History of Christianity 2017
Mondays, 4.10-5.30 Althaus-Reid Room (formerly 1.07), New College (unless otherwise indicated)
Everyone is warmly invited to attend the History of Christianity seminars.
Semester 2 - 2018
22 Jan 2018 |
Professor Stewart J. Brown, University of Edinburgh ‘W. T. Stead and the “Maiden Tribute”: Sex, Power and Religion in Late Victorian London’ |
29 Jan 2018 |
Dr Paul Parvis, University of Edinburgh ‘Rabbula and Ibas: odium theologicum in fifth-century Syria’ |
6th Feb 2018 (Joint with CSWC seminar) |
Dr Emma Wild-Wood, University of Edinburgh ‘Where does the wisdom of the white man come in? The Interpretations, Problems and Possibilities of Missionary Sources in the History of Christianity in Africa’ |
12 Feb 2018 |
Dr Jon Balserak, University of Bristol ‘Lies and Simulation in Geneva’s Efforts to Reform France, 1533-1563’ |
19 Feb 2018 | No seminar (Flexible Learning week) |
26 Feb 2018 |
Russell Newton, University of Edinburgh ‘Godly Types: William Guild and Exegesis in Early Modern Scotland’ |
5 Mar 2018 |
Dr Kathryn Westbrook, University of Edinburgh ‘Slandered and Silenced: the Widows of Early Christianity’ |
12 Mar 2018 |
Lauren Murdoch, University of Edinburgh ‘Painted Christianity? Exploring some Scottish painted wooden ceilings of the early modern period’ |
19 Mar 2018 |
Professor Anne Taves, University of California at Santa Barbara ‘After William James: Revisiting Mystical Experiences in the Study of Religions’ |
26 Mar 2018 |
Dr Laura Mair, University of Edinburgh Title to be confirmed |
Semester 1 (September - December 2017)
18th Sept 2018 |
Social- meeting of students and staff who teach and study the History of Christianity
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25thSept 2018 |
Joshua Bruce, University of Edinburgh: When Schism Became Heresy: A Juridical Approach to the Problem of Coercion in Augustine
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2nd Oct 2018 |
Dr Simon Burton, John Laing Senior Lecturer in Reformation History, University of Edinburgh Consultatio Catholica: Method and Reform in the Comenian Circle
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9th Oct 2018 |
Kennedy Wright Lecture (Joint with Centre for the Study of Christian Origins) Professor Gillian Clark, Professor Emerita of the University of Bristol. ‘All were together’: Augustine on Christian Origins |
16th Oct 2018 |
Professor Jeffrey Cox, University of Iowa Towards Eliminating the Concept of Secularization
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23rd Oct 2018 |
School-wide Croall Lectures: Professor Werner Jeanrond, Master of St Benet's, Oxford Lectures on 23rd, 24th, 25th October. All at 5pm in the Martin Hall Hope: Reasons to Hope, Memory and Hope, Hope and Europe’s Future |
30th Oct 2018 |
Professor Emerita Jane Dawson, University of Edinburgh Scotland, Ireland and the ‘vision’ of a Protestant Britain
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8th Nov 2018 |
Joint session with Theology and Ethics: Rev. Dr Leah Robinson, University of Edinburgh ‘Bad theology’: exploring the Southern Baptist (USA) archives
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13th Nov 2018 |
Dr Noel O’Regan, University of Edinburgh. Singing the Counter-reformation
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20th Nov 2018 |
Dr Nikki Macdonald: Wild words and deviant discourses: taming the tongue in 16th century Scotland
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27th Nov 2018 |
Dr Tom Brown, Hon. Fellow in History, University of Edinburgh. Local Ravenna elites and their use of saints
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