Domestic dissidents: a re-examination of the lives, exchanges and everyday
experiences of radical religious women, 1500-1800

Registration for the upcoming ‘Domestic Dissidents’ conference to be held at the University of Warwick on 10 June 2013 is now open, deadline April 8th. The registration page can be accessed through the conference webpage:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/emforum/events/domesticdissidents/.

A provisional programme for the day is also available on the conference
page, as well as details and links about accommodation and travel
information.

Keynote speaker:

Professor Karin Wulf, William and Mary College, Virginia, USA

Conference details:

This one-day interdisciplinary conference seeks to bring together scholars
of all levels whose research touches upon the everyday lives and networks
of dissident women in early modern England, America and Europe.
Traditional histories of sectarian and non-conformist women in the early
modern period have attested to the prominent role women had in the spread
of religious sectarianism and the survival of individual movements such as
the Methodists, Baptists, Quakers and Catholic recusants. However, very
little has been discussed about the non-religious elements of these
women’s lives and experiences and how their religious affiliation affected
their position as wives and mothers and as members of communities. Through a
comparative framework, the conference aims to draw out key debates in the
study of women and radical religion and seeks to explore the less familiar
aspects of their lives as religious dissidents in the period 1500-1800.

If you have any questions, or need more information about travel,
accommodation or details about the day, feel free to contact me at the
email address below.

Naomi Wood
Doctoral Candidate
Department of History
University of Warwick
N.R.Wood@warwick.ac.uk