8 June 2021
Webinarserie Crisisrituelen – Rituelen in crisis Perspectieven vanuit rituele en liturgische studies
De coronacrisis heeft een enorm impact op onze collectieve rituelen. Uitvaarten vonden in kleine kring plaats, kerkdiensten gingen opeens online en collectieve rituelen zoals de Nationale Dodenherdenking vonden opeens plaats zonder toeschouwers. Wat betekent dit voor de rituelen zelf? Wat is heilig en kan niet worden aangepast en wat kan juist wel veranderen?
2 June 2021
Net verschenen: Paul Post, Kruisende wegen (Open Acces publicatie)
Geprikkeld door de coronapandemie ondernam de Camino Academie vanaf 2020 een verkennend onderzoeksproject naar nieuw opkomende pelgrimspaden in Nederland, naar pelgrimage dichtbij huis. In een nieuwe publicatie, uitgegeven als Camino Cahier 5, analyseert Paul Post mede op basis van dit Camino Academie-project uitgebreid de opkomst van deze nieuwe pelgrimspaden in Nederland.
20 May 2021
Job opening: IRiLiS coordinator
IRiLiS is looking for an academic coordinator (0.3fte, 4 years), per September 1st. Read (and share) the job description!
20 May 2021
Vacature coordinator IRiLiS
Het Instituut voor Rituele en Liturgische Studies is op zoek naar een wetenschappelijk coördinator (0,3 fte, 4 jaar). Lees meer over de vacature!
20 May 2021
Forthcoming: Handbook of Disaster Ritual
Forthcoming in our international book series Liturgia Condenda: the Handbook of Disaster Ritual. This handbook presents an overview of relevant literature, perspectives, methods, concepts, as well as a selection of topical themes in relation to current disaster rituals.
10 May 2021
Symposium 'Paper Religion: Affordances and Uses in Christian Practices 1400 - 1800'
From 27-29 May 2021, the Centre for Religion and Heritage (Groningen) organizes an international interdisciplinary scholarly symposium on the medium of paper, its affordances, and uses during a period of transition in early modern Christianity. Speakers bring into conversation different religious groups sharing a common dependency on paper for the distribution of new visual and textual cultures: from prints to drawings, from emblem books to sacred music.
23 March 2021
Paul Peeters (1965-2021), Managing Director of Peeters Publishers, has passed away
We have received word of the unexpected death of Mr. Paul Peeters, Managing Director of Peeters Publishers. Paul Peeters died on March 22, 2021.
18 March 2021
Forthcoming: Handbook of Disaster Ritual
In a few months time, the Handbook of Disaster Ritual - a comprehensive guide to disaster and crisis ritual - will appear as volume 32 in the book series Liturgia Condenda.
2 March 2021
Job opening Assistant Liturgical Studies at University of Bern
The Institute for Christian Catholic (Old Catholic) Theology at the University of Bern is looking for an assistant in Liturgical Studies, either for a doctorate (full-time) or a post-doctorate (80%).
2 March 2021
Interdisciplinary seminar: Cultural Representations of Prayer: Religious Rituals and Contemporary Identities
On Friday 18 June 2021, KU Leuven and the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences organise an interdisciplinary seminar on the cultural imagination of prayer.
2 March 2021
Webinar on April 29: Pilgrimage with a Mission
The Palestinian 'Come and See' Initiative, seen from a socialcultural and historical-theological perspective, is the topic of Gied ten Berge's dissertation 'Pilgrimage with a Mission'. On the occasion of the English translation, which is now available, Tilburg University (Luce) organises an English spoken webinar on pilgrimages to the Holy Land, on April 29, 2021 via Platform Zoom.
2 March 2021
Online Symposium IRILIS & UvH: Rituelen die helen?
In samenwerking met de Universiteit voor Humanistiek organiseert IRILIS op 18 maart 2021 een online symposium rond rituelen na collectieve rampen
2 March 2021
Just published: Yearbook 2020!
IRiLiS proudly presents volume 36 of our open access journal, the Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies. Among other things, this volume contains a collection of articles on Sacramental Worship in the COVID-19 Crisis.
15 January 2021
Expositie RITUELEN & BEZWERINGEN in GoMulan Gallery
On January 30 at 8PM, GoMulan Gallery opens the exhibition RITUALS & INCANTATIONS that displays art works by Gijs
Assmann, Jonat Deelstra and Rinke Nijburg. The opening takes place via Instagram. The exhibition runs until March 7, 2021.