The Anabaptists: A Memory to Preserve and a Theological Challenge to Honor

05/09/2025

Dear Friends,

We are pleased to invite you to the

 

Introductory Week FVT

CONFERENCE*
(7–8 October 2025)

 

The Anabaptists: A Memory to Preserve and a Theological Challenge to Honor

Conference organized in collaboration with the Department of Theology of UCEBI

 

Tuesday, 7 October

9:00–10:45
Greetings
Section 1: What are the Anabaptists?
Dr. Urs Leu, University of Zurich: Networks and Community Life of the Zurich Anabaptists

11:00–12:45
Section 2: The Anabaptists and Power
Dr. Astrid von Schlachta, University of Hamburg: Anabaptism and Political Power
Prof. Lothar Vogel, FVT: Anabaptism as Seen by Others in the Sixteenth Century

15:00–17:00
Work on selected sources:
The Schleitheim Articles
Texts by Hans Hut

 

Wednesday, 8 October

9:00–10:45
Section 3: Anabaptism in Italy
Prof. Riccarda Suitner, University “La Sapienza” of Rome: Anabaptism in Italy and its Relations with Europe
Prof. Martin Rothkegel, Theological Seminary of Elstal: La Serenissima and Anabaptism: The Brief Story of a Clandestine Church in the Venetian Domain, 1550/51

11:00–12:45
Pastor Raffaele Volpe, Department of Theology UCEBI: Insights from an Anabaptist Theology for Italian Baptism
Prof. Fulvio Ferrario, FVT: The Ecclesiological Challenges of Anabaptism for the Reformation Churches

 

IN PERSON
Room B
(Facoltà Valdese di Teologia, Via Pietro Cossa 42, Rome)

The conference will also be available
ONLINE (ZOOM)

 

Conference Fee:

• General admission: €60

• LSBT students: €30

• Free for students enrolled in the LT/LST courses

 

The proposed conference is recognized as a substitute for the LSBT Intensive Study Session and grants 4 ECTS credits.

 

REGISTRATION DEADLINE – BY 3 OCTOBER 2025

For reservations please contact the office: segreteria@facoltavaldese.org
Zoom access credentials will be provided upon registration.

Bank Transfer
Facoltà Valdese di Teologia
Bank: Unicredit S.p.A. – Branch of Piazza Cavour, Rome
IBAN: IT17 F 02008 05017 000103680316
BIC/SWIFT: UNICRITM1008

 

Attached you will find the event flyer and the registration form.

Warm regards,