4th British Patristics Conference – Exeter, 5-7 September 2012

The conference details are here:

Fourth British Patristics Conference

A 3-day conference to be held at the University of Exeter, 5-7 September 2012

The aim of the conference is to foster the study of early Christianity broadly considered in its social, historical and theological context and to cultivate a community of scholars of the subject inBritain.  We particularly welcome participation by and applications for papers from current graduate students studying at British Universities.

We are delighted to announce that three plenary speakers have already been confirmed:

• Sebastian Brock, formerly Reader in Syriac Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford
• Alastair Logan, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Theology and Religion, University of Exeter
• Teresa Morgan, Lecturer in Ancient History and Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History, Oriel College, University of Oxford

The conference will begin after lunch on Wednesday 5^th September and will close after lunch on Friday 7^th September.

Call For Papers

Registration Details

• Registration Form
• Online booking

Further Information

• Conference Poster  
• Conference Programme 
• Venue & Accommodation

Bookings for this need to be made by the end of July.  There are only 61 places! The last one, in Durham, was great – rather better than the Oxford conferences.

You can book on-line via the web-page:

http://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/research/conferences/patristics

I have just booked.  It’s a Wednesday-Friday event.  It costs £210 if you book everything including accomodation.