Events

International Medieval Congress
Leeds, 6 to 9 July 2026

Organised sessions for IMC Leeds 2026.

• 1545: Revisiting the Coincidence of Opposites in Bonaventure of Bagnoregio and Nicholas of Cusa

  Sponsor: Franciscan Institute, St Bonaventure University, New York / Cusanus Society of the UK & Ireland.
  Organiser: Luke Togni, Department for the Study of Religion, Saint Mary’s University, Nova Scotia / Franciscan Institute, St Bonaventure University, New York.
  Moderator: Ulrike Treusch, Abteilung Historische Theologie, Freie Theologische Hochschule Gießen.
  Respondent: William P. Hyland, School of Divinity, University of St Andrews.

  Papers

  1545-a: Coincidence of Opposites as Maximal Distance or Difference: Revisiting Georges Tavard’s Critique of Ewert Cousins

  (Language: English)
  Luke Togni, Department for the Study of Religion, Saint Mary’s University, Nova Scotia / Franciscan Institute, St Bonaventure University, New York

  1545-b: Reframing Mystical Coincidence in Bonaventure and Cusa: A New Perspective on the Tegernsee Controversy

  (Language: English)
  Simon J. G. Burton, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh

• 1742: Nicholas of Cusa: Intellectual Context and Influence

  Sponsor: Cusanus Society UK & Ireland.
  Organiser: William P. Hyland, School of Divinity, University of St Andrews.
  Moderator: Simon J. G. Burton, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh.

  Papers

  1742-a: The History and Theology of Cusa’s Epistles to the Bohemians

  (Language: English)
  Andrea Hugill, Independent Scholar

  1742-b: Friends Again?: The Collaboration of Thomas Livingston and Nicholas of Cusa in the German Reform Legation Journey of 1451-1452

  (Language: English)
  William P. Hyland, School of Divinity, University of St Andrews

  1742-c: The Influence of Nicholas of Cusa on Ernst Cassirer and Modern Philosophy

  (Language: English)
  Carmel Kimwanga Sala, Západočeská univerzita v Plzni