Religions in the Modern Era. Sacred architecture in Central Europe between 1890 and the 1930’s
Berlin, Leipzig, Wroclaw, Krakow and Prague, 2007
47 churches and synagogues in 14 days – the international advanced seminar with field trip, headed by Professor Martin Schulze Wessel and Professor Michaela Marek (art history, Leipzig University) in the 2007/2008 winter semester.
47 churches and synagogues in 14 days: the plans of the international advanced seminar with field trip, headed during the 2007/2008 winter semester by Professor Martin Schulze Wessel and Professor Michaela Marek (art history, Leipzig University), were ambitious. They led the 30 students in the group from Leipzig and Wroclaw/Breslau to Kraków and finally on to Prague. The aim of the trip was to explore the role of religion in public places during the era in question. The group visited many different churches, some built in explicitly traditional style and others with architectural designs which still come across as “modern”, and got a feel for the wide spectrum of religious and social life in the past. The combination of historical and art history perspectives on sacred architecture, and the international composition of the group served to introduce new angles into the discussion and underline the various positions.
