Call for Papers
Quaker Studies: an open-themed conference
to celebrate the 25th anniversary event of the Quaker Studies Research Association (QSRA) and twenty years of the Centre for Research in Quaker Studies.
June 21 – 23, Woodbrooke, Birmingham, UK.
Including the 2019 George Richardson Lecture to be given by
Professor Hilary Hinds, Lancaster University
QSRA was set up in 1993 to foster the academic study of all aspects of Quakerism and 2020 marks its 25th conference year. Following the closure of the Centre for Quaker Studies at the University of Sunderland, that work moved to Woodbrooke in 1998 and a centre established there with connections to Birmingham University and more recently Lancaster University as well. Over seventy postgraduates have completed their studies since then.
This weekend conference seeks to celebrate the breadth and depth of the renaissance in this field of academic endeavour that has taken place in the last decades. Academic publishing in Quaker studies is at an all-time high and student numbers at CRQS continue to grow and broaden geographically. The co-sponsored journal Quaker Studies is now enjoying its broadest circulation ever. Other groups such as the Friends Historical Society and the Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists are also thriving. The Quaker Studies Unit at the American Academy of Religion has consolidated Quaker studies as an academic field rather than a denominational one.
Papers are welcome in any area of Quaker studies and in any discipline: theology, history, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, art history and material culture, politics, literary studies etc.
Proposals need to be 200 words long and sent to Ben Pink Dandelion, b.p.dandelion@bham.ac.uk by December 30.
Selection will be made in January and proposers informed by the end of January 2019. Please note that submitting a proposal will demonstrate an ability to attend the event and a willingness to be added to the QSRA mailing list. The journal Quaker Studies, an Open Library of Humanities gold open access journal, is keen to publish papers from the conference.
The conference can be booked via the Woodbrooke website or by calling Woodbrooke on +44 (0) 121 472 5171. Bursaries may be available: ask when booking.
For more information, contact Ben Pink Dandelion on b.p.dandelion@bham.ac.uk
This weekend conference seeks to celebrate the breadth and depth of the renaissance in this field of academic endeavour that has taken place in the last decades. Academic publishing in Quaker studies is at an all-time high and student numbers at CRQS continue to grow and broaden geographically. The co-sponsored journal Quaker Studies is now enjoying its broadest circulation ever. Other groups such as the Friends Historical Society and the Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists are also thriving. The Quaker Studies Unit at the American Academy of Religion has consolidated Quaker studies as an academic field rather than a denominational one.
Papers are welcome in any area of Quaker studies and in any discipline: theology, history, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, art history and material culture, politics, literary studies etc.
Proposals need to be 200 words long and sent to Ben Pink Dandelion, b.p.dandelion@bham.ac.uk by December 30.
Selection will be made in January and proposers informed by the end of January 2019. Please note that submitting a proposal will demonstrate an ability to attend the event and a willingness to be added to the QSRA mailing list. The journal Quaker Studies, an Open Library of Humanities gold open access journal, is keen to publish papers from the conference.
The conference can be booked via the Woodbrooke website or by calling Woodbrooke on +44 (0) 121 472 5171. Bursaries may be available: ask when booking.
For more information, contact Ben Pink Dandelion on b.p.dandelion@bham.ac.uk
