Program

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Thursday, November 13th, 2014

9,00-10.00:  WELCOME ADDRESS

                PS Martin Roos, Bishop of the Roman-Catholic Diocese of Timișoara

                Pr. Ionel Popescu, Vicar of the Orthodox Metropolitan Diocese, Timișoara

                Prof. Dr. Otilia Hedeșan, Vice-Rector of the West University of Timișoara

10,00-11,30: KEY NOTE PRESENTATIONS. Chair: Claudiu Mesaroș

Martin Roos, Bishop of the  Roman-Catholic Diocese of Timișoara

Előd Nemerkényi, OTKA, Budapest:

The Classical Tradition and the Deliberatio of Bishop Saint Gerard of Csanad

Cristian Gașpar, Central European University, Budapest

Through a Glass, Darkly: St. Gerard of Morisena in the Distorting Mirror of Hagiography

11,30-11,45: Coffee Break

11,45-13,00:  KEY NOTE PRESENTATIONS. Chair: Előd Nemerkényi

Béla Zsolt Szakács, Central European University Budapest

The spatial organization of the medieval cult of Saint Gerard

Mihaela Bucin, University of Szeged

St. Gerard in contemporary Hungarian culture

Adrian Papahagi, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca

Books and libraries in the Cenad diocese in the Central Middle Ages

Boris Stojkovski, University of Novi Sad

The Bollandist' Life of Saint Gerard

Svetozar Boškov, University of Novi Sad

Saint Gerard of Cenad and Banat in the Serbian textbooks in the 19th century

13,00-14,30: Lunch Break

14,30-15,30: Panel: Theology, History of Science, Philology.  Chair: Teodora Artimon

Valy Ceia, West University of Timișoara  

Levels of meaning in the work of Saint Gerard, Deliberatio supra hymnum trium puerorum ad Isingrimum Liberalem.

Nicoleta Demian, Banat Museum, Timișoara 

“Under the sign of Clio”. The activity of some Roman-Catholic clerics inside of The Society of History and Archaeology in Southern Hungary (1872-1918)

Gabriela Tănăsescu, Romanian Academy, București

Saint of Gerard Cenad and the intellectual disputes of the year 1000

Coman Iacob, Institutul Teologic Penticostal, București

Christological accents in “Lives of Saints” and their impact in the social and religious formation of believers

15,30-15,45: Discussions

15,45-16,45: Panel: Cultural studies, Arts.  Chair: Florin Lobonț

Ramona Băluțescu, Oradea Press                 

Two visits to the Church of Santa Maria e San Donato from Murano, at the relicts of St. Gerhard

Radu Cernătescu, Universita degli Studi di Milano            

Birth of “Occult Egypt” Theme in Medieval Theology

Metz, Franz, Gerhardsforum             

Die Rolle des hl. Gerhard im sozio-kulturellen Leben der Banater Christen

Felician Rosca, West University of Timișoara  

Musique et les vaisseaux de Tăuteni

17,00-17,15: Coffee Break

17,15-19,00: Panel: History. Chair: Claudiu Călin

Péter Zakar, University of Szeged

Catholic Priest from the Diocese of Csanád in the Revolution and War of Independence of 1848/49

Doina Hendre Biro, Batthyaneum National Library, Alba Iulia

Contributions of Bishop Ignàc Batthyány (1741-1798) to the study of Church History. His manuscript «Sancti Gerardi episcopi Chanadiensis Scripta et Acta inedita, cum serie episcoporum Chanadiensium», preserved in the Batthyaneum Library in Alba Iulia

Mircea Maran, Training College "Mihailo Palov" Vrsac

Gheorghe Mocioni and the Castle in Vlajkovac

Dorel Micle, West University of Timișoara

Cenad in the Context of the Medieval Defense System of the Banat Plain

Călin Timoc, West University of Timișoara

Christian Buildings on the Lower Mures River in Light of the Archaeological Information (11th-13th centuries)

Feraru Remus Mihai, West University of Timișoara

Église, royauté et héresie en Hongrie dans la première moitié du XIe siècle

Mihai Panu, West University of Timișoara

Alternative diplomacy and the political role of clerical elites: the Roman Catholic Church as an ideological counterforce in interwar Banat

Răzvan Mihai Neagu, Technical College, Turda

Considerations Regarding The Beneficial Policy Led By The Popes Of Avignon In The Diocese Of Cenad In The 14th Century

Friday, November 14th, 2014

10,00-11,00: Panel: Philosophy.  Chair: Florin Lobonț

Ramona  Lorena Stuparu, Romanian Academy, Bucharest   

The medieval idea of the legitimacy and the two bodies of the king

Florin Lobonț, West University of Timișoara  

Anselm – An Anti-Cartesian Ally of the British Idealists

Ionuț Mladin, West University of Timișoara   

The connection of mind and religious experience in  St. Gerard of Cenad

Alexander Baumgarten, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca  

The Prologue to Saint Gerard’s Deliberatio. A Dyonisian schematism  and an  auctorial digression

Claudiu Mesaroș, West University of Timișoara  

The cosmic harmony in Gerard of Cenad

11,00-11,15: Coffee Break

11,15-12,30: Panel: History. Chair: Călin Timoc

Adrian Andrei Rusu, Institute of Archeology and Art History, Cluj-Napoca

Evidence of Romanesque pavement mosaics in Romania (Frumuşeni - Bizere, Bulci, Oradea and Alba Iulia)

Alin Cristian Scridon, West University of Timișoara

Western Biblical studies in the works of Roman - Catholic and Orthodox theologians from Banat. 1867-1918

Claudiu Călin, Roman-Catholic Diocese of Timișoara

Dușan Baiski, Banaterra Association

Christening Names in Cenad

Ramona Băluțescu, Oradea Press  

How did St. Istvan, the disciple of St. Gerhard, become an Orthodox saint?

12,30-13,30: Lunch

13,30-15,00: PhD Students’ Exploratory Workshop