Upcoming CMS events in 2026

Happy New Year! We have a wide range of online presentations to look forward to in the coming months, and we hope you'll be able to join us.

Please note that the schedule refers to the local time in the UK.

21st January 2026 (3pm): ‘Marian iconography in the context of Portuguese confraternities of Mercy’ – Joana Balsa de Pinho (Artis - Institute of Art History, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon and Institute of the Patroness of Portugal for Mariology Studies, Vila Viçosa, Portugal)

3rd February 2026 (7pm): Candlemas Lecture: 'The Virgin Mary from the perspectives of women scholars: Anna Jameson, Marina Warner, and Miri Rubin'. We are honoured that the eminent Art Historian Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Professor Emerita of Religious Art and Cultural History at Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA, has accepted the invitation to give a lecture on Marian art in memory of our late colleague Cathy Oakes. There is more information here:

https://www.marianstudies.ac.uk/post/news-of-our-candlemas-lecture

11th February 2026 (3pm): 'Sweet Mother and Militant Virgin: The Two Faces of Mary' – Dr Patrizia Granziera (Professor of Art History at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, México)

28th February 2026 (2pm): Saturday Seminar: 'Marian Apparitions and their Consequences: Responses, Influences and Implications' with guest speakers Dr Chris Maunder, Lauren Montenegro and Dr Joe Evans. There is more information here:

https://www.marianstudies.ac.uk/post/the-consequences-of-marian-apparitions-responses-influences-and-implications

18th March 2026 (3pm): ‘The Modern Controversy about Mary's Betrothal to Joseph’ – Dr Gloria Dodd (President of the Mariological Society of America, University of Dayton, US)

15th April 2026 (3pm): ‘Some Reflections on the Poetics of Praise in the Vernacular Marian laude of the Duecento and Trecento’ – Professor Brian K. Reynolds (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan)

13th May 2026 (3pm): ‘Praying with Mary: The Book of Hours on the Eve of the English Reformation’ – Rev. Dr Paul Williams (Domestic Chaplain to HM The King and Rector of the Sandringham Group of Churches)

3rd June 2026 (3pm): ‘The Blessed Virgin Mary as a Bridge between Islamic Spirituality and Christian Theology’ – Dr Reza Shah-Kazemi (The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London)

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If you would like to receive the free Zoom link for one or more of these events, please send an email to Catherine O'Brien at the following address: info@marianstudies.ac.uk