BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Conference: “Preachers, Hearers, Readers and Scribes” (Sponsors: Congregational Library and Archives, GEMMS (Gateway to Early Modern Manuscript Sermons), and Harvard Divinity School) PRODID:-//Harvard events data//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_1855876_0 SUMMARY:Conference: “Preachers, Hearers, Readers and Scribes” (Sponsors: Congregational Library and Archives, GEMMS (Gateway to Early Modern Manuscript Sermons), and Harvard Divinity School) DESCRIPTION:Preachers, Hearers, Readers, and Scribes conference will include a diverse range of panels and keynote speakers considering sermons in manuscript from 1530 to 1715. More information and conference registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/preachers-hearers-readers-and-scribes-conference-registration-949096662667?aff=oddtdtcreator

Harvard students or faculty: You don’t need to register in advance—you can just show up with your ID.

Featured keynote speakers are:

Dr. Frank Bremer (Millersville University of Pensylvania) on “John Winthrop and his Sermon Notebook.”

Dr. David Hall (Harvard University) on “Beyond ‘Doctrine‘: What was Being Said in Early New England?”

Professor Ann Hughes (Keele University) on “‘The Churches cordiall in her fainting fitts‘: Lay People Recording Sermons in the English Revolution.”

For the conference program, see https://gemmsproject.blogspot.com/p/phrs-conference-program-oct-2024.html

LOCATION:Thursday: Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138; Friday and Saturday in Boston MA STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20241003T040000Z DTEND:20241005T040000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR