Robert Seidel, member of the LBI’s academic advisory board, is organising a conference and a volume of the Intersections series on 'Funerary Inscriptions in Early Modern Europe' in Frankfurt am Main in late August or early September 2021.
Please, have a look at the attached Call.
Past scholarship has often located the rise of the work ethic in the context of the Reformation, a connection that is now increasingly discarded. The cult of diligence shown by intellectuals in early modern Europe was certainly not just a product of the different Protestant movements; it was a much wider and complex phenomenon that can only be correctly understood if one considers its precise forms and social contexts. In other words: who were the people who promoted this new type of hard work and how could their values gain legitimacy?
Cancelled: Unfortunately, due to the current situation, we had to cancel the conference, which will be postponed to next year.