ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY SOCIETY
The Ecclesiastical History Society (EHS) aims to foster interest in,
and to advance the study of, all areas of the history of the Christian Churches.
The Ecclesiastical History Society (EHS) aims to foster interest in,
and to advance the study of, all areas of the history of the Christian Churches.
The conferences for 2009-10 are on the theme of SAINTS AND SANCTITY, proposed by the President for the year, Professor Andrew Louth (University of Durham).
The Winter Meeting will be held on 9 January 2010 at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, University of London, from 10.30 until 4.30. The speakers will be Dr Alan Thacker (IHR), 'Popes, Patriarchs and Archbishops and the Origins of the Cult of the Martyrs', Dr Cordelia Warr (University of Manchester), 'Visualizing Stigmata: Stigmatic Saints and Crises of Representation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Italy', and Dr Richard Price (Heythrop College, London), 'The Canonization of St Serafim of Sarov: Piety, Prophecy and Politics in Late Imperial Russia'. For a programme and booking form, click here.
Source: http://ehs.bangor.ac.uk/
