2025 Material Realities of Prayer – WG1 Online Meetings 

2025 Material Realities of Prayer – WG1 Online Meetings 

Following the decision made at the first General Meeting held in Zagreb (February 2025), WG1 leaders, Stefan Matter and Sara Carreño, have organized a series of regular online meetings throughout this first year of the Action. These sessions provide WG1 members with an opportunity to present their research lines and projects in a concise format, usually featuring 2–3 speakers, with the aim of identifying potential synergies within the group and building a forum for open discussion. 

During 2025, a total of five WG1 online meetings were held, featuring presentations by: 

Anna Dlabacova (Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands) 

Suna Cagaptay (Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Turkey) 

Dominique Stutzmann (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes, France)

Rita Bajáki (Hungarian Research Network, Hungary) 

Seán Vrieland (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) 

Vladimir Agrigoroaei (Centre d’études supérieures de civilisation médiévale, France) 

Stefan Matter (Universitätsbibliothek Bern UB, Switzerland) 

Katrin Janz-Wenig (Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, Germany) 

Wendy Scase (University of Birmingham, UK) 

Viktor Nedeski (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia) 

Veronika Knedlikova Wankova (University of Padua, Italy) 

Jaroslav Svatek (Charles University, Czech Republic) 

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