Conference on Modern Religious History
Conference on Modern Religious History
Division of History and Politics
University of Stirling
Tuesday 14 June – Wednesday 15 June 2016
Programme
Tuesday 14 June
1.00 Lunch
2.00 Session I
Stewart J. Brown, Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Edinburgh:
‘British Imperial Christianity in the Nineteenth Century: The Anglican Established Church in India’
3.15 Refreshment Break
3.45 Session II
Clyde Binfield, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Sheffield:
‘J. H. Whitley and the Congregational Mindset’
5.00 Conclusion of Day
Wednesday 15 June
9.00 Session III
Eugenio Biagini, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge:
‘“Patrick, the First Churchman” in the Protestant Vision of Ernest Bateman of Booterstown, Dublin (1886-1979)’
10.15 Refreshment Break
10.45 Session IV
Mary Heimann, Professor of Modern History, Cardiff University:
‘St Francis and the Modern Imagination’
12.00 Lunch
1.00 Session V
Callum Brown, Professor of Late Modern European History, University of Glasgow:
‘Becoming Atheist: How Scots Lost Religion in the Twentieth Century’
2.15 Refreshment Break
2.45 Session VI
Kenneth D. Brown, Professor Emeritus of History, Queen’s University, Belfast:
‘William and Herbert Gladstone: Father and Son’
4.00 Conclusion of Conference
Attendance is open to all and free, but booking by Wednesday 8 June is essential.
Lunch each day will cost £10, to be paid on the day.