For information about all upcoming events, see our calendar below. Alternatively, expand the menus below for information about individual events.
Wesley Historical Society Lecture – 4 July
The WHS Annual Lecture will, this year, be delivered by Professor David Bebbington (University of Stirling) on ‘Wesleyan
Discipline at Brunswick Chapel, Leeds, 1825-1875’. It will be held in the John Wesley Room at Wesley Memorial Church, Oxford, and begin at 2pm.
To attend, please contact the Society’s Acting General Secretary & Honorary Librarian, Dr Clive Norris.
Information on visiting Oxford for this event is available here.
About our Events series
Methodist Studies Seminars
This bi-annual seminar series was established in 2012 and now includes partnerships with the Manchester Wesley Research Centre; the Wesley Study Centre, St John’s College, Durham University; Wesley House, Cambridge; Cliff College; and The Queen’s Foundation, Birmingham.
Additional information about this seminar series can be found on the Manchester Wesley Research Centre’s website.
The John Wesley Lecture
Please note that there will not be a John Wesley Lecture at Lincoln College in 2026.
Held annually, this lecture is delivered by a non-Methodist scholar, and invites them to explore a theme linked to John Wesley and/or early Methodism, in relation to their subject specialism. It is organised in collaboration with Lincoln College, Oxford (where John Wesley was a Fellow from 1726) and Wesley Memorial Church. A list of former speakers, their lectures, and where to read/listen to them, can be found below.
Past Lectures
Refresh & Renew Seminar Series
Women and Methodism: Contested Identities, Past & Present
About the Series
A new series introduced in 2025/26, this occasional series of seminars is aimed at Methodist ministers, local preachers, lay staff and church members, and seeks to open up interesting themes for discussion and reflection.
The first seminar, by Professor Bev Clack, explored issues around ageing and fellowship within the Church. The second seminar, on 3 February, was delivered by Revd Dr Martin Wellings, and explored Methodist Union (1932). The third, and final, 2025/26 Refresh&Renew seminar will be on 23 May, and exploring ‘Methodism and Women’.
Westminster College Oxford - Research 
