Call for Papers: Lutheranism and the British Isles
12 October 2026
An interdisciplinary conference at the University of St Andrews, 15–16 June 2027.
This conference explores the influence of Lutheranism across England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales from the Reformation to the present day. It brings together postgraduate students, early career researchers and established scholars working in history, theology, literature, musicology and material studies.
Key Details
- Dates 15–16 June 2027
- Venue University of St Andrews, Fife
- Hosted by the Schools of Divinity and History
- Convenors Dr Brendan N. Wolfe and Andrew F. Simpson
Keynote Speakers
- Professor Alec Ryrie (Durham University)
- Dr Korey Maas (Hillsdale College)
Call for papers now open
Abstracts of no more than 300 words are due by 31 December 2026. Successful applicants will be notified by 31 January 2027. Panel proposals of three or four papers are also welcome.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- The reception of Luther’s writings across England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales
- Patrick Hamilton and the early Lutheran martyrs of Scotland
- Lutheran influence on the Scottish Reformation
- Lutheran ideas in the Irish Reformation and the early Church of Ireland
- Lutheranism, Bible translation, and evangelical reform in Wales
- Robert Barnes, William Tyndale, and the early English evangelicals
- Lutheran theology in the Thirty-Nine Articles and the Book of Common Prayer
- The Augsburg Confession and confessional writing across the British Isles
- Lutheran print culture and the circulation of evangelical ideas
- Anglo-German dynastic and confessional links
- The Hanoverian succession and the German Lutheran court
- The German Lutheran Chapel Royal and royal chaplaincies
- Pietism, Halle, the SPCK, the Moravians, and early Methodism
- Lutheran church music and its reception across the British Isles
- Lutheranism in the United Kingdom Today
- Scandinavian, Baltic, and German Lutheran diaspora communities
- Lutheran refugees and émigrés after the World Wars
- Anglican–Lutheran ecumenism (Meissen and Porvoo)
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer and British Lutheranism
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