Study day: Anabaptism: In Search of a New World

Anabaptism: In Search of a New World along the Rhine and through the Ages

Programme:

• 09am: Doors open to the public


• 09.45am: “From a New Man to a New World: The Anabaptist Hope” by Claude Baecher, Doctor of Theology and historian of 16th-century Anabaptism


• 10.30am: “How were the Anabaptists perceived throughout history?” by Marc Lienhard, Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of Strasbourg


• 11.15am: “The Strasbourg Reformers and the Anabaptists” by Matthieu Arnold, Professor of the History of Christianity at the Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of Strasbourg, presented in absentia


• 2.15pm: “Balthasar Hubmaier, ‘the common man’ and Anabaptism” by Neal Bough, Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity at the Faculty of Evangelical Theology, Vaux-sur-Seine


• 3pm: “The Anabaptists and the reconstruction of villages in the Alsatian Ried after the Thirty Years’ War” by Robert Baecher, historian of 17th- and 18th-century Anabaptism, vice-president of the AFHAM


• 3.45pm: “The Mennonites and the Revolution: the dilemmas of the post-revolutionary world” by Françoise Fischer, qualified German teacher and PhD in German Studies


• 4.30pm: conclusion of the day’s events

Subject to availability.


Les Amis de la Bibliothèque Humaniste and the AFHAM will be running a stall showcasing their publications and yearbooks, offering visitors the chance to discover the wealth of resources these organisations have to offer.

• Accès handicapé : Yes

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