Glorious Sounds: Exploring the Soundscapes of British Nonconformity, 1550-1800

We are pleased to announce that the programme for the 2020 IJBS Regional Day Conference is now set.The conference is organised in association with University of Bedfordshire, Keele University, Loughborough University, Northumbria University and the University of Warwick. Details are below and a Conference Programme can be downloaded here.

Lipman Building (Room 121), Northumbria University,

 Newcastle, Thursday 16 April 2020

PROGRAMME

10.00–10.20      Registration and coffee

10.20–10.30      Introductory remarks: Robert W. Daniel

10.30–11.30      Plenary 1:
Rosamund Oates, Manchester Metropolitan
‘Speaking in Hands:  Preaching, Deafness and Sign Language in Early Modern Europe’

11.30–11.50      Coffee break

11.50–1.00        First Panel
Robert W. Daniel, University of Warwick:
‘Piety, but Quietly: The Devotional Soundscape of Dissenting Households’
Eleanor Hedger, University of Birmingham:
‘Acoustic Territorialisation and Sonic Conflict in the Early Modern English Prison’

1.00–2.00          Lunch

2.00–3.30          Second Panel
Matthew Stanton, Queen’s University, Belfast:
‘Charisma and Controversy: Benjamin Keach (1640-1704) and the Debate About Congregational Song’
Rosamund Paice, University of Portsmouth:
‘Sound Theology: Serious Punning in Paradise Lost’
Mary Fairclough, University of York:
‘Anna Laetitia Barbauld and the Dissenting Art of Reading’

3.30–3.40          Coffee break

3.40–4.40          Plenary 2:
John Craig, Simon Fraser University:
‘Sounding Godly: from Bilney to Bunyan’

4.40–4.50          Concluding remarks and departure 
 

REGISTRATION

Attendance is free of charge, but prior registration by 1 March 2020 is essential as numbers are limited. The conference opens at 10.00am, and ends at 5.00pm. Morning and afternoon refreshments and a light lunch will be provided, costing £15 payable on the day. For further inquiries, please e-mail Robert W. Daniel (IJBSSecretary@outlook.com), Rachel Adcock (r.c.adcock@keele.ac.uk), or David Walker (david5.walker@northumbria.ac.uk).  Travel information for Northumbria University can be found here.