Location
Hinsley Hall, Leeds
Catholic Record Society 67th Annual Conference
Hinsley Hall, Leeds and Online | 14 – 16 July 2025
Call for Papers, deadline – 31 March 2025
The Council of the Catholic Record Society (CRS) is pleased to announce that registration for the 67th Annual Conference is now open. The CRS was established in 1904 for the study and preservation of Catholic history in Britain and Ireland, and of the British and Irish Catholic diaspora worldwide. As well as the annual conference, the Society proudly supports innovative scholarship through the dissemination of its record series, monograph series, and research grants. It also produces the scholarly journal, British Catholic History which is published by Cambridge University Press, and now in its 37th volume.
We invite proposals of 250 words max. for papers, panels, or posters on any aspect of British and Irish Catholicism since the Reformation, in any global location as follows:
- Panels of three, twenty-minute papers
- Individual, twenty-minute papers
- A1-sized research poster*
*The Society will cover the cost of printing all posters accepted.
The Council is committed to supporting scholars at all stages of their career, and as well as established academics, we encourage proposals from MA and doctoral students, ECR and independent scholars, and men and women religious.
The full program can be viewed here: www.crs.org.uk/conferences
The Council is also pleased to offer a small number of bursaries to defray the cost of attendance at the conference, to a maximum value of £300 for residents of the UK and Europe, and a maximum value of £600 for international delegates. The Council will consider applications from postgraduate students, early career researchers (ECR), and independent scholars. The Society defines an ECR according to guidelines provided by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC): https://bit.ly/3KoqW9b
To apply for a bursary, please complete the application form and submit alongside your proposal to Conference Director, Dr Helen Kilburn at conferences@crs.org.uk.
Deadline for submission: Sunday 31st March 2025