Calvin Studies Society

29/08/2024

The CFP for the Fourteenth Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity has just been released. The theme is "Religion and Rebellion", and the conference will be held in Vienna, May 22 – May 24, 2025, hosted by Central European University.

Please visit the website for more information!

Theme Plenary Speakers: Religion and Rebellion The potential for rebellion has been inherent in Christianity from the beginning, if rebellion is not merely understood as violent uprising. Rebellion also means the creation of alternative communities in opposition to the prevailing power structures. T...

13/01/2023

The 2023 International Calvin Congress submission deadline for short papers is 31 January 2023 - papers do not have to be directly tied to the conference theme, though they do have to focus on some aspect of Calvin's life/thought/impact

The 2023 Congress (25-28 July) will be held on the campus of Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted by the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies. The conference theme is Calvin, Exile, and Religious Refugees.

Information about the schedule, plenary speakers, and the registration page can all be found here:

Calvin Congress 2023 – Tuesday, July 25 (9 AM) – Friday, July 28 (finishes with lunch)– On the campus of Calvin University andCalvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1) To find out more about the conference schedule and plenary speakers, click this link. 2) Conference registration:...

06/12/2022

The theme for the 13th international Congress on Calvin Research is "JOHN CALVIN, EXILE, and RELIGIOUS REFUGEES"!

The Call for Papers and more information can be found here: https://internationalcongressoncalvinresearch.com/?page_id=279

Details:
25 - 28 July 2023
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Hosted by the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies at Calvin Theological Seminary and Calvin University

A Call for Papers The 13th international Congress on Calvin Research will take place from July 25 to July 28, 2023 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted by the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies at Calvin Theological Seminary and Calvin University. The congress theme is John Calvin, Exile, and Re...

07/10/2021

The Meeter Center for Calvin Studies in Grand Rapids, MI, cordially invites applicants for our various short-term research fellowships. There are fellowships available for graduate students and faculty, for stays of a month to six weeks at the Meeter Center, making use of our renowned collections of primary and secondary source materials on John Calvin, Calvinism, and the Reformation. Details and application forms for our various fellowships can be found at https://calvin.edu/centers-institutes/meeter-center/fellowships-scholarships/ Application materials, including the completed application form, CV, short research proposal and letter of recommendation (sent directly by the recommender), may be submitted as email attachments. Please send completed materials to [email protected]. All materials must reach us by January 1, 2022, to be considered for the 2022-23 funding cycle.

The H. Henry Meeter Center offers short term research fellowships in the field of Reformation studies, particularly focused on Calvin and Calvinism, and annual awards for high school seniors in our essay competition. Click on each program below to find more information.  Our Visitor's Guide contai...

27/08/2021

Excited to share that the program for the 2022 Colloquium is now live! Please visit the Calvin Studies Society website and register today!

11-13 April 2019 // Trinity Christian College // "Calvin and the Old Testament"

08/02/2021

Please note that the next International Congress on Calvin Research will be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on 22-25 August 2022. More information can be found below.

Congress 2022 Dates: Monday August 22 through Thursday August 25, 2022 Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Host institution: Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Sao Paulo Conference theme: Calvin, exile, and religious refugees Plenary speakers (Click the name for more information on the speaker): Michael Bru...

18/08/2020

Congratulations to Barbara Pitkin on the release of her book this summer: Calvin, the Bible, and History: Exegesis and Historical Reflection in the Era of Reform (Oxford University Press)! You can listen to her discuss it in interview with Karin Maag (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFbdSJnoVTA&feature=youtu.be), or pick up a copy on the OUP website (https://global.oup.com/academic/product/calvin-the-bible-and-history-9780190093273?cc=us&lang=en&).

John Calvin was known foremost for his powerful impact on the fundamental doctrines of Protestantism, and his biblical interpretation continues to attract interest and inquiry. Calvin, the Bible, and History investigates Calvin's exegesis of the Bible through the lens of one of its most distinctive....

11/04/2018

CFP: THE INTERNATIONAL SYNOD OF DORT (1618-1619)
CONTENTS, CONTEXTS, AND EFFECTS, 17TH – 21TH CENTURIES. The 400th anniversary of Synod in 2018 and 2019 is a welcome opportunity to revisit its historical significance as well as its actual standing, both in an academic, multidisciplinary and transconfessional way. Building further on an initial conference in 2006, and profiting from the large current project of the edition of the synod’s documents, a consortium of scholars are organizing an international conference on 14-16 November 2018, to be held in the city of Dordrecht.

The Synod, its contents, contexts, and effects are vital in understanding the history, reception and heritage of the event that took place nearly 400y. ago.

12/05/2017

Scandal in the Neighborhood! The second CSS panel lived up to its name as Karen Spierling and Esther Chung-Kim presented papers on Calvin in the Luther City.

11/05/2017

Day 2 at the RefiRC conference in Wittenberg - starting with a great lecture by Martin Rothkegel on "The Many-Headed Hydra of the Anabaptists".

10/05/2017

The RefoRC Conference began today in Wittenberg, Germany! The Calvin Studies Society sponsored the first panel, featuring the research of Tanner Capps, Balázs Dávid Magyar, and Gregory Soderberg!

19/02/2017

Northwestern University is offering a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that is available for free on the internet! The course is called “Luther and the West” and offers an educational resource for this year’s celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The course is taught by Christine Helmer, who is an internationally known Luther scholar, and Professor of Religious Studies and German at Northwestern University in Evanston, USA.

If you are interested in using this course as a resource in your community please post the following links in forums that may be shared with pastors and church leaders, students and faculty in your community.

The promotional video provides information about the course (https://vimeo.com/183541655), and the course can be found at https://www.coursera.org/learn/luther-and-the-west.

Luther and the West from Northwestern University. In this course we will discuss the history of some ideas that have been hugely influential in ...