IMC 2026: Sessions

Session 1028: Heresy and Repression, I: Temporalities

Wednesday 8 July 2026, 09:00-10:30

Sponsor:	Centrum pro digitální výzkum náboženství / Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET), Masarykova univerzita, Brno
Organisers:	Robert L. J. Shaw, Centrum pro digitální výzkum náboženství / Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET), Masarykova univerzita, Brno David Zbíral, Centrum pro digitální výzkum náboženství / Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET), Masarykova univerzita, Brno
Moderator/Chair:	Robert L. J. Shaw, Centrum pro digitální výzkum náboženství / Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET), Masarykova univerzita, Brno
Paper 1028-a	Gendered Temporalities: How Women and Men Remembered Temporal Information Differently in a Trial with German Waldensians, Stettin, 1393-94 (Language: English) David Zbíral, Centrum pro digitální výzkum náboženství / Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET), Masarykova univerzita, Brno Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Gender Studies, Religious Life, Social History
Paper 1028-b	Sacred Time, Judicial Time: A Quantitative Inquiry into Relations between the Timing of Inquisitorial Processes and the Liturgical Rhythm (Language: English) Katalin Suba, Centrum pro digitální výzkum náboženství / Dissident Networks Project (DISSINET), Masarykova univerzita, Brno Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Liturgy, Religious Life, Social History
Paper 1028-c	Expect the Inquisition: Heresy and Its Persecution in Modern Popular Culture (Language: English) Eugene Smelyansky, Department of History, Washington State University Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Medievalism and Antiquarianism
Abstract	The development of religious dissent and the mechanisms of its control went hand in hand in medieval Europe, producing socio-cultural and political effects over both the short and long term. This strand brings together papers on how dissent and repression emerged, circulated, and endured in confluence with one another. Themes include the temporal operation and memorialization of these processes, and the cultural frameworks that defined heresy and orthodoxy. The potential of computational approaches to detect hidden patterns in inquisitorial records—interpretatively challenging sources that directly document the clash between dissent and repression—will also be demonstrated.