International Academic Meetings
Investigations into the history of the Order of St. Lazarus

​The International Meetings should serve as a forum to discuss and academically research controversial aspects related to the Order’s history. The participation of early career scholars and postgraduate research researchers is positively encouraged.

Individuals interested in participating  with relevant presentations or in attending are requested to contact the organizing committee at s.lazari.ordinis.academia@gmail.com ​​

The First International  Conference of the International Academy was held in Malta in November 2015. 

The Second International Conference of the International Academy was held in Palermo, Sicily in June 2017. The event coincided with the International Pilgrimage of the Order dedicated to King Saint Louis IX in Monreale, Sicily. 

The Third International Conference of the International Academy was held in Malta in October 2019.

The Fourth International Academic Meeting - Reviewing the history of the Order of St. Lazarus - was scheduled to be held on the 7th April 2021 at Velehrad (Czech Republic) in conjunction with the International Pilgrimage of the Order. The Covid-19 pandemic caused the meeting to be placed in abayance - instead a series of pre-narrated online lectures were prepared and made available. The various talks can be accessed from the following links.

• A hospitali infirmorum sancti Lazari de Jerusalem before the First Crusade
• The Brethren of Saint Lazarus during the Crusader Period
• The Order of Saint Lazarus during the 14-15th centuries
• The Order of Saint Lazarus during the 16th century
• The Savoyan Order of Sts Maurice and Lazarus – development and history
• The French Orders of St Lazarus and Our Lady of Mount Carmel – development and history
• The French Order of St Lazarus during the French Revolution and in the Bourbon Restoration Period, and during the 19th century
• The Order of Saint Lazarus during the Modern Period 

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