Meredith Lake wins 2012 Bruce Mansfield Prize
The Religious History Association is proud to announce that Meredith Lake is the winner of the 2012 Bruce Mansfield Prize for her article, “Provincialising God: Anglicanism, Place and the Colonisation of Australian Land,” Journal of Religious History 35.1 (March 2011): 72-90. The Bruce Mansfield prize is worth $500 and is awarded for the best article published in the Journal of...
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Religion, History and Secularization Congratulations again to everyone who contributed to making the 2012 RHA Conference on the theme of Religion, History and Secularization a big success. Many thanks to Yvonne Perkins for her valuable 2 part overview on this event in which Yvonne gives a brief introduction to some profound philosophical debates about religion and secularism and how these...
Read MoreISAANZ Postgraduate Essay Prize in Irish Studies
The editors of the Australasian Journal of Irish Studies and the Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand are delighted to announce the 2012 ISAANZ Irish Studies Postgraduate Essay prize. This is an annual prize awarded for the best essay in Irish Studies by a postgraduate student enrolled at a tertiary institution. The topic can be on any aspect of Irish studies (including the...
Read More1662 Book of Common Prayer – 350th Anniversary
Public Seminar – 23-24 August 2012 Dead Letter or Living Legacy? Session 1: Thursday 23 August – 3:00pm-5:30pm Session 2: Friday 24 August – 9:00am-4:00pm Organisers: Dr Michael Gladwin and Professor Tom Frame This August marks the 350th anniversary of the publication of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer (BCP). One of the most influential literary productions in the English...
Read MoreRHA – 8th Biennial Conference : Secularism and History
‘Secularism and History’: 8th Biennial Conference of the Religious History Association in collaboration with the Australian Historical Association, Adelaide, 9 – 13 July. The interface between religious and secularism has in recent years generated both heat and light about the evolution of modern post-industrial, post-colonial societies. Local advocates of secularism have argued that neither...
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