Reformation Studies Colloquium (April 15-17, 2026); call for papers

 

Call for Papers, Reformation Studies Colloquium

April 15-17, 2026, University College London

We warmly invite papers from advanced postgraduate students as well as early career researchers and established scholars. We welcome papers on any aspect of your research related to Reformation studies, broadly defined. This includes, but is not limited to, papers on any and all confessions or denominations; local, regional, national or global contexts; the pre- and post-history of the Reformations; and papers that touch upon the process or experience of Reformation. Interdisciplinary papers are also welcome, incorporating insights from disciplines such as Archaeology, Art History, History, Literary Studies, Material Culture Studies, Musicology, and Theology.

The Colloquium will be hosted by University College London’s Department of History as part of the UCL200 bicentennial celebrations.  In tune with UCL’s embrace, ever since its founding, of diversity and pluralism, we especially encourage papers and panels devoted to the themes of religious diversity and relations between religious groups.

Papers will be twenty minutes long. We are also happy to receive suggestions for panels and roundtables. In your proposal submission, please include a 300-word abstract and 100-word biography.  If proposing a panel or roundtable, please also submit a 300-word description of that event. Please send your proposal in the form of a MS Word document attached to an email.  The email should be sent to ReformationStudiesColloquium@gmail.com.  The deadline for proposals is October 31.

We are pleased to confirm our three keynote speakers; Dr Rosamund Oates (Manchester Metropolitan University), Professor Emily Michelson (St Andrews University), and Professor Craig Harline (Brigham Young University).

Please share this CfP with any individuals or groups you think might be interested.

This will be the first time the RSC is convened in London, a city with a rich religious history that was deeply affected by the Reformations. As such, London is an excellent place for scholars to combine a presentation with either a research trip or a cultural visit to the capital.

We look forward to welcoming you in April.

 

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