IJBS Regional Day Conference at Keele University, Staffordshire

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 22; pp. 143 - 145
• Main Author: Adcock, Rachel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2018
• Subjects: 17th century; Allusion; Authenticity; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); Conferences; Gender; History; Learned societies; Literary devices; Narrative techniques; Sermons; Social sciences; Topic and comment; Websites; United Kingdom > UK; England; Staffordshire England
• ISSN: 0954-0970

The aim of these Day Conferences is twofold: to provide opportunities for regional members of IJBS to meet between the triennial conferences, and to enhance the profile of the Society by organising scholarly events on literary and historical topics that appeal to a wide range of people. Contrasting its structure and focus with that of Michael R. Watts' seminal The Dissenters: from the Reformation to the French Revolution, John argued that the new volume places Dissenters 'in the thick of things' rather than wholly set apart from the world, and also draws attention to areas of Dissenting studies that have seen substantial development since Watts' study, such as a focus on gender and on the perspective of the laity. The conference organisers would like to thank Keele University's Faculty Research Office for Humanities and Social Sciences for providing funds for early-career travel bursaries and other expenses.