Linda Zampol D'Ortia

I realise this is a long shot, but can anyone point me towards a list of #Marian #miracle #tales found in the works of #Denis the #Carthusian? Or at least a specific work of his that contains #miracles? I'd be very grateful!

#miracula #Dionysius #Carthusianus #Rijkel #medieval #literature

Unloving Mothers: Jesuit Knowledge Production on Abortion and Infanticide in Japan in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries* Click on the article title to read more.

It is a pleasure to share my latest article, "Unloving #Mothers: #Jesuit Knowledge Production on #Abortion and #Infanticide in #Japan in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries," Open Access on the Journal of Religious History:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#historyofemotions

Next talk in the MEEM Seminar Series on the #historyofemotions: prof. Elisa Frei (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt) on 1st July at 10am CEST (6pm AEST). Join us online at meet.google.com/nym-jitm-jjd: www.academia.edu/130228213/ME...

Tomorrow!

Just out - a study on the #Christian practices of good #death in #Japan and how they were influenced by #Buddhism, with a focus on #emotions.
#skystorians #jesuit

"The Good Death of Paula of Miyako (c.1552-1570). The Religious and Emotional Practices of Dying in Christian Japan"
shorturl.at/YcrNJ

St Mary Magdelene
Statuette of ivory, Indo-Portuguese make, Goa, c. 1650

(V&A Museum, London)

Call for Contributions:
Encounters between Masculinities in the Pre-Modern World

Edited volume on intercultural encounters between #masculinities in the pre-modern world, privileging the lenses of #emotions and #religion.

Full call: lzdo.carrd.co#cfp
#earlymodern #medieval #skystorians #gender

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The next talk in the Mediterranean Emotions seminar series is going to be with prof. Piroska Nagy (Université du Québec à Montréal) on the 28th of March at 3 pm CET.
GMeet link and info: mediterraneanemotions.carrd.co#next
#medieval #historyofemotions

Deadline extended to the end of February!

The CfP for the 5th Biennial Conference of the Society of the History of Emotions is OPEN. Full details are available on our website: societyhistoryemotions.com/she-conferen...

An excellent start for Meem seminar series with prof. Pérez Fernández on Mediterranean Emotions and Languages!
Mediterraneanemotions.carrd.co

Everyone should experience a Krampus festival at least once in their lifetime 😈

Tomorrow!

Rome needs a small miracle to pull off the Vatican’s jubilee The city’s overstretched infrastructure faces its toughest test with an expected influx of Catholic pilgrims

Jubilee Year in Rome: "Nearly 32mn pilgrims are expected, adding to pressure on a city already suffering from a residential housing shortage, as flats are turned into Airbnbs."

At some point the world will remember that there should be more to human life than mere survival. I hope I survive long enough to see it.

Event schedule for the Fear Research Network

The Fear Research Network (FeRN), led by @chikaw.bsky.social and yours truly, brings together researchers interested in the politics, feelings, and practices that converge around fear from historical and contemporary perspectives. tinyurl.com/ycx25kkb Here are some of our upcoming events at UoM

My algorithms & data structures instructor in college was an extreme character, but he had one saying he repeated over & over that I applied to everything in life:

First make it work. Then make it right. Then make it good.

Congratulations Sarah!

Thanks! I'd like to be added if possible

Dear researchers who are interested in pre-modern Japan,

NDL's OCR, now released, can read kuzushi-ji characters with such accuracy, despite the fact that it can be easily operated on a PC with a GUI. Please try it!
github.com/ndl-lab/ndlk...

The OCR result of the beginning of The Tale of Genji:

CFP: Japanese Religions Vol. 47
Special Issue: Rethinking Christianity and Japanese Religions
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Please share and consider sending an abstract by 31/01!
#buddhism #shinto #christianity #japan #japanesestudies

A collection of small white porcelain fox statues in front of a moss covered stone structure with a red fence behind and foliage around.

Fox statue offerings left at Sasuke Inari Shrine in Kamakura.
#Shinto #kitsune #foxes #Japan

Mortality and Memory: Foundlings in Early Modern Catholic Europe

TONIGHT! Our final session of this term, and what a way to end: the spectacular @erinmaglaque.bsky.social! Talking about Foundlings in #EarlyModern Catholic Europe. (Counter) #Reformazing insights galore! www.history.ac.uk/events/morta...

Thanks for this, I've just created an account and these packs are very useful! Could I be added too please?

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MEEM-Mediterranean Emotions: A Global Research Hotspot aims to foster activities exploring the history of emotions, with scholars and institutions based on both shores of the Mediterranean as its main stakeholders.Visit our website and join our mailing list here: shorturl.at/dn0XH
#historyofemotions

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Getting ready for the first talk in our MEEM Seminar Series: Prof. José María Pérez Fernández (Granada) presents
“The Emotional Tribulations of a Grammarian Trying to Learn Arabic”.
6 December (10am CET), online or in Florence.
More info: shorturl.at/th2Hw
#earlymodern #historyofemotions