Call for Papers: Women Religious: Patronage and Networks from Medieval to Modern, Queen Mary University of London (11-12 June 2026), Due 30 Jan. 2026

Call for Papers

Women Religious: Patronage and Networks from Medieval to Modern

Queen Mary University of London, 11-12 June 2026

Due 30 January 2026

The History of Women Religious in Britain and Ireland annual conference will take place at Queen Mary University of London on the 11 and 12 June 2026 with the broad theme of: ‘Women Religious: Patronage and Networks from Medieval to Modern’.

We welcome papers on the following or related topics:

  • Transpational and/of national netwotks

  • Collaborations between female religious congregations and communities

  • * Relationships with the secular and regular dergy

  • Relationships with lay pattons

  • Family and friendship networks

  • Pinancial nerworke and economic patronage

  • Calcural networka

  • Digital networks

  • Network analysis

  • Queer nerworke

  • Missions as networks opirtual bones belween women religious and the wider community

  • The role of lay and choir sistere

  • Almsgiving and charitable networks

Abstracts of between 250-300 words together with a short biography may be sent to: hwrbi.conference@gmail.com on or before Friday, 30 January 2026.

H-WRBI encourages participants from all career stages and international participants