*Call for papers and panels *
7-8 March 2014, Bristol
19th Joint
Postgraduate Conference on Religion and Theology
SPIRITUAL
EXERCISES
Keynote speaker: Professor Rupert Gethin
We invite
submissions of abstracts from postgraduate students and early
career
academics for the 19th Postgraduate Conference on Religious Studies
and
Theology, which will take place at the University of Bristol on the 7th
and
8th of March, 2014.
We encourage contributions on this year’s theme:
‘Spiritual Exercises’,
which is to be understood broadly as including
asceticism, mysticism,
soteriology, religious experience, and contemplative
practices. Proposed
papers, however, need not be limited to this theme alone,
as the conference
seeks to provide a forum for young academics to share their
research on
various aspects of the study of religion.
The conference
has grown from a rather small local event into an
international gathering
with over sixty papers given over two days by young
scholars from nineteen
Universities. We plan to keep the format of the
event the same. Presentations
will be grouped in panels, each consisting of
three 20-minute papers followed
by a period for questions and discussion.
Panels will be chaired by lecturers
from Bristol and our partner
institutions. Optional social events will be
held on both evenings of the
conference.
Please submit abstracts for
papers (approx. 150 words) through the link at
the conference website:
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/gradschool/conferences/thrs/
*The
deadline for submission is 13 January 2014*. Those interested in
organising a
panel or suggesting a topic for a round table should contact
the organizing
committee directly through pg.rt.conf@gmail.com.
Registration
for the conference will open on 20 January 2014. Early
registration is free
for members of partner institutions and £10 for
participants from other
institutions or for those who are unaffiliated.
Please note that all
registrations received after 17 February will incur a
£15 late registration
fee. Currently our partners are the Universities of
Cardiff, Exeter,
Gloucestershire, the Trinity College Bristol, Redcliffe
College and Downside
Abbey.
A limited amount of financial assistance may be available to
presenters of
papers. The assistance may be used towards defraying travel
or
accommodation expenses, or the early registration fee. We will inform
you
about the acceptance of your abstract and funding opportunities in
January.
Kindly note that the organisers are not in a position to assist
anyone with
visas.
Best wishes on behalf of myself and fellow
organisers,
Justin Whitaker
