Location
Hinsley Hall, Leeds
Catholic Record Society 66th Annual Conference | 22-24 July 2024 | Hinsley Hall, Leeds
Call for Papers, deadline – 31 March 2024
The Catholic Record Society is delighted to issue a call for papers to be delivered online at the 66th Annual Conference which will take place Monday 22nd July to Wednesday 24th July at Hinsley Hall in Headingley, Leeds. The conference will also be available via webinar, but speakers are expected to attend in person.
Keynote speakers
- Professor Stephen Parker, Centre for Catholic Education Research and Religious Literacy (CERRL), St. Mary’s University
- Professor Henrietta Harrison – Wolfson History Prize Nominee, Pembroke College at University of Oxford
- Abbot Geoffrey Scott PhD FSA FRHistS, The English Benedictine Congregation of Douai Abbey
Call for papers
The conference attracts leaders in the discipline of British and Irish Catholic Studies broadly defined, including the field of British and Irish Catholic diaspora. We regularly welcome art historians, literary scholars, theologists, and genealogists to the conference. The Society and its conference has a long-standing reputation as a friendly and supportive platform for graduate students and early career researchers, clergy and members of religious orders, and independent scholars, and we actively encourage proposals from these groups.
We invite proposals for papers in the following formats:
- Panels of three papers.
- Individual 20-minute papers.
- Work-in-progress 10-minute papers.
We are committed to running an accessible conference. Speakers should note that they may be requested to share slide decks with delegates who require the use of alternative text captioning (AltText) or other accessibility software features. If a request is made, full support will be provided to speakers by the Conference Director to make slide decks accessible.
Bursaries
The Council is pleased to offer bursaries of up to a maximum value of £300 to help defray the cost of attendance for speakers who are doctoral students, early career researchers, clergy and/or members of religious orders.
Proposals should be submitted to conferences@crs.org.uk and include the following information:
- 250-word abstract, including your accessibility needs if applicable.
- 250-word biography.
- 250-word bursary request, if applicable.
Deadline for submission: Sunday 31st March