15:00 Dr Ville Vuolanto (Chair of Trivium): Opening words
15:15 Dr Ali Qadir (Professor of Sociology, TAU) : Introduction to PRISM – program in the study of mysticism
Session I
15:20-16:00 Dr Liam Temple (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Capuchin Fellow in the History of Catholicism, Durham University): “To the Reader who is not Catholike”: Cross-confessional readership of mystical texts in seventeenth-century England.
16:00-16:30 Dr Päivi Mehtonen: Mysticism, Politics and Diplomacy. The Early Reception of Jacob Böhme’s Works in Sweden (Finland)
Coffee & refreshments
Session II
17:00-17:30 BA Jussi Eerola (Tampere University): Antiquarism in Early Modern Sweden. The use of the evidence of the Giants and Noah’s Ark as proof of the kingdom’s ancient and everlasting greatness
17:30-18:00 Dr Joona Salminen (University of Eastern Finland): Clement of Alexandria on Sports: Spiritual Dimension of Physical Exercises
18:00– 18:30 coffee/bubbly, closing words and cleaning up
The seminar is open to everyone interested. It is organized by Trivium. Tampere Centre for Classical, Medieval and Early Modern Studies
In order to be able to estimate the need for refreshments, we ask you to register with ville.vuolanto@tuni.fi by 3 May.