"¿Tantas Inquisiciones cómo Estados? Las Inquisiciones de la época moderna" in Congreso internacional "Inquisición e imperio español (España, Italia, Flandes, Indias)" Ciudad de México, 28-31 de octubre de 2024 (original) (raw)

Seminario Internacional Historia de las Inquisiciones - Call for Papers (Santiago de Chile)

2019

The International Seminar on the History of the Inquisitions invites researchers to reflect and discuss phenomena inherent to the contemporaneous existence of the tribunals of the Holy Office and European colonial expansion, both of which have shaped modern realities. During the Early Modern period, Iberian monarchies took on unprecedented imperial expansion across the globe. Their establishment within colonial realities required an intense process of transplanting people, institutions, and ideas that would ultimately radically change the face of all societies involved. A fundamental aspect of this enterprise was the creation of new structures of power oriented to controlling, including over great distances, both people and territories. Additionally, religious realities, and the structures inherent in these, were radically affected. It is within this context, that the existence of inquisitorial tribunals, in both the metropole and colonies, should be analyzed. What could these bodies share in such diverse places beyond Europe? What new processes occurred? How did they articulate centralizing visions as well as dialogues between centers and peripheries? The Seminar is particularly interested in interpretations and the questioning of categories common within current historiographical debates, such as hegemony, periphery, religious experience, and transgression. At the same time, it becomes clear the need to study the creation and emergence of new cultural and religious identities in an increasingly globalized world, resulting in the global migration of actors, such as groups of new Christians and inquisitorial personnel.