June 29 – July 3, 2026, Cluj-Napoca
Religious Studies Summer School
of the Center for Patristic Studies and Early Christian Literature (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Christian Martyrdom in Late Antiquity (100-400 AD):
Reality and Discourse, Theology and Religious Identity
Guest lecturer: Prof. dr. Johan Leemans,
Professor for Christianity in Late Antiquity, Coordinator of the Research Unit History of Church and Theology, KU Leuven, Belgium
Persecutio – In Oriente et Occidente
Guest lecturer: Prof. dr. Alexander W.H. Evers,
Independent scholar, until 2022 guest lecturer at the Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, Rome
Program:
Monday – Friday, 10:00 – 12:00 and 16:00 – 18:00
The summer school is open to MA and PhD students in human sciences. A good command of the English language is required, since courses shall be given in English.
Total number of participants: 15
Participation fee for the entire duration of the summer school: 40 EUR. This fee covers accommodation and meals for the entire duration of the summer school. Travel expenses to and from Cluj-Napoca are not included.
Enrollment is open until the 15th of June, 2026. All requests for further information or for enrollment should be addressed to the Center for Patristic Studies and Ancient Christian Literature at the following address: contact@csplca.com
The final list of participants shall be communicated by the 20th of June, 2026.
Prof. dr. Johan Leemans (PhD 2001, KU Leuven) has a vast didactic and research experience of over two decades, having published numerous pioneering studies dedicated especially (but not only) to Early Christian hagiography, homiletics and theology, and has coordinated numerous research projects and edited numerous collective volumes.
Prof. dr. Alexander W.H. Evers (PhD 2002, Oxford University) has didactic and research experience in the sciences of Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages, as shown by studies and monographs on various subjects, from amongst which of special importance are the more recent, dedicated to the documentary sources that form the Collectio Avellana.
