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Diem Research on the History of Monastery of Reichenau in Germany Featured in Der Spiegel Article

Professor of History Albrecht Diem's book chapter on the evidence of queer life in the Monastery of Reichenau during the early medieval period, based on a ninth-century visionary text and early medieval commentary to the monastic rule of Benedict of Nursia, was extensively discussed in an article published in Der Spiegel.

June 27, 2024

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Diem Discusses Monastic Rules of Love in the Middle Ages on Monk’s Whispers Podcast

Love in a monastery? Can this be? Albrecht Diem, professor of history, examines the monastic rules of the time to explore how friendship, love and sexual attraction were discussed between monks in the 9th-century Reichenau monastery.


January 30, 2024

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Monastic Landscapes: A New Approach to Columbanian Monasticism

Albrecht Diem

In this article published in SVMMA. Revista de Cultures Medievals, Professor of History Albrecht Diem examines whether applying different notions of “monastic landscapes” (geographic, political, textual, economic, spiritual) to the monastic movement allegedly initiated by Columbanus may help us to refine or deconstruct the concept of “Columbanian monasticism.”

December 20, 2022

Choreography and Confession: The Memoriale qualiter and Carolingian Monasticism

Albrecht Diem

"Choreography and Confession: The Memoriale qualiter and Carolingian Monasticism," authored by Professor of History Albrecht Diem, was included in the book, "Monastic Communities and Canonical Clergy in the Carolingian World (780–840): Categorizing the Church" (Brepols, 2022).

September 16, 2022

Maxwell School Announces 2022 Faculty Promotions

The Syracuse University Board of Trustees has approved promotions for 13 faculty members at the Maxwell School.
July 27, 2022

Diem Spends Summer at University of Innsbruck

Albrecht Diem, professor of history, is serving as a guest professor at the University of Innsbruck this summer. His post is jointly sponsored by the Institute for Biblical Studies and Historical Theology, the Institute for Historical Studies and European Ethnology and the Institute for Ancient History and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
July 7, 2022

Diem provides a new view on monastic discipline in recent book

Albrecht Diem
In his new book, “The Pursuit of Salvation. Community, Space, and Discipline in Monasticism” (Brepolis Publishers, 2021), Maxwell School faculty member Albrecht Diem provides a new view on the emergence of monastic life in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages–an institution and form of life that had a deep impact on Western culture.
November 12, 2021

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Albrecht Diem
December 31, 2016

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