Monastic Normativities

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Network for the Study of Late Antique and Early Medieval Monasticism

Organizer Name

Albrecht Diem, Hans Hummer

Organizer Affiliation

Syracuse Univ., Wayne State Univ.

Presider Name

Paul A. Brazinski

Presider Affiliation

Catholic Univ. of America

Paper Title 1

Jerome’s Pachomiana and Ascetic Translatio: Audiences, Reception and Translation in the Latin Monastic Literature of the Fifth Century

Presenter 1 Name

Zachary Yuzwa

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Cornell Univ.

Paper Title 2

Theology à la Carte: News from Smaragdus’s Patristic Pantry

Presenter 2 Name

Matthieu van der Meer

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Syracuse Univ.

Paper Title 3

Carolingian Normativity and Its Discontents

Presenter 3 Name

Martin Claussen

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of San Francisco

Paper Title 4

Western Proprietary Monasteries in Late Antiquity

Presenter 4 Name

Matheus Figuinha (Congress Travel Award Winner)

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa

Start Date

9-5-2014 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1345

Description

First of two sessions organized by the Network for the Study of Late Antique and Early Medieval Monasticism. The following topics are addressed: Smaragdus of St. Mihiel, Commentaries to the Rule of Benedict, the Regula Pacomii, Reception of Patristic texts, Carolingian monastic reforms, Regula Benedicti. Speakers are Zachary Yuzwa, Matthieu van der Meer, Matheus Figuinha and Marty Claussen.

Albrecht Diem