What is Scottish Catholic Studies?
Schedule
Thu Apr 30 2026 at 09:00 am to 05:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Clarice Pears (School of Health and Wellbeing), Room 103B | Glasgow, SC
About this Event
This colloquium is the first major event for the , at the University of Glasgow.
Programme
9am: Coffee available
9.30: Welcome
9.45-10.45:
Keynote: "[Good?] Catholics in early modern Scotland, and where to find them", Scott Spurlock, Professor of Scottish and Early Modern Christianities.
10.45-11am: comfort break
11.00:
“The rise, and rise?, of critical heritage studies", Mary McHugh, Archdiocese of Glasgow.
11.30:
“'This unsettling star': the fiction of Ann Scott-Moncrieff”,
Dr Linden Bickett, University of Edinburgh.
12- 13.00: Lunch break
13:00:
“Synthetic Human Embryos and the Sacredness of the Human Body, A 13th century Franciscan Perspective”, Dr Katharina Alice Patommel, Francis Crick Institute & Visiting Researcher, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge.
13.30:
“An Anthropological Theological Method”, Dr. Emma McGowan, University of Glasgow.
14.00:
“Quiet Foundations: Memory and the Scottish Catholic Convent”, Dr. Azariah Elikah Quintana Alfante, University of Glasgow.
14.30:
“Confession & Flourishing: An investigation into the impact on flourishing of Catholic confessional practices”, Prof. Michael Brady, University of Glasgow.
15.00: Coffee
15.30:
“Glasgow University, the Bishop of Glasgow and the Cathedral”, Prof. Stephen McKinney, University of Glasgow.
16.00-16.45: Discussion, ‘what is Scottish Catholic Studies’?
Where is it happening?
Clarice Pears (School of Health and Wellbeing), Room 103B, 90 Byres Road, Glasgow, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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