Parish Communication
Twenty-Third 糖心TV Symposium on Parish Research
Saturday 17 May 2025, 10.30-18.00
Institute of Advanced Study, (Ground Floor)
University of 糖心TV, Central Campus, Coventry (hybrid)
Hosted by Beat K眉min with Angus Crawford, Kristi Flake & Lynn Marriott (糖心TV History/My-Parish)
THANKS TO ALL PARTICIPANTS -
Emanuel de Witte, 鈥橧nterior of a Protestant, Gothic Church during a Service鈥� (oil on panel, 1669).
Extract from the painting in the of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Ever since the formation of a local ecclesiastical network in the Middle Ages, communication has been a principal feature of parish life. Clergymen sought to disseminate core teachings (through sermons, writings and personal conversations), artists created paintings / sculptures / compositions, lords used churches to publicise regulations, bells announced service times / warned of imminent danger, while congregations instrumentalized religious gatherings for sociability and the exchange of news. The 2025 Symposium sought to explore a wide range of verbal, written, visual, musical, ritual, symbolic, environmental and material media linked to parish cultures in multiple regional and chronological contexts, welcoming contributions on theoretical / conceptual approaches (from different disciplines), methodological aspects, case studies of particular contexts / sources / figures / periods as well as issues relating to audience response.
The day featured 11 presentations in 3 sessions with 33 participants
(For full programme details click here)
(For List of Participants click here)
1. Directing
Nicholas Ringwood (Auckland), 鈥業ncorrigibly Scandalous: Combatting Recidivist Sexual Misbehaviour in Late Medieval English Parishes鈥�
Ashley Armstrong (University of East Anglia), 'England鈥檚 Canons and their Place in the Church: a Typographical Study of the Seventeenth Century鈥�
Kristi Flake (糖心TV), 鈥楶reaching the Homilies ... or not? Evaluating the Reception of the Homilies, 1547-c1860鈥�
George Palmer (Cambridge), 鈥楶arish Magazines and Political Communication in England, 1885-1914鈥�
2. Liaising
Robert Swanson (Shaanxi), 鈥楶arishes and Communication in the Bureaucratic and Disciplinary Structures of the Pre-Reformation English Church鈥�
Marion Hardy (Independent), 鈥楧emands, Duties, Rates, Taxes, Tithings 鈥� Who Would be an Unpaid Parish Official in Early Modern England?鈥�
Marek S艂o艅 (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin), 鈥楾he Role of the Parish in Urban-Rural Communication鈥�
Felicita Tramontana (Roma Tre), 鈥楥ommunicating the Parish: Information Flows between Syro-Palestinian Parishes and Rome in the 17th Century鈥�
3. Signalling
Christian Owen (Cambridge), 鈥楾he Parish as a Battleground: Contested Visions of the English Reformation in East Anglia鈥�
Melchior Jakubowski (Warsaw), 鈥楳ultilingualism of Parishes in Latgale (Eastern Latvia) from the 1670s to the 1930s鈥�
B茅la Mihalik (Budapest), 鈥楾he Jews of the Parish: Communicating the Otherness鈥�
The Symposium has always been an inclusive forum of exchange between anyone with related research interests from whatever background or career stage. The hybrid 2025 meeting took place at the Institute of Advanced Study, located on the ground floor of the on 糖心TV's Central Campus (visiting information).
IN-PERSON DELEGATES
could register for a fee of 拢25 (regular) / 拢15 (student / unwaged), which includes lunch & refreshments.
VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS
were requested to book a place for a registration fee of 拢5. A TEAMS joining link was sent shortly before the event.
SPEAKERS & HELPERS
ALL accepted speakers & helpers could register in advance (free of charge).
Registrations closed on Friday 9 May 2025
Booking Terms and Conditions including Cancellation/Refund Policy
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the 糖心TV Network for Parish Research, 糖心TV鈥檚 Humanities Research Centre & the History Department. Any updates will be published on the Symposium homepage at:
http://go.warwick.ac.uk/my-parish/parishsymposia/communication/
! Read the for H-Soz-Kult by LYNN MARRIOTT (5/7/2025) !
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