Workshop Birgitta-tutkimuksen uusista tuulista

Projekti järjestää workshopin ”New perspectives on St Birgitta and the Birgittine movement in medieval Finland and beyond: materiality, senses, and emotions”
30–31.3.2023, Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (University of Turku) & Åbo Akademi University

Thursday 30.3.2023 (University of Turku, Publicum, Room: Pub.5)
14:00 Opening words (Anna-Stina Hägglund & Marika Räsänen)
14:15 Laura Saetveit Miles (British Literature, University of Bergen): “Birgitta of Sweden’s Influence on Vernacular Devotional Literature in Medieval England”
15:00 Panel a) The dissemination of Birgittine ideas: Texts
Chair: Laura Saetveit Miles
Sari Katajala-Peltomaa (History, Tampere University): ‘”To the treasures on earth” Pilgrimage ethos in Birgittine sermons,
Mikko Kauko (Scandinavian Languages, University of Turku): ‘Jöns Budde’s Birgittine Version of St. Mechtild of Hackeborn’s “Liber specialis gratiae”’
Elise Pihlajaniemi (Open University and Continuous Learning, Turku): ‘The Smallest Ant in Your Kingdom” — Approaching St. Birigtta´s Concepts of Hope Through Contemplation and Bodily Practices’
16:30 Coffee
17:00 Panel b) Birgittine bonds of friendship: Networks
Chair: Sari Katajala-Peltomaa
Päivi Salmesvuori (Church History, Åbo Akademi University): ‘Birgitta’s Ideal Christian: Mary and Martha together’
Jyrki Nissi (History, Tampere University): ‘Knut Posse, Ingeborg Tott and the Cult of Birgitta in the Häme Castle Region’
Anna-Stina Hägglund (Tampere University): ‘Creating bonds through prayers. Adopted women joining the Birgittine community in Nådendal’

Friday 31.3.2023 (Åbo Akademi, Theologicum, Room: Runda rummet)
09:00 Panel c) Imagining St Birgitta through art and relics: Materiality
Chair: Anu Mänd
Elina Räsänen (Art History, University of Helsinki): ‘Pyhä Prikitta, Briitta Kurki, and the remaining medieval wood sculptures. Reshaping and stirring the memory of St Birgitta in Finland’
Sofia Lahti (Art History, University of Helsinki/History, Tampere University): ‘Four ostrich eggs and other reliquaries in Naantali: Lost treasures in a Birgittine context.’
Marika Räsänen (TUCEMEMS, University of Turku): ‘Materiality of Birgitta’s healing relics’
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Anu Mänd (Art History, University of Tallinn): ‘Material culture of the Birgittine convent in Mariendal (Pirita)’
11:45 Concluding discussion

Workshop järjestetään yhteistyössä Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies:n ja Åbo Akademin kanssa.