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LUTHER SYMPOSIUM, Oct 12-15, 2017, Andrews University

There will be a Luther Symposium, October 12-15, 2017, at Andrews University Seminary. It will be coordinated by John Reeve, Jiri Moskala, Martin Hannah, Michael Campbell, and Nikolaus Satelmajer. Scholars are welcome to attend. 

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MARTIN LUTHER CONFERENCE, Oct 31- Nov 3, 2017, Andrews University

The Andrews University Departments of History & Political Science and Religion & Biblical Languages, in collaboration with the Office of Research and Creative Scholarship and the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists’ Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research, proudly announces its upcoming conference to commemorate the 500-year anniversary of Martin Luther’s Nine-Five Theses. We welcome all scholarly paper or session proposals for the conference, to be held at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, from October 31 to November 3, 2017. The program committee welcomes proposals from all disciplines, time periods, and locales—with the common thread relating to Martin Luther, Protestantism, and/or the Reformation. Roundtable discussions that foster audience involvement are welcome as well. Please provide a 250-word abstract and CV by March 31, 2017 to:

     Dr. Stephanie Carpenter 
     Department of History & Political Science
     Buller Hall 126
     8488 E Campus Circle Drive
     Berrien Springs, MI 49104-0010
     lutherconference@andrews.edu
     https://www.andrews.edu/cas/history/lutherconference/


GENERAL CONFERENCE ARCHIVES CONFERENCE, Jan 8-9, 2018, GC

The General Conference Archives, the Association of SDA Historians (ASDAH), and the History Department of Washington Adventist University are co-sponsoring a two-day conference on Adventist history, to be held January 8-9, 2018.

Next year, the American Historical Association’s annual meeting will be held in Washington D.C. As we did four years ago, when the AHA met in D.C., we are organizing a conference to take advantage of the fact that many of  you will be attending, or would like to attend the AHA and the ASCH. We suggest that, if you do come for those meetings, you arrange to stay on an extra couple of days.

The conference theme: “Situating Adventist History.” A weakness in Adventist historiography is that events in Adventism often seem to take place almost in a vacuum. While we believe this Church is divinely ordained, we cannot fully understand its development in isolation from wider historical currents. 

The conference will start on Monday January 8, with several keynote papers that provide context to the emergence of Seventh-day Adventism. We will shortly be issuing a Call for Papers - we hope to receive proposals for papers that will contextualize Adventism in a wider history. These papers will fill out the conference program.

Keynote speakers already confirmed are:
  • David Holland (Harvard Divinity School), author of Sacred Borders (Oxford UP, 2011)
  • Nicholas Miller (Andrews University), author of The Religious Roots of the First Amendment (Oxford UP, 2012)
  • Alec Ryrie (University of Durham), author of Protestants: The Faith that Made the Modern World (Penguin, 2017)
  • Reggie Williams (McCormick Theological Seminary), author of Bonhoeffer's Black Jesus (Baylor UP, 2014)

We hope to confirm other keynote speakers shortly.

In closing, please save the dates January 8-9; and please keep a look out for the Call for Papers which will be released soon.