Catholic Record Society 67th Annual Conference

14-16 July 2025 | Hinsley Hall, Leeds and Online

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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.

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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 research poster*

 

*The Society will cover the cost of printing all posters accepted.

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Deadline for submissions: 31st March 2025

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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.

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Keynote speakers:
 

• Professor Gabriel Glickman, University of Cambridge

• Dr Elizabeth Powell, Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge and Notre Dame London.

• Dr Bronagh McShane, Trinity College Dublin.

 

Book launch & complimentary drinks reception:
 

Supernatural bodies: Stigmata in modern Britain and Ireland

(University of Manchester Press, 2024).

with author: Kristof Smeyers

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Delegates with accessibility needs are asked to provide details of how we can offer support them by emailing the Conference Director, Dr Helen Kilburn: conferences@crs.org.uk

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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

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To apply for a bursary, please complete the application form and submit alongside your proposal to Conference Director, Dr Helen Kilburn for more details: conferences@crs.org.uk.