The Isles and the Wider World
September 19-21, University of Cambridge
Podcasts
Session 1: The Conversion Processs
- Bernhard Maier, 'Early Christianity in South-West Germany: the Conversion of the Alemanni' (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis)
- Krisztina Szilágyi, 'Muslim Conversion to Christianity in the Islamic World, 700-1000 AD' (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis and Powerpoint)
- Roy Flechner, Response (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis)
Session 2: Francia and Northern Europe I
- Ingrid Rembold, 'The Christian Message and the Laity: Vernacular Literature in Post-Conquest Saxony' (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis and Handout)
- Geneviève Bührer-Thierry, 'Why and for Whom is Conversion Helpful? Missionaries on the Margins of Francia between Royal and Aristocratic Power (7th–10th centuries)' (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis and Handout)
- Erik Niblaeus, Response (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis)
Session 3: Francia and Northern Europe II
- Erik Niblaeus, 'Liturgies of Conversion in the Early Middle Ages' (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis and Handout)
- Stanislaw Rosik, 'The Conversion of the Pomeranians: History and Memory in the 12th Century' (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis)
- Nora Berend, Response (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis)
Session 4: The Meanings of Conversion
- Tomas Sundnes Drønen, 'Conversion in Context: Anthropological and Missiological Perspectives from African Studies' (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis and Powerpoint)
- Fenella Cannell, 'The Meaning of Conversion in the Anthropology of Christianity' (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis)
- Lesley Abrams, Response (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis)
Keynote
- Jean-Michel Picard and Sébastien Bully, 'Mensa in Deserto: Reconciling Jonas's Life of Columbanus with Recent Archaeological Discoveries at Annegray and Luxeuil' (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis)
Session 5: Insular Missionaries Abroad
- James Palmer, 'Martyrdom and the Rise of Missionary Hagiography' (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis)
- Sven Meeder, 'The Carolingian Memory of Insular Missionaries' (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis)
- Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Response (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis)
Conference Report and Programme
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