BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250513T035617EDT-4561XrxR05@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250513T075617Z DESCRIPTION:3-day International Conference sponsored by the School of Relig ious Studies\, 51łÔąĎÍř and the Centre for the Study of Platonism \, Cambridge University\n\nMontreal- Conference will be hosted on Zoom (ED T)\n\n19–21 June 2021\n\nSATURDAY\, 19 JUNE\n 14h00 (EDT) Session—Platonism and the German Theology\n\nSUNDAY\, 20 JUNE\n 11h00 (EDT) Session—Mysticis m and Metaphysics\n\n14h00 (EDT) Session— Jacob Boehme and Mysticism in En gland\n\nMONDAY\, 21 JUNE\n 10h00 (EDT) Session—German Mysticism in Cambrid ge Platonism and American Puritanism\n\n \n\nAbout the conference:\n\nThe project consists in establishing the fundamental influence of German or Rh enish mysticism on English religious thought\, chiefly in the 17th-century .\n\nThe English reception of such German mystical authors as Meister Eckh art (c. 1260-1328)\, the anonymous author of Theologia Germanica\, Johanne s Tauler (c. 1300-1361)\, Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464)\, Sebastian Franck (c. 1499-1542)\, Hans Denck (1500-1527)\, Valentin Weigel (1533-1588)\, an d Jakob Böhme (1575-1624)\, to mention just the most significant represent atives of this tradition\, has been hitherto little studied\, or not studi ed at all. There are some notable exceptions\, particularly the research o f Douglas Hedley on the exceptional role of the Cambridge Platonists\, esp ecially of Henry More\, in the dissemination of German mysticism in Englan d in the seventeenth century\, and Nigel Smith’s monograph Perfection Proc laimed (Oxford\, 1989).\n\nThis project will not only reconstruct for the first time the wide-ranging reception of these German thinkers in Early Mo dern England\, but also show that it was through this reception that the i nfluential tradition of 'German mysticism' was first created. For instance \, while in 17th-century Germany the writings of the main figure of this t radition\, Jakob Böhme\, went underground because of accusations of heresy \, in England they were keenly translated\, commented upon\, and considere d in relation to other German writers who had also been translated at the same time\, specifically Sebastian Franck and Valentin Weigel.\n\nThrough their work\, the English readers thus established a lineage that connected these thinkers\, and that at the same time created a philosophical bridge between England and Germany. The project will highlight the international legacy of these authors by adopting the perspective of historico-philosop hical engagement with the sources\, placing them also in the theological m ilieu of their time.\n\nSee pdf attached for schedule\, time zones and mor e info on sessions and presenters.\n DTSTART:20210621T140000Z DTEND:20210621T154500Z SUMMARY:The Reception of German Mysticism in Early Modern England URL:/religiousstudies/channels/event/reception-german- mysticism-early-modern-england-331290 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR