Event Durham

The fifth triennial Early Modern British and Irish Catholicism conference, jointly organized by Durham University and the University of Notre Dame, will concentrate on the relationship between British and Irish Catholicism and the devotional life. This theme will be considered in the widest possible framework, including in terms of literature, gesture, music, space, sound, poetry, language, liturgy, architecture, landscape, material culture, pilgrimage and performance. The conference will also consider the question of how the devotional life might relate to identity, gender, loyalty and belonging, or how it might impinge upon political debates and differences between English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh Catholics, as well as with the global Church. It will consider issues both local and international, even as it centres the experience of British and Irish Catholics on the peripheries of the Catholic Reformation. The timeframe being considered is broad, from c.1530 to 1800. Confirmed speakers include: Liam Chambers (Mary Immaculate College) Freddy Domínguez (University of Arkansas) Jaime Goodrich (Wayne State University) John McCafferty (University College Dublin) Susannah Monta (University of Notre Dame).

Further details, including a draft programme, are available at: https://www.durham.ac.uk/research/institutes-and-centres/catholic-studies/about-us/events/the-fifth-early-modern-british-and-irish-catholicism-conference---embic-v/ 

Contact for any queries: Maddy Keightley-Phillipps - madison.c.keightley-phillipps@durham.ac.uk