11th-15th December 2024
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Milano
Abbazia di Chiaravalle – Chiaravalle Milanese

Organizing committee
Guido Cariboni – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Nicolangelo D’Acunto – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Fiona Griffiths – Stanford University
Gert Melville – Technische Universität Dresden
Steven Vanderputten – Ghent University

Programme :

11th December, 7.30 PM

Arrival, welcome reception and dinner

12th December, 10.00 – 12.30 AM

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Gemelli 1 – Milan
Excursion to the Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio and guided visit

12th December, 2.30 – 6.00 PM
Sala Negri da Oleggio – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Gemelli 1 – Milan
Institutional greetings
Prof.ssa Elena Beccalli – Rettrice dell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Mons. Claudio Giuliodori – Assistente Ecclesiastico Generale dell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Padre Stefano Zanolini – Abate di Chiaravalle, Vicepresidente Fondazione Grana Padano ETS
Prof. Andrea Canova – Preside della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia dell’Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Prof. Umberto Longo – Direttore Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo
Prof. Andrea Zorzi – Giunta storica nazionale, Università degli Studi di Firenze

Session 1: Welcome and Keynote Lecture 1
Session chair: Steven Vanderputten – University of Ghent

Introduction and objectives of the conference – Nicolangelo D’Acunto – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
GARMon – a new initiative for global research collaboration in the field of vita religiosa – Mirko Breitenstein – TU Dresden/FOVOG

Keynote lecture : Defining norms in medieval monasticism. First approaches – Gert Melville – TU Dresden/FOVOG
Discussion

13th December, 9.30 – 12.30 AM

Sala Negri da Oleggio – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Gemelli 1 – Milan
Session 2: The Origins and Validity of Norms

Session chair: Mirko Breitenstein – TU Dresden/FOVOG
Norms of Creating Norms – Hans-Joachim Schmidt – Universität Freiburg
Charismatic leadership and normativity: Francis of Assisi – Maria Pia Alberzoni – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Didactical and parenetical approaches to monastic rules: Pier Damiani’s rules for Fonte Avellana – Umberto Longo – Sapienza Università di Roma
Discussion

13th December, 3.00 – 4.30 PM /5.00 – 6.30 PM

Abbey of Chiaravalle – Via Sant’Arialdo, 102, Milan
Excursion to the Abbey of Chiaravalle and guided visit

Session 2: The Origins and Validity of Norms and Keynote Lecture 2
Institutional greetings

Padre Stefano Zanolini – Abate di Chiaravalle, Vicepresidente Fondazione Grana Padano ETS

Session chair: Chris Ocker – University of California, Berkeley

Keynote lecture 2 – Monastic norms and gender – Fiona Griffiths – Stanford University
Discussion

Meeting of GARMon members – 6.30 PM

14th December, 9.00 – 12.00 AM
Abbey of Chiaravalle – Via Sant’Arialdo, 102, Milan

Session 3: The Universal Embeddedness of Monastic Norms
Session chair: Bruno Klein – TU Dresden

Biblical influences on monastic norms – Volker Leppin – Yale University
The secular Church and its influence on monastic norms – Guido Cariboni – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Building Trust on the Mendicant Frontier – Chris Ocker – University of California, Berkeley
Discussion

14th December, 3.00 – 6.00 PM
Abbey of Chiaravalle – Via Sant’Arialdo, 102, Milan

Session 4: Symbolic and Didactic Dimensions
Session chair: Lilian Larsen – University of Redlands

The Normativity of Rituals and Symbols in Medieval Religious Life – Jörg Sonntag – TU Dresden/FOVOG
Communal approaches to norm-making in Observant settings – James Mixson – University of Alabama
Norms of preaching in mendicant settings – Yuichi Akae – Keio University
Discussion

15th December, 9.00 – 12.00 AM
Abbey of Chiaravalle – Via Sant’Arialdo, 102, Milan

Session 5: Keynote lecture 3 and Conclusions
Session chair: Nicolangelo d’Acunto – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Keynote lecture : Modern concepts of normativity – Kazuhisa Takeda – Meiji University

Conclusions: Boundless Norms and Boundless Freedoms in Medieval Monasticism – Steven Vanderputten – University of Ghent
Conferimento premio Biancardi – Edizione 2024