Traherne 350 Online Symposium 31 October 2024: Programme
Thomas Traherne 350 Online Symposium
To commemorate the 350th anniversary of Thomas Traherne’s death, the Traherne Online Research Network held an online symposium on Thursday 31 October 2024, with a wide range of papers given by Traherne scholars from both sides of the Atlantic. Full details of the programme are available below.
Traherne 350 Online Symposium Thursday 31 October 2024: Programme
Session 1: 2.00 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. (London time/GMT)
Session Chair: Professor Carol Ann Johnston, Dickinson College, Pennsylvania
2.00 p.m. Dr Angela Balla, University of Alabama in Huntsville, ‘Typology as Providence in Traherne’s The Ceremonial Law’
2.30 p.m. Dr Jane Partner, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, ‘A Stranger Upon Earth: Traherne’s Theology of Attention’
3.00 p.m. Dr Cynthia Saenz-Weinand, Northern Virginia Community College, ‘Silence in Thomas Traherne’s Writings’
Session 2: 4.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. (London time/GMT)
Session Chair: Professor Jacob Blevins, Sam Houston State University
4.30 p.m. Professor Ana Elena González-Treviño, UNAM-UK and King’s College, London, ‘Traherne’s Transmutation of Meaning'
5.00 - 6.00 p.m. Dr Frank Guertin, Hazelip School of Theology, Lipscomb University, ‘”Authoritie” in Thomas Traherne’s Political Theology’
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Daniel T. Haase, Wheaton College, ‘Thomas Traherne’s Commentary on Abuse: A Theology of Inversion and Hope’
Session 3: 7.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. (London time/GMT)
Session Chair: Dr Kathryn Murphy, Oriel College, Oxford
7.00 p.m. Dr Valery Rees, School of Philosophy and Economic Science, ‘Traherne’s engagement with the Platonic Tradition’
7.30 p.m. Dr Austen Saunders, The Oxford Traherne, ‘Traherne’s first readers’
8.00 p.m. Dr Tanya Zhelezcheva, Queensborough Community College, ‘Traherne’s Thanksgivings in Book Catalogues’
To download the programme as a PDF, click below.
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