IRILIS news
- Bart Visser, MA starts his doctoral research at PThUIn his project, We don’t do liturgy, he examines, under the supervision of prof. dr. Mirella Klomp, the liturgical theologies of the evangelical movement in the Netherlands.
- Call for papers Societas Liturgica 2027The theme of the 2027 conference is “From Inculturation to Decoloniality.” Paper proposals can be submitted until 31 October 2026.
- Erasmus Mundus programmeThe Centre for Religion and Heritage, University of Groningen (NL), is coordinating a new Erasmus Mundus funded MA programme to educate future heritage professionals with knowledge, skills and competences that answer the needs of a rapidly evolving heritage field.
- In retrospective: EuARe Congress 2026: Adaptive Reuse of Religious BuildingsDuring the EuARe Congress in Rome last June, discussions focused, among other topics, on how churches and other religious buildings across Europe are being repurposed, shared, or adapted to changing religious and ritual practices.
- IRiLiS Board Member Dr Samuel Goyvaerts Appointed Endowed ProfessorGoyvaerts was appointed Special Professor of Cistercian Spirituality, Liturgy and Theology as of 1 October.
- Roel Aalbersberg defended his doctoral dissertation about The Lord’s SupperOn Monday, 19 October, Aalbersberg successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, The Lost Supper: A Study of the Question How, When, Where, and Why the Eucharist Lost its Proper Meal Character, at Utrecht University.
- Call for papers: Liturgy and the SensesIn which ways do Christian and Jewish worship form, employ, invoke and evoke on human sense perception—sight, sound, touch, taste, smell, kinesthetics and proprioception, as well as the imaginative faculties? That is the focus of a conference in April 2027. Those wishing to present are invited to submit abstracts by 10 September.
- Obituary Gerard RouwhorstThe board and management of IRiLiS received the sad news that on 7 January, our former colleague Prof. Emeritus Gerard Rouwhorst passed away at the age of 74. Gerard made a significant contribution to the field of Liturgical Studies, both in the Netherlands and abroad, as well as to our Institute.
