Poetics of Prayer Workshop WG3

Poetics of Prayer Workshop WG3

date: 18–19 February 2026

organiser: dr Dominika Ruszkiewicz

venue: Ignatianum University in Cracow, Poland

On 18–19 February 2026 members of WG3 met to discuss the relation between poetry and prayer during a workshop “Poetics of Prayer”, which took place at Ignatianum University in Cracow and was organized by dr Dominika Ruszkiewicz (WG3 leader).

The main aim of the workshop was to bring rhetoric, religion, and poetry into relation by exploring the language (rhetorical principles, conventions, etc.) and communicative situations of selected poems and prayers. More details here (poster with programme) and here (call for contributions)

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