Durham History of Catholicism
@histcatholic
Updates and events from the History of Catholicism research cluster at @Durham_Theology @durham_uni
'Scholars interested in monasticism, precursors of the Enlightenment, and early modern British and Irish history should not miss the essays included in this collection'. Review in @16cjournal of the first volume in the series #history #twitterstorians #nuntastic
Come work with us! The deadline is fast approaching!
Come join our wonderful department! An exciting new postdoc opportunity to work with the history of Catholicism team, deadline 27 July. A two-year post working closely with colleagues in @CCSDham. More info here: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…
Just a few days left for applications to this post. Do have a look at the full details below!
Come join our wonderful department! An exciting new postdoc opportunity to work with the history of Catholicism team, deadline 27 July. A two-year post working closely with colleagues in @CCSDham. More info here: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…
Greatly enjoying working in genuine partnership with the Australian Capuchins on their important and little studied history! #twitterstorians #capuchin #franciscan #history #catholic #catholicism
CCS Assistant Prof @LiamPeterTemple attended the Provincial Assembly of the Australian Capuchins in Sydney last week. He presented his research on the friars' work amongst migrant communities and led a workshop on Franciscan understandings of history #twitterstorians #history
CCS PhD researcher @madddyphillipps recently presented her research at a conference in Antwerp about Tudor England and the Antwerp book trade #twitterstorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic
Speaking about the involvement of early modern English Catholic women in the illicit transnational distribution of Catholic books at the ‘Tudor England and the Antwerp Book Trade’ conference in Antwerp last week! #CathHist #bookhistory
Just under a week left to apply to join us as the FCJ postdoc at @Durham_Theology in the new academic year! #twitterstorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic #jobalert
History of Catholicism job klaxon! Come and join us at @Durham_Theology to work on a #nuntastic post-doc project about the Faithful Companions of Jesus. Application deadline is 27 July. More info here: durham.taleo.net/careersection/… #twitterstorians #jobalert #catholicism
CCS Assistant Prof @LiamPeterTemple attended the Provincial Assembly of the Australian Capuchins in Sydney last week. He presented his research on the friars' work amongst migrant communities and led a workshop on Franciscan understandings of history #twitterstorians #history
Eilish Gregory, member of the @histcatholic team, has recently been in Italy visiting various archives in her research about the Little Company of Mary, including those of Propaganda Fide @vaticanlibrary #twitterstorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic
So far it has been a successful research week in Rome. My first morning this week was visiting the sites of the LCM's hospital (still referred to as the 'British Hospital) which still has traces of their history in the chapel and reception area. I have also been spending time 1/
I was honoured to give my last research paper as the Little Company of Mary Fellow at this year's @CatholicRS at Hinsley Hall in Leeds. I very much enjoyed talking about one chapter of the monograph I am writing based on my research, hot off the heels of a research trip 1/
Delighted that my @BloomsburyBooks monograph is live on their website for pre-order, & the stunning front cover has also been revealed, featuring two of my fave images from the archives! URL: bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-pov… #twitterstorians #history #catholicism #catholic #capuchin
Final CCS speaker at the @CatholicRS annual conference, postdoc researcher @EilishGregory talking about the global networks of women religious c1877-1941 #twitterstorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic
Incoming CCS PhD researcher Aurelia Eburne has delivered a paper about Richard Lassels and the Catholic contribution to early Grand Tour travel literature at the @CatholicRS annual conference #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism
Helen Knight, PhD researcher at the CCS, gave a paper at the @CatholicRS annual conference about her research on women religious and girls’ education at the start of the 20th century #twitterstorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic
Jon Chant, @nbcdtp-funded PhD researcher at @Durham_Theology, gave a paper at @CatholicRS's annual conference about his work on the library of the exile English college at Lisbon and the transnational movement of books #twitterstorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism
and @EilishGregory, Jo Luyten, Helen Knight, @aurelia_eburne (Richard Lassels' Voyage(s) of Italy: English Catholic exile and the proto-Grand Tour), @QUBelfast's Conor Brockbank, and @KilburnHelen introducing @FitzwilliamColl's Gabriel Glickman's closing keynote.
some @catholicrs 2025 papers: with @histcatholic's James Kelly, Maddy Keightley-Phillips, @stonyhurst's @EstherRollinson ("Fashion, friendship, & faith in the letters of elite Catholic women in Eighteenth century England") & @campionoxf's Gerard Kilroy.
Lucia Luck, CCS-supported PhD researcher at @Durham_Theology has given a paper at the @CatholicRS annual conference on John Lingard, Unitarians and radical politics in Liverpool in the 19th century #twitterstorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism
PhD researcher @madddyphillipps of @Durham_Theology has been talking at the @CatholicRS annual conference about early modern English Catholic women and their use of missionary texts #twitterstorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic
#CFP the fifth early modern British and Irish Catholicism conference. The conference will be held in London @uNDLondon 29 June-1 July 2026. Proposal deadline: 21 Jan 2026 durham.ac.uk/research/ins... #twitterstorians #history #Catholicism #CathHist #nuntastic
Could you be a Durham Collections Fellow next year? Applications for 2025-26 are now open! Learn more and explore the range of research possibilities across the collections available here in Durham: durhamcollections.org.uk