Schedule and Registration

We're delighted to release the full line-up for our 17 July symposium, and the opportunity for free registration!

9:15 – Arrival and Registration

9:30 – 11:00 – Panel 1

Elena Lioznova (Lomonosov Moscow State University), “At the Confluence of Religion and Politics: Radicalism of Rev. John Wise”

Irina Khruleva (Moscow State University), ““Bishop Controversy, Puritan Radicalism, and Religious Causes of the American Revolution"

Fernando Gil (King’s College, London), “Wind of Change: French Revolution, Church and Faith”

11-11:15 Coffee

11:15- 12:05 Panel 2

Claudia Jetter (Universität Heidelberg), “Joseph Smith Jr., Phoebe Palmer and new revelation: How spiritual self-authorization challenged traditional norms in nineteenth-century America”

Anthony Williams (Manchester Metropolitan), “Christian Socialism – Reformist or Radical?”

12:05 Break

12:15-13:15 Panel 3

Jolanta Mysiakowska-Muszynska (Polish Institute of National Remembrance), “‘Catholicism is not an addition to Polish national identity’: Christian values in the Polish National Movement’s political thought in the 1930s”

Charles Gallagher (Boston College), “Mystical Body of Christ Theology & the Para-Militarization of the Christian Front, 1938-1942”

13:15-14:00 Lunch

14:00 -15:30 Panel 4

Thomas McGrath (Manchester Metropolitan), “Memorialising Peterloo: The legend of the Sir Ralph Abercromby Public House”

Matthaios Amanatiadis (Uppsala University), “Between Runes and the Rapture: The Golden Dawn and the political dynamics of religious syncretism in European far-right movements”

Adam Sutcliffe (King’s College, London) “Judaism, Messianism and Radical Politics: Notes Toward a Modern History”

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee

16:00 – 17:15 Keynote: Professor Jeffrey Kaplan (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/ King Fahd Security College) “Paths to Radicalization: True Believers, Revolutionaries and the Dream of a Perfect World”

17:15-18:00 Wine Reception

Attendance is free, and includes lunch and refreshments. However, registration is required as places are limited - please register your attendance below:


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Call for Papers

Religion and Radicalism in Western Culture, 1700-Present

The History Research Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University, in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of Apocalyptic and Millennial Movements, invites submissions for a one-day symposium on “Religion and Radicalism”, to be held on Wednesday July 17^th 2019 in Manchester. As part of the city’s series of events commemorating the 200^th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, the symposium seeks to explore links between religious and political radicalism in historical and contemporary contexts. How has religion motivated radical political action, from 19^th century reformers to contemporary political protest? What makes a political or religious action radical, and who defines it as such? What are the differences, if any, between political and religious radicalism? The symposium will seek to explore these and other issues, and encourages submissions for 20-25 minute papers from both established scholars and graduate students.

Suggested topics might include, but are not limited to:

·       Religious involvement in radical reform movements
·       Continuities and discontinuities between religious and political radicalism
·       Definitions of radicalism in political and religious movements
·       Radicalism and new religious movements
·       Religious opposition to political radicalism
·       “Radicalisation” in historical contexts
·       The memorialisation of radical reform movements

Please submit to a 200-word abstract, with a short biography (no more than 50 words) to the organiser, Dr Andrew Crome (a.crome@mmu.ac.uk) by no later than 28^th February 2019.