Forms of Religious Toleration in Early Modern Europe (1500-1800):
in the centuries that followed the Reformation, Europeans were bitterly divided among rival Christian churches. Despite this, in many places people of different faiths managed to live together peacefully, practicing toleration toward one another. Toleration however required specific arrangements to be made to accommodate people of more than one faith in the same community. This lecture examines two of these arrangements, one of them typical of the Netherlands, the other typical of parts of Germany. It examines the arrangements by comparing two churches where they were put into practice. The two churches thus exemplify two forms of religious toleration, which were both very different from modern forms.

Recommended Readings
* Benjamin J. Kaplan, `Fictions of Privacy: House Chapels and the Spatial Accommodation of Religious Dissent in Early Modern Europe’, American Historical Review 107/4 (October 2002): 1031-64
* Benjamin J. Kaplan, Divided by Faith: Religious Conflict and the Practice of Toleration in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2007.
* Benjamin J. Kaplan, Robert Moore, Henk van Nierop, and Judith Pollmann, eds., Catholic Communities in Protestant States: Britain and The Netherlands, 1580-1720. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2009.
* Benjamin J. Kaplan, `Coexistence, Conflict, and the Practice of Toleration’, in A Companion to the Reformation World, edited by R. Po-chia Hsia (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2003) , pp. 486-505.

This lecture is organised as a little journey through some key aspects of current Italian culture: cultural heritage and visual arts, design, fashion, cinema, comics and animation, music, language and lifestyles, wine and food, family and friendship.Is there an “Italian way of life” and, if so, what is it today? Has it changed over time? What is specific to Italy and Italians in Europe, compared, for instance, to what is French, Spanish, German, British?The lecture is an informal ride across these key elements of the “Italian way of life”, and it will be counting on an active participation of the audience.

Dr. Chirkov will start his presentation by articulating some of the basic problems in understanding the phenomenon of ‘culture’ in social, cultural and communication research in psychology and related disciplines. Then, he will articulate one of possible solutions of this problem – the theory of sociocultural models. Sociocultural models (SCMs) are a structured set of prescriptions of how people interpret the world, other people, communities, and themselves; they are a set of scripts for acting in accord with these interpretations. These models are developed by people’s cultural communities and they are learned and internalized by their members as validated recipes for their lives and actions. Members of communities continuously co-construct their SCMs by enacting them through their everyday interactions. Culture is described as a distributed network of specialized SCMs that guide community members’ lives in different domains. According to the TSCM, in order to fully understand the nature of people’ actions and experiences, researchers first must examine the system of SCMs that these people were born into - the public aspects of SCMs. Subsequently, researchers must investigate how these people act, experience, and live through these models – the internalized aspects of SCMs – and determine what roles their autonomous agency and self-determination play in their existence. To study SCMs, researchers use methods such as person-centered ethnography, interviews, and experiments.

Lecture series:

The problem of culture in social, cultural and communication research and its potential solution: An introduction to the theory of sociocultural models

Dr. Chirkov will start his presentation by articulating some of the basic problems in understanding the phenomenon of ‘culture’ in social, cultural and communication research in psychology and related disciplines. Then, he will articulate one of possible solutions of this problem – the theory of sociocultural models. Sociocultural models (SCMs) are a structured set of prescriptions of how people interpret the world, other people, communities, and themselves; they are a set of scripts for acting in accord with these interpretations. These models are developed by people’s cultural communities and they are learned and internalized by their members as validated recipes for their lives and actions. Members of communities continuously co-construct their SCMs by enacting them through their everyday interactions. Culture is described as a distributed network of specialized SCMs that guide community members’ lives in different domains. According to the TSCM, in order to fully understand the nature of people’ actions and experiences, researchers first must examine the system of SCMs that these people were born into - the public aspects of SCMs. Subsequently, researchers must investigate how these people act, experience, and live through these models – the internalized aspects of SCMs – and determine what roles their autonomous agency and self-determination play in their existence. To study SCMs, researchers use methods such as person-centered ethnography, interviews, and experiments.

*The first of the series, Monday's will be a Workshop

本次学术讲座为“智慧教育论坛”系列讲座第3期活动，李仁根博士将为大家带来“教学系统设计在企业人才发展中的应用”主题讲座，介绍教学系统设计在企业人才发展、培训、绩效改善中的应用。此外，也通过这种应用和经验，介绍和探讨教学系统设计、教学技术学专业的同学如何在企业贡献自己所学、培养发展自己的职业生涯。
李博士早年在美国留学，师从印第安纳大学的Molenda教授、佛罗里达州大的摩尔根教授，也聆听过加涅教授的课、与他讨论、切磋过教学设计的来龙去脉。此次讲座将根据李博士在企业30多年在培训、企业大学、教练和导师技术方面应用教学系统专业的知识和能力的经历，分享我们这个专业在企业中的价值和优势（如系统思维，目标导向，敏捷学习）和短板（如线性思维，缺乏内容专长）。同时，也探讨今天的研究生、本科生可以怎样去看待和学习自己的专业，准备发展自己的职业。

为学习贯彻习近平总书记关于高等教育工作系列重要讲话精神，落实党和国家的教育政策与方针，国际教育学院全面践行“全课程、全员育人”的立德树人理念，鼓励教师肩负起“三个传播，三个塑造”的时代重任，特推出“爱•分享•领航”研讨会（“Love. Share. Lead” Seminar）系列。
研讨会主要围绕“人生体悟，学术引领，教学心得”三个主题，由教师自选话题与时间，学生根据兴趣爱好进行活动预约。每次活动邀请一位主讲老师，学生人数不限，时长1小时左右。 一方面，活动将帮助学生孵化学术创作，丰富学科知识体系，规划学术及职业生涯，另一方面，参与教师则可以更好地倾听学生心声，与学生共同探讨人生重大命题及学科最新发展动态，进而实现教学相长，师生共同搭建互动交流平台，传播影响力，将其打造成学院思政建设品牌项。
从大山求学，知青插队到恢复高考后奔赴港大读书，最后至英国求学。在学术的道路上，郑老师一共遇到了七位足以影响他一生的恩师。此次研讨会，郑新民老师将与大家分享: 自身学习经历、进入学术界前后的亲身经历和心路历程。关于SLRC （Simon's Learning and Research Community),郑老师也将分享其来由、发展和运作模式。

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