Conference: “Preachers, Hearers, Readers and Scribes”
Date and Time
October 3 - October 5, 2024
All day
Location
Boston, MA (Thursday); Cambridge, MA (Fri and Sat)
Sponsors: Congregational Library and Archives, GEMMS (Gateway to Early Modern Manuscript Sermons), and Harvard Divinity School
Keynote speakers: Dr. Frank Bremer (Millersville University of Pensylvania) on “John Winthrop and his Sermon Notebook;”Dr. David Hall (Harvard University) on “Beyond ‘Doctrine‘: What was Being Said in Early New England?;” Professor Ann Hughes (Keele University) on “‘The Churches cordiall in her fainting fitts’: Lay People Recording Sermons in the English Revolution.”
Harvard students or faculty: You don’t need to register in advance—you can just show up with your ID.