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.