Centre for Reception History of the Bible
Perspectives on the Passion
Trinity College, Oxford
18-20th March 2005
Conference Programme
Exhibition ‘Bandages, Cuts and Piercings’ by artist Kip Gresham on display during the conference
Friday 18th March |
4.00-5.30
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Keynote Address: 'Private Passions'
Neil MacGregor (Director of the British Museum)
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7.30-8.00
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Reflections on the exhibition ‘Bandages, Cuts and Piercings’
Kip Gresham (Cambridge artist)
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8.00-8.45
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In Persona Mariae: Singing the Song of Songs as a Passion
Commentary
Dr William Flynn (University of Leeds)
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Saturday 19th March |
9.00-9.40
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Telling Passion Stories
Sara Maitland (freelance author)
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9.40-10.20
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Emblem and Irony: Passion Narrative in Post-Reformation Hymnody
Prof J.R. Watson (University of Durham)
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10.20-11.00
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Christian Cannibalism and Human(e) Sacrifice: The Passion and the Conversion of the Aztecs
Prof Jaime Lara (Yale University)
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11.30-1.00
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Keynote address:
Divine Passion and Human Tragedy: The Mass and the Stage
Prof Regina Schwartz (Northwestern University)
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2.00-2.40
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He Who Hesitates is Human: Literary Portrayals of the Gesthemane 'Moment'
Prof Peter Hawkins (Boston University)
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2.40-3.20
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From Nativity to Resurrection: Musical and Exegetical Resonances in the Good Friday Chants Domine audiui and Qui habitat
Dr Emma Hornby (University of Durham)
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3.20-4.00
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The Art of the Crucifixion in the Medieval West
Prof Henry Mayr-Harting (University of Oxford)
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4.20-5.00
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Post-Holocaust Reflections on the Passion Narratives
Dr Margie Tolstoy (University of Cambridge)
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5.00-6.30
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Keynote address:
The Passion in Early Christian Art
Prof Robin Jensen (Vanderbilt University)
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8.00
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Music for Holy Week
A performance of passion music by A Capella Portuguesa
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Sunday 20th March
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9.00-9.40
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“Moral machinery”: The Transformative Power of the Cross as Instantiated in Western Art
Prof Timothy Gorringe (University of Exeter)
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9.40-10.20
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Seeing is Believing: Lancelot Andrewes’s Passions
Dr Peter McCullough (University of Oxford)
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10.20-11.00
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Celluloid Crucifixion: How the Passion Plays in Film
Dr Mark Goodacre (University of Birmingham)
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11.30-1.00
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Keynote address:
Bach, the Passions and Musical Time
Prof John Butt (University of Glasgow)
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