{"id":76047,"date":"2020-03-01T05:12:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T10:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=76047"},"modified":"2020-02-27T22:08:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T03:08:47","slug":"cfp-international-conference-the-medieval-eschatology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2020\/03\/cfp-international-conference-the-medieval-eschatology.html","title":{"rendered":"#CFP International Conference \u201cThe Medieval Eschatology\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Call for papes: International Conference \u201cThe Medieval Eschatology\u201d<\/h2>\n

The conference will be held at the\u00a0School of Geography & History (University of\u00a0Santiago de Compostela)\u00a0on 28th \u2013 29th July 2020.\u00a0<\/strong>Deadline for submission of proposals: 15 May 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eschatology is one of the central components of medieval Christian culture. The end of the world, the Last Judgment, salvation, Messianism, the Antichrist, the Apocalypticism and millenarianism are inescapable elements in what we may generally describe as \u201cMedieval eschatology\u201d. In this universe, the coming of the Antichrist antedated the Last Judgment and the end of the world. This favoured the appearance of prophecies and contributed to the shaping of a present \u201con standby\u201d on the basis of a future of salvation or damnation with the Last Judgment on the horizon. This medieval eschatological scenario can be found across events, authors, texts, social movements or cultural and artistic representations.<\/p>\n

A far as events are concerned, the early medieval fears crystallized in the \u201cfear of the year 1000\u201d, the expectations of the end of the world during the 11th century, the \u201cInvestiture Controversy\u201d, the catastrophes associated sometimes to the Antichrist of the last emperor, the Great Schism of 1378, not to mention many other events of different nature that we can identify in a variety of settings of the Medieval Western world and which have been interpreted in eschatological terms.<\/p>\n

In other sense, eschatological mechanisms can also be found in medieval texts, authors and thinkers. This end-of-the-world traces can be identified in Beatus of Li\u00e9bana and the Asturian\u00a0Chronica Prophetica<\/em>\u00a0but also in De Liutprand, Raoul Glaber, Ad\u00e9mar de Chabannes or Helgaud. After the 12th century, the speculations on the future grew more developed. Particular mention deserve Gerhoh de Reichersberg, Hildegarda de Bingen and, most particularly, Joachim of Fiore, who in the 13th century, had a lot of influence in the Franciscan order in such authors as Pedro Olivi, Ubertino of Casale, Ram\u00f3n Llull, Arnaldus de Vilanova or Jean de Roquetaillade. Later, they would be joined by such figures as Vicente Ferrer, Mamfred de Verceil or Bernardino de Siena, to cite but a few. There are even some authors and texts that include eschatological principles without this being their main purpose. Such is the case of some Chronicles, Histories, Annals and other text types (treaties, mirrors for princes, travel books, etc.).<\/p>\n

As to social movements, from the 13th century, fundamentally, a number of heretic agitation and revolts where eschatological ideas emerge have been identified. These include, for instance, the apostolici, the Beguines and Beghards, or the Hussites, among others. Lastly, the representation of eschatological images in the Beati or in illuminated texts and the representation of the Last Judgments in architecture are just the artistic manifestation of the problem that is the subject of study of this Conference.<\/p>\n

It is therefore the intention of the International Conference \u201cThe Medieval Eschatology\u201d to provide a venue for reflecting on these as well as other eschatological issues that may be proposed. This can be done analytically or descriptively from both a practical and theoretical approach. Starting there, we can look at what their purpose was and at what meanings they have been given in different contexts and spaces. The Conference welcomes multidisciplinarity and encourages the participation of researchers from the fields of history, history of the art, literary studies, philosophy and political sciences. It is our aim to bring together different views in order to encourage a theoretical and practical reflection on eschatological concepts, their meaning and uses.<\/p>\n

On the basis of the above, the following will be the main pillars on which this Conference will be built:<\/p>\n