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Events – Symposium on Medicine and Religion

On 8 November 2016, the OCMCH and the Centre for Medical Humanities at Oxford Brookes University jointly presented a Symposium on Medicine and Religion at Harcourt Hill campus. This event was a great success and showcased papers touching upon aspects of religious and medical history from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries.

The OCMCH extends its thanks to all speakers; Dr John Morgan-Guy, Mark Lee, Dr Marius Turda and Dr Patrick Merricks, for sharing their research.

For further information about future OCMCH events, please see the Events page on the front page of the blog.

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Centre – Patron receives honorary degree

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Lord Griffiths pictured with Professor William Gibson

At Oxford Brookes University’s graduation ceremony on Friday 24th June 2016, Lord Griffiths of Pembrey and Burry Port, patron of the Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History, received the honorary degree of Doctor of the University (DUniv) for his contribution to the Centre and to wider public life. Leslie Griffiths is Superintendent Minister of Wesley’s Chapel in London and has been patron of the Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History since 2007.

Lord Griffiths served as a Methodist minister in Haiti for ten years, which led to his role as an election observer there in 1990. He was president of the Methodist Conference (the senior office in the church) in 1994-5; and in 2004 was made a life peer. His charitable roles, among many, include the presidency of the Boy’s Brigade; the board of Christian Aid; trusteeship of the Addiction Recovery Foundation and patron of the Missing Persons Helpline. He is the author of seven books and has been a regular contributor to ‘Thought for the Day’ on Radio 4 and ‘Pause for Thought’ on Chris Evans’s Radio 2 breakfast programme.

Leslie has been a good friend to Oxford Brookes University, he hosted a reception at the House of Lords to introduce members of both houses of parliament to some of our excellence in research in 2009.

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Events – OCMCH Ecclesiastical History Colloquium 2016

This year’s OCMCH Annual Ecclesiastical History Colloquium was presented jointly with the Rothermere American Institute Seminar in Constitutional Thought & History, and was held at the Harcourt Hill campus of Oxford Brookes University on Thursday 16 June 2016. The event was a great success, featuring a diverse panel of speakers, and stimulated insightful questions and discussion from those in attendance.

The OCMCH extends its thanks to all speakers; Dr Sandy Brewer, Daniel Reed, Prof Beverley Clack, Dr Brett McInelly, and Dr Rachel Cope, for sharing their research.

The Annual Ecclesiastical History Colloquium is hosted by the OCMCH at Oxford Brookes University to showcase research in all aspects of religious history of those associated with the Centre, and invited guests.

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Events – Annual John Wesley Lecture 2016

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Professor Jeremy Black (University of Exeter) – JOHN WESLEY AND HISTORY

Lincoln College, University of Oxford, 5pm, Wednesday 25 May 2016

This year’s annual John Wesley Lecture was delivered by Professor Jeremy Black on the subject of ‘John Wesley and History’. Professor Black is renowned for his engagement with historical subjects as disparate as military history, foreign policy, cartography, the development of newspapers, and the writing of history, and is the author of over 100 books on these topics and many more. The event was a great success, as Professor Black eruditely located John Wesley’s little-analysed Concise History of England (1776) within the historicist, moral and religious literary traditions of the eighteenth century.

The annual John Wesley Lecture is an event organised by the OCMCH, the Wesley Memorial Church and Lincoln College, Oxford, who also act as hosts. The lecture has in recent times been delivered by leading scholars of social and religious history, such as Professors J. Richard Watson and J. C. D. Clark.