Iconology Research Group

Academia Belgica Rome, April 1 – 3 2008

Organizers

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Promotor: Reimund Bieringer
Co-promotores: Barbara Baert, Karlijn Demasure, Sabine Van Den Eynde
Scientific assistance and practical organisation: Isabelle Vanden Hove, Liesbet Kusters, Hannelore Devoldere
Contact: nolimetangere@theo.kuleuven.be

Program

1 April

• 6 pm: Welcome reception at the Academia Belgica

2 April

• Welcome by the director of the Academia, Walter Geerts
• Introduction to the program by Barbara Baert
• 9 am – 11 am: Session 1: A philosophical perspective on touch and the prohibition of touch
  Karlijn Demasure, presiding
  Speaker 1: Zsuzsa Baross (Peterborough)
  Speaker 2: Marc de Kesel (Nijmegen)
• 11 am – 11.30 am: Coffee
• 11.30 am – 1.30 pm: Session 2: Noli me tangere and the apocrypha
  Reimund Bieringer, presiding
  Speaker 3: Erika Mohri (Worms)
  Speaker 4: Esther de Boer (Kampen)
• 1.30 pm – 4 pm: Lunch break
• 4 pm – 6 pm: Session 3: Noli me tangere in the New Testament
  Rajakumari Virginia Sandiyagu, presiding
  Speaker 5: Turid Karlsen Seim (Oslo/Rome)
  Speaker 6: Reimund Bieringer (Leuven)
• 7 pm: Walking diner at the invitation of the director of the Academia

3 April

• 9 am – 11 am: Session 4: Mary Magdalene in iconography
  Barbara Baert, presiding
  Speaker 7: Lisa Marie Rafanelli (New York)
  Speaker 8: Victor Schmidt (Groningen)
• 11 am – 11.30 am: Coffee
• 11.30 am – 1.30 pm: Session 5: Noli me tangere in literature
  Karlijn Demasure/Isabelle Vanden Hove, presiding
  Speaker 9: Bram Rossano (Gent)
  Speaker 10: Hedwig Schwall (Leuven)
• 1.30 pm – 3 pm: Lunch
• 3 pm – 4 pm: Perspectives on Noli me tangere by the organizers
• 4 pm – 4.30 pm: Coffee
• 4.30 pm – 6 pm: Concluding synthesis and discussion
  Reimund Bieringer, presiding
  6 pm: Fare well reception