality and the Theology in a Postmodern Context Research Group invite abstracts for a conference that seeks to bring historical and contemporary theology into dialogue. In addition to commemorating Beatrice of Nazareth, the conference seeks to explore themes related to Beatrice’s text and context, but also to address theological issues that continue to resonate in contemporary debates. Both the historical- and contemporary-theological questions will be clustered around three main themes, but we strongly encourage interdisciplinary approaches that engage both historical and contemporary conversations.

Additionally, the conference will feature an exhibit displaying the Dendermonde Codex, a twelfth century MS of Hildegard of Bingen’s Symphonia. Thus we also welcome papers on Hildegard and her context.