Annual Meeting, Sixteenth Century Society and Conference
Crowne Plaza Hotel
34, route François-Peyrothttp://www.sixteenthcentury.org/
Because of Calvin's 500th birthday, the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference, a leading international scholarly organization of specialists in the study of the period c. 1450 - c. 1660, will hold its annual convention for 2009 in Geneva. Although the sessions will cover all aspects of the history, literature, and art of this period, the program includes 25 special events devoted to Calvin and Calvinism, including a plenary lecture on Calvin's liturgical views that will take place in the Cathedral Saint. Pierre.
28 May 2009 - 30 May 2009¨
Special Worship Service
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre
CH-1204 Genève
Pentecost Sunday, pastor Philippe Reymond, moderator of the Compagnie des pasteurs et des diacres, presiding. Organized in collaboration with the Fédération des Eglises protestantes de Suisse (FEPS), l'Eglise protestante de Genève (EPG) and l'Eglise évangélique libre de Genève (EELG), this service will also be broadcast on a giant screen outside the cathedral and around the world by Television Suisse Romande.
Sunday 31 May 2009 - 10 a.m. (but arrive earlier to ensure a good seat).
Bibliothèque municipale of Carouge
Bd. des Promenades 2 bis
CH-1227 Carouge
Exhibition « A master bookbinder in Carouge: Preserving and restoring a 1563 Bible". This exposition focuses on a rare copy of a 1563 in-folio Bible used in worship that includes a handwritten note by Theodora Beza warning against Castellio's 1555 Bible translation. The exposition will both show the stages of making and restoring a sixteenth-century book and set the conflict between Calvin and Castellio in context.
31 March 2009 - 30 June 2009
Note: Carouge is a municipality close to the Geneva city centre on the left bank known for its atmosphere and restaurants.
Bibliothèque de Genève (BGE)
Promenade des Bastions 1
CH-1211 Geneva 4
www.ville-ge.ch/bgeExhibition « Post tenebras … liber or Uses of the book in the age of Calvin» organized jointly by the Bibliothèque de Genève (BGE) and the Société du Musée d’Histoire de la Réformation et Bibliothèque calvinienne (MHR) –
Selected from the very rich collections of the BGE and the MHR, this exhibition will offer a broad overview of the production of the Geneva presses in the age of Calvin and will explore how the reformer and his colleagues used the printing press to advance their cause. The exhibition will be organized around four main axes:
- Polemics
- Pedagogy
- Early Protestant historiography
- Calvin's Bible commentaries and personal reading
This exhibition will include printed material, manuscripts, iconographic documents and other objects. Numerous books that Calvin read himself, including many bearing his ex-libris or personal annotations, will be among the highlights of the exhibition.
25 May 2009 - 30 September 2009
Calvin drawn, 1900-2009: between tradition and mockery?
This small exhibition in the main corridor on the first floor of the Bibliothèque de Genève shows some of the ways in which graphic artists of the 20th and 21st century have played with Calvin's image. A tradition inherited from the early portraits of the reformer and from history paintings of the 19th century still influences some drawings and comic strips of the 20th century, but it is progressively challenged by an emerging tradition of caricature shaped first by the satirical press and political cartoons, then increasingly by printed matter of the most diverse kind ranging from wine labels to calendars. Five hundred years after his birth, virtually the only images one finds of Calvin are marked by irony, if not outright mockery. An amusing and informative little exhibition.
Mon-Fri: 9:00am-6:h00pm - Sat: 9:00am-12:00am
Musée intertional de la Réforme (MIR)
4 rue du Cloître
1204 Geneva
www.musee-reforme.chFrom Easter until late October, the International Museum of the Reformation will host a special Exhibit "A Day in the Life of John Calvin: Myth and Reality". Using the latest video technology to communicate with visitors of all ages and backgrounds, this exhibition will seek to separate myth from reality and to situate Calvin in his historical context by following him through a day in his life in Geneva from the time he got out of bed at 4 a.m. to his bedtime at 9 p.m.. Eight pavilions will offer 3-dimensional re-creations of scenes such as a sermon in St Pierre cathedral, a stormy Consistory meeting, or a confrontation with Servetus, with the characters speaking amid period furnishings and costumes. Engravings, rare books, and other objects complete the exhibition.