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P 13 - Ritualized Space and Objects of Sacrosanctity

Chair: Prof. Nils Holger Petersen nhp@teol.ku.dk.de

Download preliminary daily schedule here (pdf)
(for better readability kindly print it out)

Common activities:

Reception
On Monday, 29 September, we will officially open the conference with a reception from 19.30 to 22.30

Key Note Lecture
Tuesday, 30 September:
Key Note Speaker Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jan Assmann
"Magie und Ritual"

Plenary Discussion
Wednesday, 1 October at 18.00 introductory presentation:
Prof. Dr. Christoph Wulf, Freie Universität Berlin
"The Future of the Science of Ritual in a transcultural Context"

Exchange meeting
Thursday, 2 October from 9:00 - 12:00:
Exchange meeting between scientists from the German Archaeological Institute
and the Collaborative Research Center SFB 619

Speakers (synonym for referee, panelist, active participant)

Day 2 – Tuesday, 30 September 2008

9:00-9:45 Nils Holger Petersen

Il Doge and Easter Processions at San Marco in Early Modern Venice

9:45-10:30 Jens Fleischer

The Corner Stone and its Ritual Power

11:00-11:45 Margrete Syrstad Andås

Medieval Rituals on the Border of the Sacred

11:45-12:30 Mette Bruun
Ritual in Medieval Monasticism

14:00-14:45 Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen

In the Sphere of Sancrosanctity

14:45-15:30    Minou Schraven
                        Building Deposits in Renaissance Italy:
                        Portrait Medals as Ritual Objects

16:00-16:45 Erika Meyer-Dietrich

Religion that is Heard in Public Space

16:45-17:30 Mads Dengsø Jessen

Material culture and the material environment of ritual behaviour

17:30-18:15 Galit Noga-Banai

The Crossing of the Red Tiber

Abstract

The idea that formalized performative acts may manifest sacrosanctity spatially or in specific physical objects is often brought out in descriptions of ritual practices. Rituals of sanctification or dedication of sacred areas, temples, churches, and objects of veneration provide well-known examples: such areas, buildings, places, and objects stand out as ritualized physical structures.
In the West, historically, such traditions have included hierarchies of sacred places (e.g. Jerusalem, Mecca, Rome) defined by mythical events and religious memory; sacred bodies (dead or alive) as manifested by different kinds of ordination or initiation (e.g. saints, kings, priests, ordinary Christians); sacred buildings, places, and objects (churches and monasteries with their precincts including graveyards; various kinds of vessels, reliquaries, altars, crucifixes, books, thrones, statues, pictures, etc). Each of these items has its individual placement within hierarchies of sacredness within particular communities, physically and spiritually, and is thereby endowed with some level of sacrosanctity.
The notion of sacrosanctity, however, in common usage also applies to a wider range of physical bodies or structures which are seen as inviolable, invested with some degree of sacrosanctity, whether in a supernatural or religious sense or through ideas of natural, artistically sublime, or other symbolic or memorial values. Notions of sacrosanctity concerning the human body, nature, the arts, and historical monuments and lieux de mémoires can be seen in this light. The formalized ways in which sacrosanctity of physical bodies or structures are manifested and the meanings of such ritualized events, of course, are highly variable.
This panel encourages presentations concerning all aspects of sacrosanct physical objects or structures and the ritual means by which such sacrosanctity is made manifest, whether it regards traditional religious figures, buildings, or objects, or it has to do with historical monuments, museums, or the idea of the inviolable human body.

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SFB 619 Sponsors & Partners Poster Send to a Colleague Contact Imprint	Chair person Prof. Nils Holger Petersen Nils Holger Petersen is Associate Professor of Church History and Centre Leader for the Centre for the Study of the Cultural Heritage of Medieval Rituals (under the Danish National Research Foundation) at the Theological Faculty, University of Copenhagen, and also responsible for the series Ritus et Artes: Traditions and Transformations at Brepols Publishers, Belgium. His main publications concern medieval liturgy and music drama in a cultural-historical perspective. Together with Dr. Eyolf Oestrem, he is co-authoring the monograph Medieval Ritual and Early Modern Music: The Devotional Practice of Lauda Singing in Late-Renaissance Italy, which will appear shortly. > Abstract P 13 - Ritualized Space and Objects of Sacrosanctity Chair: Prof. Nils Holger Petersen nhp@teol.ku.dk.de Download preliminary daily schedule here (pdf) (for better readability kindly print it out) Common activities: Reception On Monday, 29 September, we will officially open the conference with a reception from 19.30 to 22.30 Key Note Lecture Tuesday, 30 September: Key Note Speaker Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jan Assmann "Magie und Ritual" Plenary Discussion Wednesday, 1 October at 18.00 introductory presentation: Prof. Dr. Christoph Wulf, Freie Universität Berlin "The Future of the Science of Ritual in a transcultural Context" Exchange meeting Thursday, 2 October from 9:00 - 12:00: Exchange meeting between scientists from the German Archaeological Institute and the Collaborative Research Center SFB 619 Speakers (synonym for referee, panelist, active participant) Day 2 – Tuesday, 30 September 2008 9:00-9:45 Nils Holger Petersen Il Doge and Easter Processions at San Marco in Early Modern Venice 9:45-10:30 Jens Fleischer The Corner Stone and its Ritual Power 11:00-11:45 Margrete Syrstad Andås Medieval Rituals on the Border of the Sacred 11:45-12:30 Mette Bruun Ritual in Medieval Monasticism 14:00-14:45 Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen In the Sphere of Sancrosanctity 14:45-15:30 Minou Schraven Building Deposits in Renaissance Italy: Portrait Medals as Ritual Objects 16:00-16:45 Erika Meyer-Dietrich Religion that is Heard in Public Space 16:45-17:30 Mads Dengsø Jessen Material culture and the material environment of ritual behaviour 17:30-18:15 Galit Noga-Banai The Crossing of the Red Tiber Abstract The idea that formalized performative acts may manifest sacrosanctity spatially or in specific physical objects is often brought out in descriptions of ritual practices. Rituals of sanctification or dedication of sacred areas, temples, churches, and objects of veneration provide well-known examples: such areas, buildings, places, and objects stand out as ritualized physical structures. In the West, historically, such traditions have included hierarchies of sacred places (e.g. Jerusalem, Mecca, Rome) defined by mythical events and religious memory; sacred bodies (dead or alive) as manifested by different kinds of ordination or initiation (e.g. saints, kings, priests, ordinary Christians); sacred buildings, places, and objects (churches and monasteries with their precincts including graveyards; various kinds of vessels, reliquaries, altars, crucifixes, books, thrones, statues, pictures, etc). Each of these items has its individual placement within hierarchies of sacredness within particular communities, physically and spiritually, and is thereby endowed with some level of sacrosanctity. The notion of sacrosanctity, however, in common usage also applies to a wider range of physical bodies or structures which are seen as inviolable, invested with some degree of sacrosanctity, whether in a supernatural or religious sense or through ideas of natural, artistically sublime, or other symbolic or memorial values. Notions of sacrosanctity concerning the human body, nature, the arts, and historical monuments and lieux de mémoires can be seen in this light. The formalized ways in which sacrosanctity of physical bodies or structures are manifested and the meanings of such ritualized events, of course, are highly variable. This panel encourages presentations concerning all aspects of sacrosanct physical objects or structures and the ritual means by which such sacrosanctity is made manifest, whether it regards traditional religious figures, buildings, or objects, or it has to do with historical monuments, museums, or the idea of the inviolable human body.

Chair person

Prof. Nils Holger Petersen