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SOCIETY FOR REFORMATION RESEARCHEXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING26 OCTOBER 2012, CINCINNATI

MINUTES

Called meeting to order at 12:18.

1. Approval of 2011 Minutes (Susan Karant-Nunn)--minutes attached Susan Karant-Nunn began the meeting by thanking Kay Edwards for her work as recording officer; then she opened the meeting with the approval of last year's minutes. Randy Head moved that the minutes be approved, and Ward Holder seconded that motion. It was approved unanimously.

2. Nominating Committee Report (Karen Spierling)--report attached Karen Spierling described the process the nominating committee followed to obtain new Council members, especially emphasizing its interest in representing diverse regional specializations and broadening our pool of officers. She presented the committee's choices of A. Katie Harris, Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Davis, as a new member of the Executive Council to replace Randy Head and of Michael Bruening, Associate Professor of History at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, to replace herself. She also thanked her other committee members, Anne Jacobson Schutte and Ward Holder. The new Council members were approved unanimously.

3. Membership Report (Victoria Christman)--report attached Rather than summarize the entire membership report, which all Council members had received before the meeting, Victoria Christman focused on several areas. She began by noting that she had inherited the report's format from Jeff Tyler and Janis Gibbs and would be revising it next year to clarify ambiguous categories, such as "inactive." (Susan Karant-Nunn suggested that the best way to understand "inactive" is a person whose membership has lapsed but who is still alive.) Victoria also noted that there was a typo in the chart where it said that we only had 6 new members; 12 is the actual number, as found in the written summary. Because of they are still in the transitional stage, she is still sorting out what members let their membership lapse for a short time but have renewed now, and she will have a better sense of those details in 2013.

Victoria also noted that the Archive for Reformation History's subscriptions were only down slightly but she has since learned that even slight changes in that area can have a financial impact. She has, however, only recently learned that Membership Officer also handles institutional memberships, and they generally include the Archive. She now has the information about these members from Jeff Tyler and thinks that this will correct any discrepancies in the current membership numbers.

Susan Karant-Nunn asked if it would be possible for her to email corrected statistics to the Council; Victoria thought that older lists of inactive members might no longer exist, thereby

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making it almost impossible to correct some of the statistics, but that she would ask Jeff. In that circumstance, Randy Head wondered if it was worth spending the time. Susan said that, as President, she felt that it was her responsibility to write to those individuals who had recently dropped of the membership rolls, and she would be willing to write to them to urge their renewal. In that circumstance, Randy suggested that the right group to contact would be those who "just became inactive," and Susan reemphasized that she would write to them. Susan also encouraged us to urge graduate students and junior faculty to join the Society.

Victoria promised to provide the list of recently inactive members and to revise statistics, as suggested above, if the documentation still exists to do so. A motion was proposed for her to do so and unanimously approved.

4. Treasurer’s Report (Victoria Christman for Robert Christman)--report attached Victoria Christman noted that our assets are approximately the same as they were last year and had a series of questions that appeared in the report as Appendix D. The questions and discussions for each follow.

1. Why have we experienced a significant decrease in sales of our periodicals this year?She thinks this may have to do with situation regarding institutional copies, which is described above. She or Robert will contact the Executive Council about this via email.

2. Should we take the step of establishing the Miriam Chrisman Fund as a bona fide endowment fund? Victoria summarized the information regarding the Franklin fund account that Robert would like to use for the Chrisman endowment. To give a sense of our needs and returns from this account, she noted that if we had $50,000 in that account, we'd be able to disburse $2,000 a year without touching our principle. The fund is designed for non-profits such as ours, takes a .075% annual fee, and is currently earning 4% interest.

Susan Karant-Nunn urged the Executive Council to continue to give to it and noted that she is still working on Dr. Chrisman's sons. Brad Gregory asked how much we have currently in endowment--we currently have $12,000--and if $50,000 was the minimum amount to join the fund (no, it is not). Rudy Almasy asked if the principle was protected in this fund; Victoria noted that both interest and principle were subject to variations. Asked specifically for his opinion, Emmet McLaughlin thought that, because our amount and risk were limited, it would be a good idea. Randy Head noted that it was a conservative fund, and David Whitford highlighted the fund-raising benefits (we could tell donors that their money would go into a specific fund). David and Emmet both recommended that we put the current endowment in the fund, at least temporarily, and Rudy suggested that we also, potentially, put some of the Society's extra money into the endowment .

The motion to open the account subject to some further investigation by Robert was approved unanimously.

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Regarding the idea of putting the Society's extra funds into the same account, Randy suggested that we might use the Society's money to provide matches for donors, and Ward Holder stressed that it would show the Society's commitment to the endowment. A committee was developed to form a plan for leveraging the society's money into the account and for grant matching consisting of Randy and Robert.

3. Do we wish to establish Paypal as one method available to pay annual fees and subscriptions? Victoria summarized how the PayPal system works (also found in her written report). After brief discussion of its benefits and how it was instituted for the SCSC, a motion was approved to adopt PayPal and have Robert present a new fee structure to the Council for approval..

4. How wedded are we to the idea that our society is a North American Society?This came up because of the PayPal situation, and it was recommended that this be taken into account when developing the fee structure.

5. We plan to be on sabbatical next year. Are there suggestions for how we might handle this?The Council approved of their idea to have their current assistant act as the liaison at Luther College; the questions arose over how to institute this. Susan argued that a minimum payment of $500 would be only fair, and Victoria thought that this amount would be more than satisfactory. It was unanimously approved that their assistant be paid $500, that she will be working with their instruction and oversight, and that this does not set a precedent for the management of these two positions.

5. Nischan Award and Chrisman Fellowship (Susan Karant-Nunn) Nischan Award. Susan Karant-Nunn described this year's nomination process and noted that Anne Jacobson Schutte was the winner. Susan urged the Council to start thinking about who might be an appropriate candidate two years from now and that we are conscious of the need to recognize other members than just councilors.

Establishment of Chrisman Committee for 2013:Kay Edwards described the process of setting up the committee based on the procedures in 2011. Susan asked for volunteers, and the committee for 2013 consists of Susan Karant-Nunn, Ward Holder, and Beth Plummer.

6. Archive for Reformation History Report (Brad Gregory and Randall Zachman)--report attached

Randall Zachman reported on the declining submissions to the Archive and how they tied to the Archive's lack of an online presence. Brad Gregory expressed his surprise at how quickly this slip has happened and stressed how essential it is for online access: if the Archive it doesn't get an online presence, it's not viable. Susan Karant-Nunn described how the debates over taking the Archive online played out at the Verein meeting this summer and urged the editors to beat the bushes and even invite people to write for them, as they had in the past David Whitford urged

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that the council lobby potential authors. As a way of raising visibility, Randy Head and David noted the success of the SCSC session several years ago where editors from the major early modern journals described the publication process and suggested maybe another such session be proposed for SCSC 2013. David also asked who decided the size of the editorial board and suggested bringing new people onto it as a way of stimulating interest. Susan noted that the current board has actually served longer than they originally expected to.

The Council unanimously approved the Archive Report.

7. Programming (Rudy Almasy and Beth Plummer)--reports attached SCSC. The Council unanimously approved the program committee reports.

Kalamazoo. Rudy gave me the 2013 program and described the process used for both 2012 and 2013 sessions. The Council unanimously approved the program committee reports.

AHA/ASCH: The Council unanimously approved the program committee reports.

8. Web Page (Mack Holt) This report was skipped; Mack Holt will be asked to report on the web page at the business meeting.

9. Listserv (Randall Zachman) Randall Zachman noted that the listserv was up and running, although there have been some difficulties with error messages and that there are more names on listserv than active members. Susan Karant-Nunn asked Victoria Christman, as membership secretary, if she thought it would be worthwhile to have someone sort through this to see just how active or inactive the member was and if there email address worked. Victoria needed time to think about this and to see the listserv membership list.

10. 2017 Anniversary Planning Committee and NEH Seminar (David Whitford) David Whitford noted that, at this time, 2017 events are on hold: the basic planning has already been done, but the detail work won't need to be done for a year or two. Therefore, there will be more information later.

11. Other New Business (Susan Karant-Nunn) It has come to the Council's attention that several active members of the Society have been taken ill, and we discussed ways to acknowledge their service and give condolences to their family and friends. Ward Holder suggested that we follow a pastoral model and offer condolences, and Emmet McLaughlin suggested that the President prepare a letter from the Council to the family expressing such condolences. David Whitford also suggested that we make it an agenda item to recognize those who have died, so it would be best to send the information to the Recording

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Officer for inclusion in the agenda; Randall Zachman added that it would be good to recognize retirements in this way, too. All three methods for recognition were approved unanimously.

Meeting adjourned at 1:28 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Kathryn A. Edwards

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SOCIETY FOR REFORMATION RESEARCHEXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING

28 OCTOBER 2011, FORT WORTH

MINUTES

Called meeting to order at 12:22 pm

1: Approval of 2010 Minutes Jeff Watt moved that the minutes be approved, and there was unanimous agreement.

2: Nominating Committee Report (Ron Rittgers) Ron Rittgers summarized the report that was submitted electronically before the meeting and will present the nominees for a formal vote at the Business meeting.

Susan Karant-Nunn proposed that we consider who had held offices with the SRR and SCSC when considering new appointments so that we distribute the offices more widely. Jeff Watt echoed the sentiment, although he felt that it did not need to be an official policy. Mack Holt approved the ideas and suggested that we keep this distribution in mind when we submit names to Karen Spierling, head of the 2012 Nominating Committee. Mack stressed that people can self-nominate and reminded us that this year's committee sent out an email to the entire listserv. He also stressed that people didn't need to have held an office previously in order to be nominated; he was in that position himself.

3: Membership and Treasurer’s Report (Janis Gibbs, Jeff Tyler, and Robert Christman) Janis Gibbs presented the Treasurer's report. The SRR is in good financial shape, and we haven't had to touch endowments, etc. for several years. She also drew attention two areas in the report she felt might be confusing. The first was a data error; we do not have $100 in undeposited funds. The second was a persistent, revolving, accounts receivable total that exists primarily because of institutional accounts. Janis recommended that we just write off vastly overdue institutional accounts. Our assets are a little more than $49,000.

Jeff Tyler gave membership and subscription information, which has been relatively stable although very slightly declining in the last several years. The statistics show a bounce upward in subscriptions in 2009, then back to previous level, and he ascribed this movement to volume 100 of the Archive.

Mack Holt was surprised that there were fewer than 100 subscribers in the US. Jeff Tyler described how the distribution process allowed for these numbers. Susan Karant-Nunn urged us to have graduate students and junior faculty join.

Robert Christman gave updates since he and Victoria Christman have taken over the Membership and Treasurer responsibilities. He described their division of responsibilities, with him handling the Treasurer's Report and Victoria dealing with Membership and

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Subscriptions. He described how the transition had been made to Luther College: back issues of the Archive were sent to Luther College, and he set up bank accounts in the local Bank of the West (4 accounts established) and learned the accounting software (which involved a change from Quickbooks 1997 for the Mac to Quickbooks 2011 for PC). Robert has also established a separate account for the Chrisman travel funds, and he noted that the numbers on his chart were transitional since we're in the middle of membership. With that in mind, he urged members and the Executive Council to be sure to renew their memberships. He and Victoria plan to follow same timing as Jeff and Janis did in the preparation of statistics. One new issue he raised was the idea of using PayPal to pay dues with credit cards; Kay Edwards said that would be a really good idea.

Mack thanked Janis Gibbs and Jeff Tyler for their work, and Jeff urged us to applaud the Christmans for their service.

4: 2017 Anniversary Planning Committee (David Whitford) David Whitford noted that we're just beginning to plan for this cooperative conference. We are working with the Verein für Reformationsgeschichte, and he would also like us to establish more formal relationships with the Refo500 organization in the Netherlands. He also proposed that we prepare a couple of sessions in 2016 and 2017 in conjunction with the Society for Biblical Literature to mark the 500th anniversary of the Novum Instrumentum (2016) and its importance to the Reformation (2017).

Carlos Eire brought up the Complutensian Polyglot as something to add to the 2016 proposal, and David thought this was a good idea. David reemphasized that the Society for Biblical Literature was excited about the possibility of these jointly sponsored sessions.

The 2017 Planning Committee is David Whitford (chair), Kay Edwards, Mary Jane Haemig, Ward Holder, Susan Karant-Nunn, and Ute Lotz-Heumann.

5: Nischan Award and Chrisman Fellowship (Mack Holt) Announcement of both prizes. Mack Holt described how the nomination and selection system worked (for example, that the Executive Committee was the search committee) and that there was a delay because of unintended consequences of not holding a 2009 meeting. 2010 winners were Tom and Kathy Brady. He will announce this at the Business meeting and urged that members of the committee assure that the Bradys get to the meeting.

Mack also stressed that he arranged a very nice framing of the official certificate, but it will be mailed to them later because of unexpected delays.

At the Business meeting Mack will also announce Amy Rogers Hayes as the winner of the 2011 Chrisman for a dissertation entitled "Gender, Education, and Childhood in Sixteenth-Century London." She is at Georgetown University where she is being advised by Jo Ann Moran Cruz and Amy Leonard. He hopes that she will be at the business meeting. Fellowship moneys have already been disbursed.

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Establishment of Nischan committee for 2012. Mack Holt thought that the president appointed the committee, and Carlos Eire confirmed this impression. David Whitford mentioned it was once the whole Executive Council. Through the SRR listserv Mack will call for nominees and specify that people should submit names to Kay Edwards sometime before July 1st. The Executive Council will vote on nominees.

6: Archive for Reformation History Report (Brad Gregory and Randall Zachman) Brad Gregory made the report for both him and Randall Zachman and stated that he had little to add to the report. He noted that Susan Karant-Nunn and Anne Jacobson Schutte are now separated from the Archive and the entire infrastructure for the journal is now at Notre Dame. He also announced that Ute Lotz-Heumann is now the sole European editor. She, he, and Randall are discussing rearranging the system of review and editorship and will meet about this later today. He also urged the Council to submit articles and to urge others to do so, too. David Whitford thought that there would be a bump up in submissions when the Archive moves to an online process and volunteered to help Brad and Randall with it if they had any questions.

7: Programming (Rudy Almasy and Megan Armstrong) SCSC. Megan Armstrong noted the number of sessions the SRR sponsored this year (17). She also thanked Kathleen Comerford for being the primary coordinator for the sessions in honor of Robert Kingdon and Anne Schutte for doing 2-3 sessions for the Society every year. She also noted that there was a good turnout for the roundtable that the Society sponsored last night. Beth Plummer will take over Megan's job next year.

Kalamazoo. Rudy Almasy pointed out Peter Auksi has retired and is inactive, so he needs to be removed from the list of officers (this has been done). He will send Kay Edwards the program from Kalamazoo for 2012, and he noted that Maureen Thum handled the actual session organizing (3). Because Rudy comes to SCSC, he makes the report.

AHA/ASCH: Megan Armstrong noted that the SRR sponsored 2 sessions like it does every year.

8: Web Page and ListServ (Mack Holt) The SRR has no official Webmaster, but Mack Holt and David Whitford have updated and redesigned the web page. David Whitford had been paying for the server, and the Christmans are now paying for it but will be compensated from the Society's funds.

9: NEH Seminar on "Luther and the Reformation" (David Whitford) David Whitford proposed that the Society do this and would be willing to coordinate it, but he doesn't have expertise with NEH and has been told that his affiliation with a seminary would hurt the application. Mack Holt thought that it was a great idea and we'd be likely to be funded; he also noted the institutional organization wasn't too hard to do. Susan Karant-Nunn noted that Karin Maag has had two NEH seminars and she might be good to ask for

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help or advice. Mack stressed that we would stand a good chance of funding because of the Luther anniversary and should talk to David if we have ideas and possible participants.

10: Report from AHA affiliates meeting, Boston, Jan 2011 There was no report.

11: Other New Business (Mack Holt) Rudy Almasy suggested that should we spend more money since we seem to be getting more money. Janis Gibbs challenged that idea, arguing that we don't know what will happen in the future and we need to manage money carefully since we really don't have a set pipeline to gain funds. She also noted that we have been slowly increasing the Christman fellowship.

Susan Karant-Nunn also told the Council that she is trying to get the funding for the Chrisman fellowship confirmed. Chrisman's sons had said they were willing to contribute more to the endowment (she would like to get $50,000), but they haven't this year. Mack Holt stressed how many good applicants there were for these grants. Randy asked if we should use 2017 as a fund-raising opportunity for specific goals. There was general discussion, but no conclusion was reached.

Mack Holt reminded people about Business meeting tomorrow at West Fork II at 5 pm.

Meeting adjourned at 1:07 pm.


Kathryn A. Edwards

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Fall 2012 SRR NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT

The NC generated nominees for two important positions in the SRR by checking past lists of nominees and officers, consulting the current membership list, and considering SRR needs including the potential benefits of maintaining a diversity of regional specializations among our officers. The NC then contacted two individuals and received immediate and enthusiastic confirmation from both of them to stand for the offices listed below:

Executive Council, Member-at-Large: A. Katie Harris, Associate Professor of History, UC-Davis (3 yrs)

Nominating Committee: Michael Bruening, Associate Professor of History, Missouri University of Science and Technology (3 yrs).

Sincere thanks to my colleagues on the NC, Anne Jacobson Schutte and Ward Holder, for their effort and efficiency in producing this impressive slate of candidates.

Respectfully submitted,Karen Spierling, NC Chair

SOCIETY FOR REFORMATION RESEARCHBUSINESS MEETING

27 OCTOBER 2012, CINCINNATI

MINUTES

Called meeting to order at 5:04 pm

1. Approval of 2011 Minutes (Susan Karant-Nunn) Susan Karant-Nunn noted that the 2011 minutes have been on the SRR's website for the past year. The minutes were approved unanimously.

2. Nominating Committee Report (Karen Spierling) Karen Spierling described the process the nominating committee followed to obtain new Council members, especially emphasizing its interest in representing diverse regional specializations and broadening our pool of officers. She presented the committee's choices of A. Katie Harris, Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Davis, as a new member of the Executive Council to replace Randy Head and of Michael Bruening, Associate Professor of History at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, to replace herself. She also thanked her other committee members, Anne Jacobson Schutte and Ward Holder. Randy Head asked if there were any nominations from the floor; there were not. The new officers were unanimously approved.

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Susan Karant-Nunn noted that Anne Jacobson Schutte will be the Committee chair next year and asked members to make nominations to Anne. We will need a new VP/President, 1 Executive Councilor, and 1 member Nominating Committee; the Treasurer Membership Officer positions are up for renewal. Anne asked if we need a Vice President who speaks German since he or she will be present for the 2017 commemorations. Susan didn't think so, although Emmet McLaughlin thought it might be preferable.

3. Membership Report (Victoria Christman) Victoria Christman summarized the membership report and the number of Archive subscriptions and asked to speak to Jeff Tyler later about institutional memberships. Susan Karant-Nunn urged the members to remind our students and colleagues to join and emphasized that foreign members were welcome.

4. Treasurer’s Reports (Victoria Christman for Robert Christman) Victoria Christman noted some of the points that the Executive Council had discussed and decided on. First, we'll start accepting Paypal for ease of paying fees. Second, we are seeking different way to house money for Chrisman fund that will provide greater interest, and we are investigating moving it to a fund. Randy Head noted that a subcommittee has been formed to find info about the fund and to think of ways to raise money. Susan Karant-Nunn urged that we remember and contribute to the Chrisman endowment and that she is still working on getting Chrisman's sons to contribute.

5. Nischan Award and Chrisman Fellowship (Susan Karant-Nunn) Nischan Award: The Nischan Award is given biannually in memory of Bodo Nischan and in appreciation of scholarship, civility, and service. This year it was presented to Anne Jacobson Schutte. After the presentation, Susan Karant-Nunn urged the members to start considering possible candidates for the 2014 award.

Chrisman Award: Susan introduced the Chrisman committee (herself, Ward Holder, and Beth Plummer) and noted that information about the award and application process will be made available and distributed to the membership soon.

6. Programming (Rudy Almasy and Beth Plummer) SCSC. Beth Plummer noted that the SRR sponsored approximately 14 sessions at this year's SRR. She also stressed the need to submit SRR-sponsored sessions directly to her, NOT through the SCSC's website.

AHA/ASCH. Beth also noted that the SRR will sponsor 3 sessions here, as is standard.

Kalamazoo. Rudy Almasy noted that Maureen Thum coordinates 3 sessions a year for the SRR and everything is continues to go smoothly. The 2013 sessions have already been formed.

7. Web Page (Mack Holt) Mack Holt described how David Whitford voluntarily developed and paid for the website. Now he (Mack) has taken over and updated the site two years ago. It has a news section, too, so he will be happy to post information about upcoming conferences and other professional news to

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publicize. He's also willing to step down as webmaster if someone else wants to do it, but Susan Karant-Nunn asked that he give us at least a year's notice if he decides to. He agreed to do so.

8. ListServ (Randall Zachman) There was no report

9. 2017 Anniversary Committee and NEH Seminar (David Whitford) Susan Karant-Nunn summarized current state of 2017 meeting planning and her work with Thomas Kaufmann. No real advances made in the past year on planning.

10. Verein für Reformationsgeschichte Report (Ute Lotz-Heumann) Ute Lotz-Heumann echoed what Susan Karant-Nunn said about June 2012 Verein board meeting in Eisenach. There was much discussion but nothing finalized, even the location (between Jena, Heidelberg, and Nuremberg). Board will next meet in May 2013. The subject of the 2017 conference will be "Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Reformation," but this is not an exclusive topic. North American participation will be unlimited; scholars do not have to be invited.

11. Archive for Reformation History Report (Brad Gregory and Randall Zachman) Ute Lotz-Heumann spoke as the Archive's European representative. She urged that we solicit manuscripts, since they no longer have a backlog. She also described her efforts to have the publishers print the essay volume before that of the literature review. Regarding the electronic journal, she noted how complex the situation is because of current ownership and licensing requirements: Gutersloh (the Archive's publisher) is now owned by Random House, and Random House has been delaying the e-version. Ute written directly to JSTOR, and the 3 Archive editors are all trying to pressure Random House now. Because of Gutersloh's ownership, we don't have a legal way to just definitively force them to publish the Archive online.

Susan Karant-Nunn noted that only 2 articles were accepted last year from the American side, so she urged us to funnel potential articles to them. Sigrun Haude asked what will happen with only 2 articles plus 1 article as a backlog; Ute noted that, to deal with this situation, they are delaying the publication so that 1 more American article will come in.

12. Other New Business Ray Mentzer: He serves as the SRR's Commissioner on the International Commission for the Study of the History of Christianity. As such, he pays the annual dues and attends the annual meeting; now the Commission is holding conferences and urging its affiliate groups to attend. There will be a meeting at Vilnius, Lithuanian, in 2013, and Ray will send information about it to Mack Holt for the website.

This Commission is also a subgroup of the International Committee of the Historical Sciences, which will meet in August 2015 in Jinan, China. We traditionally get sessions and these are the 3 conference themes: The Indigenization of Christianity; Migration of Religious Ideas, and Religion and Science. Ray will forward more information about the conference to the Council since he is unsure if the submissions need to be made as panels or papers.

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Karin Maag, director of Meeter Center, presented the 2013 Meeter Center NEH Summer Seminar on "Persecution, Toleration, Co-Existence: Early Modern Responses to Religious Pluralism," organized by herself and Amy Nelson Burnett. They have room for 16 people, including 2 graduate students. Deadline for application is March 4, 2013. She also stressed that the seminar was organized so that there would be time for individual research in Calvin College's holdings.

Meeting adjourned at 5:49 pm


Kathryn A. Edwards

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SOCIETY FOR REFORMATION RESEARCHBUSINESS MEETING

29 OCTOBER 2011, FORT WORTH

Meeting called to order at 5:10

1: Approval of MinutesAnne Jacobson Schutte noted that Peter Auski's name had been misspelled on the agenda, but since the officers recently learned that he was no longer involved in programming, Mack Holt noted that he shouldn't be there anyway. The minutes were then approved unanimously.

2: Nominating Committee Report (Ron Rittgers)Ron Rittgers summarized the report that was submitted electronically before the Executive Council meeting and that is attached to those minutes. He recognized the other members of the committee (Karen Spierling and Anne Jacobson Schutte) and described the process of soliciting nominations.

Ron Rittgers then noted that he had received confirmation from all nominees that they would be willing to be considered for appointment as officers. He presented this slate of candidates to the membership, and Mack Holt asked if there were additional nominations. Given that no further nominations were made, he asked for approval of the Nominating Committee's slate of new officers for 2012, and the attendees approved it unanimously.

3: Membership and Treasurer’s Report (Jeff Tyler, Janis Gibbs, and Robert Christman)Mack Holt began by briefly summarizing how the transition from Jeff Tyler and Janis Gibbs to Robert and Victoria Christman as the Treasurer and Membership Officer worked. Jeff Tyler, Janis Gibbs, and Robert Christman then each gave their presentations based on the online reports they had submitted before the meeting and that are attached to the Executive Council minutes.

Jeff Tyler provided membership and subscription information. The statistics show a bounce upward in subscriptions in 2009, then back to previous level, and he ascribed this movement to volume 100 of the Archive. There is a relatively consistent membership of c. 100-120 active members plus 10 new people in 2010-11.

Janis Gibbs presented the Treasurer's report. The SRR is in good financial shape, and we haven't had to touch endowments, etc. for several years. She also drew attention two areas in the report she felt might be confusing. The first was a data error; we do not have $100 in undeposited funds. The second was a persistent, revolving, accounts receivable total that exists primarily because of institutional accounts. Janis recommended that we just write off vastly overdue institutional accounts. Our assets are a little more than $49,000.

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Robert Christman gave updates since he and Victoria Christman took over the Membership and Treasurer responsibilities. He described their division of responsibilities, with him handling the Treasurer's duties and Victoria dealing with Membership and Subscriptions. He also noted that the numbers were in flux since we're in the middle of our annual membership renewal. With that in mind, he reminded members to renew their memberships and provided forms at the back of the room.

Susan Karant-Nunn asked Robert to describe any plans that have been made about making the Chrisman funds an endowment. Robert summarized the conversation he had with the Society's banker on this topic and that the banker thought that we didn't have enough yet to set up an endowment account. Susan urged that we work to make it a full endowment. Jeff Tyler urged the members to be sure that, when they sent money for the Chrisman fund, they made the checks out to the Chrisman fund. Moneys for that endowment would be accepted at any time.

Mack Holt ended these reports by thanking Janis Gibbs and Jeff Tyler for their service.

4: Nischan Award and Chrisman Fellowship (Mack Holt)Mack Holt described how the nomination and selection system worked (for example, that the Executive Committee was the search committee) and that there had been a delay in the Nischan Award because of unintended consequences of not holding a 2009 meeting. The 2010 Nischan award was actually going to two people because of strong feelings among the membership that they really do work together as a team. The 2010 winners were Tom and Kathy Brady, and both accepted the award. Tom also said a few words in their names thanking the Society and explaining what it meant to receive this recognition.

Mack Holt also noted that he would soon send an email about nominations for the 2012 Nischan award. Nominations are to be sent to Kay Edwards, and the Executive Council will decide on the winners.

Mack Holt also presented the winners for the 2009 and 2011 Chrisman awards and explained the award's origins. He then recognized Bronywn McShea, who won the 2009 award for a project entitled "Cultivating a New World: The Jesuits' Social Vision for France and North America" (Yale University) directed by Carlos Eire. She is now on a one-year fellowship at the Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz. Amy Rogers Hayes is the winner of the 2011 Chrisman for a dissertation entitled "Gender, Education, and Childhood in Sixteenth-Century London." She is at Georgetown University where she is being advised by Jo Ann Moran Cruz and Amy Leonard.

5: Archive for Reformation History Report (Mack Holt) Because neither Brad Gregory nor Randall Zachman could attend the Business meeting, Mack Holt presented their report; it was based on the report they submitted online and is attached to the Executive Council minutes. He noted that Ute Lotz-Heumann was now the

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sole European editor and that she, Brad, and Randall were in the process of organizing the submissions review and other editorial processes.

6: Programming (Kay Edwards)Because neither Megan Armstrong nor Rudy Almasy could attend the Business meeting, Kay Edwards presented their report based on their online submission; that submission is attached to the Executive Council minutes. The SRR sponsored 17 sessions and roundtables at this year's SCSC, 3 at the International Medieval Congress (Kalamazoo), and 2 at AHA/ASCH. The members in attendance were told that they could there find an exact breakdown of the paper and panel topics and the presenters for each session in the detailed online report.

7: Web Page and ListServ (Mack Holt)The listserv for the SRR is now at Notre Dame, and Mack Holt and David Whitford have also updated the webpage, whose url is reformationresearch.org. Temporarily Mack will continue to update it.

8: Other New Business2017 anniversary committee: As chair of the committee, David Whitford described the current status of the proposed joint meeting between the SRR and the Verein für Reformationsgeschichte that the SRR membership has already endorsed. The proposed theme for the meeting is "Relationships between Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Reformation Era." Mack Holt confirmed that the committee had the SRR's backing to continue working on this meeting. David also noted that the SRR was discussing with the Society for Biblical Literature about jointly offering sessions in 2016-17 on the Complutensian Polyglot and Novum Instrumentum at SBL's meeting.

NEH Seminar: David Whitford introduced the possibility of developing an NEH seminar in either 2016-2017 on Luther and the Reformation, but he stressed that he is still working on the logistics and asked for help with the NEH, especially from anyone with experience and expertise in writing for the NEH.

Refo500: David Whitford wondered if the SRR would be interested in working on coordinating or co-sponsoring some projects with the Refo500 group in The Netherlands when our interests align?

Comments on Preceding Topics: Susan Karant-Nunn noted that the topic for the joint SRR/Verein meeting came from the Verein.

Anne Jacobson Schutte asked David Whitford to tell where Refo500 is based (Theological University Apeldoorn) and who's in charge (Hermann Selderhuis is the director, although coordinators and sponsors come from Europe, the Americas, and Asia). David explained that Refo500 is a network of various learned societies focusing on activities involving Reformation studies, and he's found that it's a good way to disseminate information about

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conferences, publications, etc. [For further information about Refo500, see their English-language website at http://www.refo500.nl/en/news/.]

Information about the Verein für Reformationsgeschichte: Ute Lotz-Heumann introduced herself as the new liaison between the two societies and reported some information from the Verein's last meeting. She noted that Hans Schilling has now retired and Thomas Kaufmann will be the new president; she also reported on the other new officers of the Verein. She described her role as a bridge between the SRR and the Verein and stressed that she wants to be transparent in her dealings with both groups. She also noted that the next Verein meeting will be in June 2012. Several topics being considered at this time by the Verein that she thinks will be particularly interesting for SRR members are the establishment of a graduate student list or listserv, the development of a graduate student conference sometime after all the 2017 meetings, and more faculty exchange between German and U.S. institutions.

The meeting ajourned at 5:52pm


Kathryn A. Edwards

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FALL 2012 SRR MEMBERSHIP & SUBSCRIPTION REPORTJuly 1, 2011-June 30, 20121

Private Memberships

YEAR ACTIVE +INACTIVE NEW STUDENT2011-12 113 6 10

2011 104 133 10 92010 103 130 8 102009 114 136 6 142008 §125 161 9 202007 136 155 21 182006 106 125 11 142005 112 135 9 102004 112 144 13 112003 126 141 17 162001 118 141 29 92001 112 -- -- --

2011-12 Memberships: Active: 113 (paid dues/subscribed); Membership, no volumes: 66Total contacts: 209

New Members: 12 Grad Students: 10 (1 new); Emeritae/i: 10 (9 subscribe)

2011 Memberships: 133 Active: 104 (paid dues/subscribed); Inactive: 29 (missing in 2011)

New Members: 10 (9 from website)Grad Students: 10 (5 new); Emeritae/i: 11 (6 subscribe)Rejoining: 18

2010 Memberships: 130 Active: 103 (paid dues/subscribed); Inactive 27 (missing in 2010)

New Members: 8 (5 from website)Grad Students: 10 (4 new); Emeritae/i: 11 (5 subscribe)Rejoining: 20

SUBSCRIPTIONSPERSONAL ARG/LB both ARG alone LB alone

2011-12 21 25 12010 21 30 --2009 27 40 --2008 23 28 2

1 These dates are equivalent to our financial year.

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2007 23 32 12006 25 35 22005 28 26 52004 30 31 52003 31 28 7

PERSONAL ARG total LB total2011-12 46 22

2010 51 212009 67 272008 50 252007 55 242006 60 272005 54 332004 61 352003 59 382002 66 472001 67 44

Subscriptions 2011-12 ARG/LB ARG LBPrivate: 21 25 1Institutional: 2 1Commercial: 17 7

(decrease of 5 private ARG subscriptions; increase of 1 private LB subscription; in institutional ARG subscription)

Subscriptions 2010 ARG/LB ARG LBPrivate: 21 30 0Institutional: 10 8Commercial: 16 7

(decrease of 16 private ARG subscriptions; decrease of 6 private LB subscriptions; no change in institutional ARG subscription)(drop in private subscriptions due to high sales of 2009, gala volume 100 of Archive; 2010 mirrors 2008 numbers; unfortunately no permanent increase in subscriptions due to volume 100)


(increase of 16 private ARG subscriptions; increase of 2 private LB subscriptions; increase of 1 institutional ARG subscription)

Subscriptions 2008 ARG/LB ARG LBPrivate: 23 28 2Institutional: 8 8

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Commercial: 16 9(decrease of 4 private ARG subscriptions; decrease of 1 institutional LB subscription; increase of 1 ARG order)


(decrease of 5 private ARG subscriptions; increase of 1 institutional ARG subscription; decrease of 3 private LB subscriptions; increase of 1 institutional LB subscription)


(increase of 2 private ARG subscriptions; decrease of 2 institutional ARG subscriptions; decrease of 6 private LB subscriptions; decrease of 1 institutional LB subscription)

Submitted by Victoria Christman

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FALL 2012 SRR TREASURER'S REPORTJuly 1, 2011-June 30, 2012

Balance in Checking Account 7/18/112 $7,817.83Balance in Savings Account 6/28/11 $4,656.36Balance in Money Market Account, 7/12/11 $26,072.36Balance in Chrisman Fund 7/18/11 $9,952.08 ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR $48,498.63

RECEIPTSReceipts Dues and Subscriptions as itemized in ledger $8,560.003

Interest Income, Checking Account $0 Interest Income, Savings Account $3.73 Interest Income, Money Market Account $286.66 Interest Income, Chrisman Fund $7.43 Donations to the Chrisman Fund (See Appendix A) $0

TOTAL RECEIPTS $8,857.82

Accounts Receivable on 6/30/12 (See Appendix B) $727.45TOTAL ASSETS (prior to disbursement) $58,083.90

DISBURSEMENTS Purchase of new checks $25.00 Service charge for processing the order for new checks $5.00 State of Illinois incorporation fee (including late fee) $13.00 Purchase of a “deposit only” stamp for checks $21.95 Reimbursement to David Whitford for SRR website upgrade $99.95 Annual fee for website $119.40 Payment to Gutersloher Verlagshaus (Archive and Literature

Review)$7,762.49

Bank Service Charges (wiring fee) $40.00 Annual fee for website upgrade4 $99.95 Annual dues to the CIHEC $53.00 State of Illinois Incorporation Fee (on time) $10.00 TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS $8,249.74

2 Differences in this and the following three dates reflect the point at which we first received and deposited the funds into their new account. Rather than sending one check with all of the society’s assets, Jeff Tyler sent a series of smaller checks.3 Our accounting software says that this number should be $8570, ten dollars higher than what it is. I have been unable to account for this discrepancy.4 In order to have the website do what we want it to do, we cannot use the most basic format available, but were forced to move to an upgraded version. I was initially under the impression that this was a one-time charge, which David Whitford had paid, and for which we had reimbursed him. The company, however, assured me that it was an annual fee.

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ASSETS Balance in checking account 6/30/12 $8128.09 Balance in savings account 6/30/12 $4660.09 Money Market Account 6/30/12 $26,359.02 Chrisman Fund 6/30/12 $9959.50 Accounts Receivable 6/30/12 $727.45 Undeposited Funds 6/30/12 0 TOTAL ASSETS, 6/30/12 $49,814.15

Appendix A: Explanation of Chrisman Fund donations

During the fiscal year ending 6/30/2012, we have received no donations specifically earmarked for the Chrisman Fund. Since then, however, we have received gifts to that fund totaling $2050.

Appendix B: Explanation of Accounts ReceivableOn June 30, 2011, our accounts receivable totaled $707.45. On June 30, 2012, it totaled 727.45, twenty dollars more than last year. Here is how the previous treasurer accounted for the $707.45:

Of this total, $390.00 in accounts receivable date from 2000 or earlier. These orders are probably unrecoverable at this point. All are underpaid institutional accounts. The Society may wish to consider writing off these uncollectable debts.

$108.50 is owed by EBSCO subscription Services for an unidentifiable client; it would therefore be impossible for us to make a claim.

$43.00 is owed by I.J Taylor Library for a volume sent before 2000. $159.00 is owed by the University of Idaho for volumes in or before

2000. $79.50 is owed by Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary for a volume provided before 2000.

Our accounts receivable on June 30, 2011 were $707.45. This consisted of old uncollectible accounts and current unpaid orders and memberships.

The extra $20 in accounts receivable from this fiscal year are the result of an overpayment by one of our members by that amount. I sent this individual a refund, but I have not yet figured out how to reconcile this in our software.

Appendix C: Balancing the StatementThe statement appears to be $20.01 out of balance. That is, if we begin with our assets on 7/1/2011, add to them the receipts for the fiscal year 7/1/2011 -6/30/2012, then subtract the disbursements for the same fiscal year, the total is: $49,834.16. But the assets enumerated in the final section are the correct monies available in those accounts, and they add up to $49,814.15,

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for a difference of $20.01. We believe that $10.00 of the difference is due to a deposit we made in which our figures were $10.00 more than what the bank entered into the checking account – a problem we have been unable to solve. We cannot account for the other $10.01.

Appendix D: Issues that Require Action/Discussion

1. Why have we experienced a significant decrease in sales of our periodicals this year?Of the 79 copies of the Archive we ordered from the publisher this year, 14 remain. Of the 37 copies of Literature Review we ordered, 6 remain. Together failure to “sell” these copies accounts for $1,400 in lost revenue, which is reflected in our total receipts. Last year (2010/2011) we took in $11,037.45 in dues and subscriptions. This year (2011/2012) we took in $8,560.00, although another c. $500 trickled in since June 30. We might consider what factors caused the drop of c. $2000 during this period.

2. Should we take the step of establishing the Miriam Chrisman Fund as a bona fide endowment fund? At our last meeting, it was decided that we should look into the possibility of setting up the Chrisman Fund as an endowed fund. As it stands now, these monies are in a simple savings account, accruing a negligible amount of interest ($7.43 last year). Since last year’s meeting, we have met with Justin Gullekson, Vice President of Financial Advising and a CFP at Bank of the West. We explained to him our society, the work we do, and the objectives of the Chrisman Fund. He has recommended that we establish the Chrisman endowment right away by putting those monies into the Franklin Income Fund, a fund managed by Franklin Tempelton Investments. This fund is specifically designed for 501 (c) 3 entities (non-profit organizations, which we are) to pool their funds into a larger, and therefore more economically powerful block. The fund recommends itself for the following reasons:

It has been around since 1948, and since that time has averaged well over 4% interest annually.

Mr. Gullekson suggested that the risk involved was moderate, a 5 on a 10 point scale. The fund was created for groups like ours. The annual fees are lower than normal (0.75%) because we are a non-profit. We can withdraw funds in part or in whole from this account at any time without penalty.

For more information, see: franklintempelton.com

3. Do we wish to establish paypal as one method available to pay annual fees and subscriptions? This would very much help our members who do not reside in the United States, or who do not want to use checks. But it would have financial implications as follows:

A transaction fee of 2.2% of the total price, + 30 cents per transaction. This is a reduced fee available only to non-profits.

Other relevant features include:-No Set Up Fee -No Gateway Fee-No Monthly Fee -No Cancellation Fee

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-No annual commitment required-Includes Fraud Protection-Includes Internet Merchant Account-Accepts - Visa, Master Card, Discover, American Express and PayPal Payments

If we resolve to establish a paypal account, then we should decide whether to raise our prices, leave them the same, or raise prices only for those who pay via paypal.

4. How wedded are we to the idea that our society is a North American Society?We have been receiving an increasing number of requests to join the society by individuals outside of North America. Many of these folks are in Asia and South America. Our response has been to suggest that they join the Verein für Reformationsgeschichte, but some have studied in North America and have closer ties to scholars and institutions here than they do in Europe. We would appreciate knowing the Society’s thoughts on whether to add them to our membership or not. A related question would be whether we charge them more to cover the costs of sending volumes of the “Archive” and “Literature Review” abroad.

5. We plan to be on sabbatical next year. Are there suggestions for how we might handle this?One possibility would be as follows. We have spoken with the administrative assistant in the History Department at Luther College, Heather Frey, about taking up those duties of the society’s business that must be done from here. These would include: sending out subscription renewal forms, collecting and depositing monies sent in response, tracking who ordered what periodicals, and sending out the periodicals when they arrived. Heather has helped with these tasks for the last two years and has a fairly good sense of what must be done. The bank has indicated that she could deposit the funds without being an official agent of the society – so without having access to the society’s finances. If Heather forwards our mail regularly, we believe that we could accomplish all other responsibilities of our positions from afar. The disadvantage of this scenario would be that all business would move very slowly. If we decide to go this route, it would be fitting to give Heather an honorarium for her troubles.

But other possibilities exist, and perhaps the society could suggest a better plan.


Victoria ChristmanRobert J. Christman

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FALL 2011 REPORT FOR THE SRR ON THE ARCHIVE FOR REFORMATION HISTORY (ARG)

Brad Gregory and I are coeditors of the North American contributions to the Archive for Reformation History. In September of 2011, we submitted five articles for publication in the 2012 volume (it comes out once a year), and due to page number constraints, one of these articles will be held back for publication in 2013. Below is the current status of articles we received this year:

2 articles accepted for publication with completed revisions 1 article accepted for publication once revisions are completed (no resubmission to date) 1 article under review by readers 3 articles declined for publication (1 based on readers' reports, 2 based on editors'

decision)

We usually submit four to five articles for publication in each volume, but this year we will only have three, including one that was held back from last year. As you can see, we are suffering from a lack of submissions, and unfortunately many of the submissions we have received have not passed editorial or reader review.

The European editor of the ARG is pursuing discussions with our German publisher regarding the feasibility of an on-line version of the journal, which we are convinced would enhance the profile of the publication, but so far no decision on this matter has been reached. Brad and I are convinced that we will continue to suffer a decline in submissions until we can get the ARG on-line, as now we are flying off the radar.

Respectfully submitted,Randall C. Zachman

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FALL 2012 SRR PROGRAM COMMITTEE REPORT

Submitted by Maureen Thum and Beth Plummer:

Report on SRR at the Medieval Congress, May, Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo)This year's International Congress on Medieval Studies was from May 10-13, and the SRR sponsored three sessions, as is usual.

Reformation I: Dissonance, Resistance, and Dissent in Reformation DiscourseSponsor: Society for Reformation ResearchOrganizer: Maureen Thum, Univ. of Michigan–FlintPresider: S. Michael Malone, St. Louis Univ.What Did It Mean for Someone to Be a Prophet in the Swiss Territories in the Early Sixteenth Century?Jon Balserak, Univ. of PennsylvaniaEnglish Reformation in Exile: Experimentation and Dissent in Calvin’s GenevaFlynn Cratty, Independent ScholarMichael Bertin and the Religious History of Soissons in the Sixteenth CenturyEdward A. Boyden, Nassau Community College

Reformation II: Texts and Contexts in the ReformationSponsor: Society for Reformation ResearchOrganizer: Maureen Thum, Univ. of Michigan–FlintPresider: Rudolph P. Almasy, West Virginia Univ.Cardinal Gasparo Contarini’s Use of Patristic, Medieval, and Reformation Sources in His Interpretation of the Epistle to the GalatiansErik Koenke, Univ. of Notre DameJohannes Adelphus: German Perspectives on the Turks and Islam on the Eve of the ReformationS. Michael Malone, St. Louis Univ.Sola Scriptura: Lucas Cranach the Elder’s Passional Christi und Antichristi as Piety and PropagandaRoberta Dykema, Graduate Theological Union

Reformation III: Self, Persona, and AudienceSponsor: Society for Reformation ResearchOrganizer: Maureen Thum, Univ. of Michigan–FlintPresider: Maureen ThumPastor Parr: Word, Text, and PerformanceRudolph P. Almasy, West Virginia Univ.Shakespeare’s Hamlet: A Dramatization of Luther’s Paradoxical Political TheoryChristine Clementi, Independent ScholarLoyal English Catholics, Heretics, and Traitors: Negotiating Religion and Cultural Identity in Elizabethan EnglandAnn Louise Cole, Univ. of Arkansas–Fayetteville

Maureen has also submitted a call for papers for the 2013 Medieval Congress and has proposed the usual three sessions.

Report on the SRR Sessions organized for both the SCSC (2012) and the ASCH (2013): This year the SRR sponsored 14 sessions for the SCSC this year in addition to the main Thursday night roundtable. In addition to the sessions at the SCSC meeting, SRR also will sponsor three sessions for the annual meeting of the ASHC (New Orleans, January 2013). I would like to thank Megan Armstrong, Kay Edwards, and Don Harreld for their help this year as I learned more about the various aspects of this position.

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Beth PlummerProgram chair

SCSC Sessions (Cincinnati, 2012) Society for Reformation Research Plenary RoundtableFocusing on Pain and Suffering During the ReformationSponsor: Society for Reformation ResearchOrganizers: Marjorie E. Plummer, Western Kentucky UniversityChair: Bruce Gordon, Yale UniversityParticipants:Susan Karant-Nunn, University of ArizonaRonald Rittgers, Valparaiso UniversityMatthew Milner, McGill UniversitySara Beam, University of VictoriaJan Frans van Dijkhuizen, Leiden University

2. Belief, Practice, Identity and in Reformation ExegesisOrganizer, Chair, and Comment: Calvin Lane. Nashotah House Theological SeminarySponsor: Society for Reformation ResearchEmotional Management: Prayer and Discipline in Erasmus’ Modus Orandi DeumJebro Lit, Princeton UniversityKilling the Adulterous Concubine: Divine Judgment, Moral Discipline, and the Godly Community in Martin Bucer’s Judges CommentaryEdwin Woodruff Tait, Huntington UniversityCalvin, Liberty and Constraint: Reconsidering Bouwsma’s Thesis through the Lens of Calvin’s PracticesStephen Scheperle, University of Iowa

37. Global Missions and Local Circumstances: Jesuit Strategies Compared I Organizer: Bronwen C. McShea, Leibniz Institute of European HistorySponsor: Society for Reformation ResearchChair and Comment: Markus Friedrich, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am MainMoriscos, Jesuits, and the Prohibition of Arabic in 16th-Century SpainDaniel Wasserman-Soler, Oberlin CollegeA Gentler Method: German Jesuits, School Drama and the Struggle for PaderbornElizabeth Ellis-Marino, University of Arizona“One of the Most Perplexing Questions”: Jesuits and Indigenous Marriages in New FranceBronwen C. McShea, Leibniz Institute of European History

42. Peter Martyr Vermigli as Commentator on 1 Corinthians I Organizer and Chair: Emidio Campi, University of ZurichSponsors: Peter Martyr Vermigli Society, McGill Centre for Research on Religion, and Society for Reformation ResearchProbing the Mind of a Sixteenth-century Polymath: Vermigli, Aquinas and Calvin as readers of Paul’s First Letter to the CorinthiansJon Balserak, University of BristolFaith and Reason: Exegetical Principles and Practice of Polemical Loci in Vermigli’s Commentary on 1 CorinthiansTodd Rester, Calvin Theological Seminary1 Corinthians 13:2 and Vermigli’s disagreement with Thomas Aquinas on the “form” of the virtuesEric Parker, McGill University

52. Libel, Censorship, and Polemic during the Reformation

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Organizer: Marjorie E. Plummer, Western Kentucky UniversitySponsor: Society for Reformation ResearchChair: Allyson F. Creasman, Carnegie Mellon UniversityThe Criminalization of Polemical Literature: Imperial Suppression of Lutheran Libel against Catholicism between the Peace of Augsburg and the Peace of WestphaliaPaul Buehler, University of ArizonaCato Preaches the Wages of Sin: Contextualizing the Indignation of Beza’s Cato Censorius ChristianusKirk Summers, University of AlabamaScorning the Image of Virtue: Nathan Field’s Letter to Reverend Thomas SuttonPatricia McKee, Graduate Theological Union

55. Global Missions and Local Circumstances: Jesuit Strategies Compared II Organizer and Chair: Robert A. Maryks, Bronx CC (CUNY)Sponsor: Society for Reformation ResearchThe Development of José de Anchieta’s Missionary Project in Colonial BrazilAnne McGinness, University of Notre DameA Precedent for Reductions: A Methodological Connection between the JesuitMissions in Japan and ParaguayTakao Abé, Yamagata-Prefectural College of YonezawaConverting Muslims: Jesuit Missionary Strategies in 17th-Century SpainEmanuele Colombo, De Paul UniversityPropagating the Gospel According to António Vieira, S.J.María Ana T. Valdez, Yale University

56. Approaches to the Study of Miracles: A Panel in Honor of Carlos M. N. EireOrganizer, Chair, and Comment: Scott K. Taylor, University of KentuckySponsors: University of St Andrews Reformation Studies Institute and the Society for Reformation Research“Either into Popery or Infidelity”: History and Miracles in Enlightenment EnglandRobert Ingram, Ohio UniversityMiracles In and Out of HistoryBrad Gregory, University of Notre Dame”He flew”: Carlos Eire on Miracles and HistoriansRonald Rittgers, Valparaiso University

59. Hair Shirts, Whips, and More: Mortifying the Flesh for Religious PurposesOrganizer: Anne Jacobson Schutte, University of VirginiaSponsor: Society for Reformation ResearchChair and Comment: Alison K. Frazier, University of Texas at Austin“Le pene sofferte per te son glorie, vittorie d’un’Alma ch’ha fè”: Bodily Mortification in Convent Choir LoftsCraig Monson, Washington University in St LouisPersistent Penitents, Compliant Confessors, and Mortification of the FleshAnne Jacobson Schutte, University of VirginiaTeaching Mortification to Girls Through Dramatic Performance in Seventeenth-Century FlorenceJennifer Haraguchi, Brigham Young University

60. Identity Formation in the Early Modern World Caprice 3Organizer: Sigrun Haude, University of CincinnatiSponsor: Society of Reformation ResearchChair: Victoria Christman, Luther CollegeJourneys of the soul: Religious Identity, Belief, and the Culture of Knowledge inTudor WalesKatharine Olson, Bangor University/ Harvard UniversityIdentity Construction in an Academic Environment: The Leuven Case (1540–1585)Gert Gielis, Leuven UniversityThe Kindness of Strangers? Lutheran Travelers and their Franciscan Hosts in EarlyModern German Pilgrimage Narratives

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Sean Clark, University of Arizona

74. Roundtable: Approaches to the Study of Spirituality during the Reformation: A Roundtable in Honor of Carlos M. N. EireOrganizer: Scott K. Taylor, University of KentuckySponsors: University of St. Andrews Reformation Studies Institute and the Society for Reformation ResearchChair: Craig Harline, Brigham Young UniversityParticipants:Alison Weber, University of VirginiaJodi Bilinkoff, University of North Carolina at GreensboroH. C. Erik Midelfort, University of VirginiaBruce Gordon, Yale University

78. Peter Martyr Vermigli as Commentator on 1 Corinthians IIOrganizer: Emidio Campi, University of ZurichSponsors: Peter Martyr Vermigli Society, McGill Centre forResearch on Religion, and Society for Reformation ResearchChair: Gary Jenkins, Eastern UniversityChurch Discipline and Excommunication in Vermigli’s Commentary on 1 CorinthiansJordan Ballor, University of ZurichRichard Smyth’s “Retractation Sermon” at Paul’s Cross (1547) and Vermigli’s Inaugural Lectures at Oxford: The Hermeneutical Debate on the Mode of “Presence” in the SacramentsTorrence Kirby, McGill UniversityThe Piety of Peter Martyr Vermigli mirrored in his New Testament Commentaries, Especially 1 CorinthiansJason Zuidema, Concordia University

95. Death in Early Modern Protestantism Organizer: Herman Selderhuis, Refo500Sponsors: Refo500, Society for Reformation Research, and Theologische Universiteit ApeldoornChair: Bruce Gordon, Yale UniversityComment: Susan Karant-Nunn, University of ArizonaDeath and Dying in Early Modern LutheranismTarald Rasmussen, University of OsloDeath and Dying in Early Modern CalvinismHerman Selderhuis, Refo500

109. SCSC President’s Young Scholar Breakfast SessionOrganizer and Chair: Kathleen Comerford, Georgian Southern UniversitySponsors: Society for Early Modern Catholic Studies and the Society for Reformation ResearchRoundtable: Academic Mission Creep: Advice from the Trenches on How to Live your Life and Still Get TenureParticipants:Brian Hale, University of Wisconsin–Stevens PointJason Hardgrave, University of Southern IndianaBruce Janacek, North Central CollegeRobert Scully, S.J., Le Moyne CollegeSusan Dinan, William Patterson University

111. Assimilation, Conversion, or Confessionalization? Judeo-Christians in the Early Modern IberianOrganizer and Comment: Alison P. Weber, University of VirginiaSponsor: Society for Reformation ResearchChair: Craig Harline, Brigham Young UniversityThe Process of Assimilation: New Christians in Portugal 1497–1536Susannah C. Ferreira, University of Guelph, Canada“Malsines” and “Catholic Jews”: Confessionalization and Conversion in the Iberian Diaspora in Northern EuropeGayle K. Brunelle, California State University, Fullerton and Charles Carrillo, Azusa Pacific University

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“Baptized Jews” in Early Modern Iberia: Not What/Who You Are ThinkingDavid Graizbord, University of Arizona

169. Alternatives to Zwingli: The Eucharistic Controversy in South Germany and Switzerland Sponsor: Society for Reformation ResearchOrganizer: Amy Nelson Burnett, University of Nebraska–LincolnChair: Emidio Campi, University of ZurichJohannes Oecolampadius’ (1482–1531) Use and Abuse of Chrysostom’s Hom. In Matt. 83:4 in the Early Eucharistic ControversyEric Northway, Iowa State UniversityPrint, Polemics and the Lord’s Supper in UlmAmy Nelson Burnett, University of Nebraska–LincolnMartin Bucer’s Eucharistic Debates with the SwissMichael Bruening, Missouri University of Science & Technology

ASCH SESSIONS (New Orleans, 2013)13. Gender and Conversion during the Reformation Chair: Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Papers:Converting Convents: Monastic Reform and Evangelical Nuns in Braunschweig-Lüneburg during the Sixteenth CenturyBeth Plummer, Western Kentucky University The Solvent of Death: Widows Who Convert in Early Modern GermanyDuane Corpis, Cornell University Embracing Tekakwitha: Bodies and Identity in the Early Modern New WorldEzra L. Plank, University of Iowa Comment: Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

19. Job in Medieval and Reformation-Era Theology and Exegesis Chair: John Slotemaker, Fairfield University Papers:Job and Theological Method in Sentences Commentaries of the Thirteenth CenturyFranklin T. Harkins, Fordham University “Saint Thomas Aquinas Expounds Elegantly, but...”: Veritas Hebraica in Nicholas of Lyra’s Commentary on JobAaron Canty, Saint Xavier University of Chicago Job in the German ReformationRonald K. Rittgers, Valparaiso University Comment: Sujin Pak, Duke Divinity School

30. Considering Brad Gregory’s The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society Chair: David C. Fink, Aurora University Panel:Ralph Keen, University of Illinois at Chicago Robert Emmet McLaughlin, Villanova University John Slotemaker, Fairfield University Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Comment: Brad S. Gregory, University of Notre Dame

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Documents

Society for Reformation Research€¦ · Web viewSociety for Reformation Research. Executive Council Meeting. 26 October 2012, Cincinnati. Minutes. Called meeting to order at 12:18