Patrick Outhwaite – The Lollard Society

International Medieval Sermon Studies Symposium 2026

by Patrick OuthwaiteCalls for Papers, Conferences October 2, 2025No Comments

25th International Medieval Sermon Studies Symposium “Collecting, transmitting, and (re)using sermons” Nijmegen, 1-5 July 2026 Hosted by Radboud University Nijmegen (NL) Organising committee: Shari Boodts, Pietro Delcorno, Patricia Stoop, Patrick Outhwaite Sermons have a life beyond the moment of their creation and performance. Over the course of the Middle Ages, sermons were rewritten, recycled, translated, …

Bohemian Reformation and Religious Practice Symposium 2026

by Patrick OuthwaiteCalls for Papers, Conferences October 2, 2025No Comments

We are pleased to invite proposals for papers for the XV International Symposium on the Bohemian Reformation and Religious Practice, to be held in Prague on 18–19 June 2026, on the theme: “The Long Bohemian Reformation, European Universities, and Scholarly Disputations.” The symposium will examine the intersections between the Long Bohemian Reformation and European academic life, …

International Congress on Medieval Studies 2024

by Patrick OuthwaiteConferences February 28, 2024February 29, 2024Comments are Disabled

At the 56th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo (May 9–11, 2024), the Lollard Society will be sponsoring three panels in honor of Alastair J. Minnis. A recent Festschrift for Alastair Minnis focuses on his contributions to the history of literary theory and criticism; these sessions celebrate his importance to three other fields: Gower …

International Medieval Conference in Leeds 2023

by Patrick OuthwaiteConferences February 24, 2023February 24, 2023Comments are Disabled

At the IMC in Leeds this year, the Lollard Society will be sponsoring three panels. IMC 2023 PDF Programme : International Medieval Congress (leeds.ac.uk) Re-Evaluating John Wycliffe in Bohemia Tuesday 4 July 2023: 14.15-15.45 Session 703 Scholars have long linked John Wycliffe’s ideas with masters of the University of Prague and the Hussite movement. For …

Book Launch for J. A. T. Smith’s The Book of Faith: A Modern English Translation

by Patrick OuthwaiteAnnouncements, Recent Publications February 10, 2023February 13, 2023Comments are Disabled

In celebration of the launch of Pepperdine University Professor Jennifer A. T. Smith’s latest book, The Book of Faith: A modern English Translation (UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2020), which offers a critical introduction to, and translation of, Reginald Pecock’s The Book of Faith. The event is organized by Arvind Thomas (UCLA), moderated …

International Medieval Conference in Leeds 2022

by Patrick OuthwaiteConferences February 9, 2022February 9, 2022Comments are Disabled

At the IMC in Leeds this year, the Lollard Society will be sponsoring two panels along with the Centrum Medievistických Studií, Praha. IMC 2022 Programme : International Medieval Congress (leeds.ac.uk) Political Activism and the Later Wycliffites Tuesday 5 July 2022: 14.15-15.45 Session 739 Wycliffites in mid 15th-century England are thought to have increasingly withdrawn from …