North Atlantic Catholic Communities in Rome, 1622-1939

CALL FOR PAPERS

Organisation: Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism (University of Notre Dame)

Conference coordinator: Matteo Binasco, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cushwa Center

The Cushwa Center invites interested scholars to submit proposals for papers dealing with any aspect of the presence in the Eternal City of individuals as well as communities originating from present-day England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, English- and French-speaking Canada, and the United States.

This  international  conference  will  help  identify  the  transnational  network  comprised  of  so  many individuals who, despite the fact that they came from different countries in the North Atlantic region,had their destination, or their intellectual point of reference, in the Eternal City and looked to Rome as their spiritual metropole. International perspectives will highlight the global dimension of Rome as a unique cultural and religious crossroad.

The Cushwa Center invites interested scholars to submit proposals for papers dealing with any aspect of the presence in the Eternal City of individuals as well as communities originating from present-day England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, English- and French-speaking Canada, and the United States.

Send proposals (150/200 words abstract and one page c.v.) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 30 Dec. 2016.

Conferences languages are English, Italian, and French.

Length of regular presentations: 20 minutes.

Participants will make their own travel and lodging arrangements, but conference organizers will provide a list of housing options close to the conference venue (University of Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway, via Ostilia, 15, 00184 Rome.