The World in Schwenckfeld's Day:

A Symposium on Everyday Life in 16th Century Germany

SCHWENKFELDER LIBRARY & HERITAGE CENTER

PENNSBURG, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA
Saturday October 23

 

      Mark your calendars now for Saturday, October 23, for an exciting peek
at everyday life in 16th Century Germanic Europe!  This symposium is
designed for the general public curious about life in a  former time.

Advanced registration is required, so call today!

 

9:00 am-Welcome and Keynote Address-Religion and Society in 16th Century
Germany

      Dr. Emmet McLaughlin, Professor of Early Modern History, Villanova
University Dr. McLaughlin will speak on the role of religion in a society
very different than our own.  

 

10:00 am-Arguing in Public: How Printing Changed the World of Debate

      Rev. Luka Ilic, Doctoral Candidate, Lutheran Theological Seminary Rev.
Ilic will discuss the use of the  public, and relatively new, printing press
as a way for holding public debates.  

 

11:00 am-Food and Sin in the 16th Century

      Dr. Jill Furst, Consulting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania Museum
of Archaeology and Anthropology Sixteenth century religious teachings
identified almost all foods as occasions of sin, depending on the many
different circumstances the food was prepared or served. 

 

11:45 am-Drinking and Tavern Sociability in 16th Century Germany

      Dr. Ann Tlusty, Professor of History, Bucknell University
Sixteenth-century attempts to sober up early modern drinkers were often at
cross-purposes with the demands of society, the needs of the government, and
even the interests of religious leaders.

 

12:15 pm-Lunch-foods reminiscent of medieval times

 

1:15  pm-Popular Reformation and Popular Rebellion: the German Peasants' War

      Dr. Michael Baylor, Professor of History, Lehigh University Dr.
Baylor's presentation will explore Europe's greatest popular insurrection
prior to the French Revolution and its links with the Reformation.  

 

2:00 pm-Music both Common and Noble in the 16th Century

      Dr. Hilde Binford, Associate Professor of Music, Moravian College

 

Dr. Binford will explore the role of music in the 16th century as
experienced by the various social strata.

 

3:00 pm-From Altarpiece to Woodcut: Visual Culture in Reformation Germany

      Dr. Lisa Norris, Associate Professor of Art History, Kutztown
University Dr. Norris will explain the traditional function of altarpieces,
liturgical sculpture, and such objects as reliquaries and prayer books that
would have been a part of Schwenckfeld's world. 

 

3:45 pm-Presenters' discussion led by Dr. Peter Erb

 

For speaker's biographies and more details regarding the presentations,
please see our website, www.schwenkfelder.com or call the Heritage Center
and we'll mail you a flyer.

 

Advanced registration is required.  To register, please call Michelle at the

Heritage Center at 215-679-3103 or by email: [log in to unmask]   There

is a fee of $30.00.

 

This Symposium is sponsored by:

 

The Ladies Aid Society of Central Schwenkfelder Church and the Pennsylvania
Humanities Council: This program is supported in part by the Pennsylvania
Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities' We the
People  initiative on American history.

 


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