It's the time of year again for the Sixteenth century Studies Conference, this year being held in Cincinnati. I won't be able to make it but I think I can convince Cory Davis, a school fellow and presenter, to guest blog for me some of his notes. Here I will list the papers being presented that are relevant to our studies for the sake of giving our reader some familiarity with the areas of research that are on the minds of researchers currently.
"False Martyrs, Seditious Thieves: Anabaptism and Circumcellions."
Jesse Hoover, Baylor University
"Jews and Hutterites in Sixteenth-Century Moravia: The Case of Pisker Löw."
Adam Darlage, Texas Lutheran University
"'They, Like Nicodemus, had sought the Lord at night': Clandestine Worship and the Night in Menno Simons and in Sixteenth-Century Anabaptism."
Craig Koslofsky, University of Illinois
"Philipp Melanchthon between Doctrina and Tolerentia, c. 1520-1541."
Otfried Czaika, Kungliga Biblioteket-The National Library of Sweden
"Erasmus and Mennos - A Plea for Peace."
Berit Jany, The Ohio State University
"The Community of Saints in Martin Luther's and Menno Simons' Ecclesiology."
Susan Moudry, Baylor University
"The Place of the Apocrypha in the Writings of Menno Simons in Relation to other Protestant Reformers."
Bryan Maine, Baylor University
"Sparks of Reason: Some Vernacular Roots of Radical Thought."
Ruben Buys, Utrecht University/UCLA
"The Baptismal Forms of Huldrych Zwingli in Zurich and Balthasar Hubmaier in Nikolsburg (1525-1527): Liturgy as Rhetoric."
Mark Dixon, Princeton Theological Seminary
"Moravian Anabaptism: Balthasar Hubmaier and the Czech Brethren."
Jason Graffagnino, Truett-McConnell College
"Hubmaier and Luther on the Use of the Sword."
Inseo Song, Princeton Theological Seminary
"An Odd Couple: Hans Denck and Thomas Muentzer."
Geoffrey Dipple, Augustana College
"'The word that is in the heart one should not ignore': Hans Denck and the Sources of Sebastian Franck's Spiritualism."
Patrick Hayden-Roy, Nebraska Wesleyan University
"Revisiting Karlstadt's Orlamünde: Steps toward a Distinct Ecclesiology."
Cory Davis, University of Arizona
So, that's what we can expect to be of use to us and I'll get on Cory's case to convert his written notes into intelligible blog posts. I'll make sure I get a write-up of his paper up since I've got a copy. I'll wait until he's done, though.
