Social Memory in the Theory and Exegesis of the New Testament












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            * Prague-Passau Social Memory Symposium Series:
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            May 16-17, 2024: Social Memory in the Theory and Exegesis of the New Testament


            If we modify the text with our reading strategies, the text also modifies us.

            (W. Iser/T. Eagleton)
            Our mode of modification is social memory.






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            * Prague section
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            Hussite Theological Faculty, Charles University
            (Pacovská 350/4, 140 21 Prague 4)
            Room: H503 (5th floor of the main building)





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            * Thursday May 16
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            • 9:40 – 9:45 Opening: Thomas R. Hatina

            • Chair: Lukáš Krynský


            • 9:45 – 10:15 Ema Jacková (Charles University – Hussite Theological Faculty)
              Myth as a Structure in Collective Memory – Hermeneutics of mythical elements in pseudepi

              from the period of Second Temple Judaism

            • 10:15 – 11:00 Jack Khalil (University of Balamand – St John of Damascus Institute of The

              Meaning of 'Thorn in the Flesh – Angel of Satan' in 2 Corinthians 12:7

            • 11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Time


            • 11:15 – 12:00 Jan Payne (Charles University – First Faculty of Medicine)
              Memory from the Ontic and Ontological Vantage Point


            • 12:00 – 12:30 Eva Mlátilíková – Independent Researcher
              Anwendung der Gedächtnistheorie in Religionsunterricht nach dem Verständnis von Prof. S.


            • 12:30 – 12:45 Discussion


            • 12:45 – 14:00 Lunch

            • Chair: Dimitrije Vasković


            • 14:00 – 14:30 Filip Godavec (Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica)
              Parallels and Contrasts in the Cosmopolitanism of Seneca and the Apostle Paul


            • 14:30 – 15.00 Dimitrije Vasković (Charles University – Hussite Theological Faculty)
              Myth and Memory in the Work of Jacques Lacan


            • Coffee Time 15:00 – 15:15


            • 15:15 – 15:45 Lukáš Krynský (Charles University – Hussite Theological Faculty)
              Narrative as a Vehicle of Memory


            • 15:45 – 16.00 Discussion

            • 16:00 – 16:15 Recapitulation Sandra Huebenthal (Universität Passau; Charles University),

              Hatina (Trinity Western University, Langley; BC – Canada; Charles University)




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            * Friday May 17: Worksshop for PhD Students

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            • Chair: Sandra Huebenthal (Universität Passau; Charles University)


            • 09:30-10.00 Opening session

            • 10.00-10:20 Project I: Lukáš Krynský:

              Narrative as a Vehicle of Memory (Discussion only)

            • 10:20-10:50 Project II: Kyle Parsons:

              Judas: The Villainy and the Construction of Nonpersonhood

            • 10:50-11:10 Break


            • 11:10-12:00 Project III: Stu Talene:
              Stuttering Geography, Time, and Tradition: The Rhetoric of (Dis)Continuity in Luke-Acts.


            • 12:00-12:30 Closing session