Hildegard Society Announcements
Current Issue of Qualelibet
Autumn 2009, Volume XXVI.2
EVENTS
On July 26, Zeitgeist Films will hold an advance screening in NYC of "Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen" directed by the acclaimed Margarethe von Trotta and starring Barbara Sukowa. Zeitgeist Films, a New York-based film distributor, has acquired the rights and will release the film at the Film Forum in Manhattan this coming October.
http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/film.php?directoryname=vision
Zeitgeist Films is encouraging scholars with an interest in Hildegard
or Medieval Studies in general to attend this special advance screening
for review.
If interested please contact.
Miriam Reinharth
miriamreinharth@gmail.com
Zeitgeist Films
247 Centre Street
New York, NY
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Congratulations to Avis Clendenen (D.Min., PhD), new Vice-President of the ISHBS!
New Events in May, 2010
SUMMER 2011 - A Hildegard Gathering in Florida
Recent Publications
COOKING & HEALTH:
From Saint Hildegard's Kitchen: Foods of Health, Foods of Joy by
famed French chef Jany Fournier-Rosset is now available from
Liguori Publishing
DIGITAL RIESENCODEX: The Wiesbaden Codex (aka "Riesencodex" ) Hs.2 has been digitized and is available for online viewing at the Hessiche Landesbibliothek Wiesbaden website.
TRANSLATIONS:
Priscilla Throop has published a much anticipated English language
version Hildegard's last visionary treatise, Liber
diuinorum operum (Book of Divine Works) This version
is based upon the critical edition compiled by Albert Derolez
and Peter Dronke for the Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaevalis
CCCM 92 (Turnhout: Brepols, 1996). This work and her other translations
can be found at her online Lulu storefront: http://www.lulu.com/pthroop/p>
SCHOLARLY ARTICLES:
There's a new publication available on Hildegard: "Hildegard of Bingen
and her Gospel Homilies. Speaking New Mysteries", by Beverly Mayne
Kienzle xvi + 338 p., 160 x 240 mm, 2009, Hbk, ISBN 978-2-503-51777-3
Jennifer Bain, Associate professor of Music Theory at Dalhousie
University, has an article "Hildegard,
Hermannus, and Late Chant Style"
in Journal of Music Theory.2008; 52: 123-149
Christian McGuire, Music Faculty Augsburg College has made available
his 2007 thesis, "Symphonia
Caritatis: The Cistercian Chants of Hildegard von Bingen."
MUSIC:
Here is a short video
story by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch regarding
Margaret Waddell's recent Hildegard performance.
About the ISHBS
Founded in 1983 by Professor Bruce Hozeski of Ball State University, The Interntational Society of Hldegard von Bingen Studies is comprised of scholars and enthusiasts interested in the promotion of the 12th century magistra.
The purpose of the society is to promote study, criticism, research, and exchange of ideas related to all aspects of Hildegard von Bingen’s work. Methods of achieving this purpose include but are not limited to, faculty exchanges, inter-institutional cooperation, annual meetings, participation in conferences, the publication of a newsletter, and the endorsement of other publications relating to Hildegard von Bingen studies.
Qualelibet, is the bi-annual newsletter which features articles touching on all aspects of Hildegard's life & reception - from in depth scholarly source studies to modern day reception history and concert reviews. As the ISHBS is an inclusive organization intended to promote dialogue among scholars and enthusiasts, Qualelibet welcomes studies from all perspectives and methodolgies as we explore the life and works of Hildegard and related subjects.
