<p> Oxford-Manchester Methodist Studies Seminars</p><p>Saturday 1 December 2012 Nazarene Theological College, Manchester </p><p>The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History, Oxford Brookes University, and the Manchester Wesley Research Centre have worked in partnership for several years, and are now establishing a bi-annual seminar series which will take place in spring [Oxford] and autumn [Manchester]. These seminars will be an opportunity for established and emerging students of Methodist Studies to present the findings of their research and scholarship. We conceive of Methodist Studies broadly and aim to provide opportunities for students of history, theology, literature, art, material culture and other fields related to Methodism.</p><p>As 2012 is the 350th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Wesley, senior and the ‘Great Ejection’, several of the papers are focused on Samuel Wesley and the relationship between Methodism and Nonconformity.</p><p>10am Arrivals, Tea & Coffee </p><p>10.25am Welcome (Dr Geordan Hammond)</p><p>10.30am The Implications of the Great Ejection Dr David Appleby, University of Nottingham (Chair: Prof William Gibson)</p><p>11.10am Samuel Wesley and the Dissenters’ Private Academies Dr Mark Burden, University of Oxford (Chair: Prof William Gibson)</p><p>11.50am Tea & Coffee</p><p>12.05pm ‘None but Presbyterian Baptism’: Samuel Wesley, Disputes and Dissenters Prof William Gibson, Oxford Brookes University (Chair: Dr Mark Burden)</p><p>12.45pm Lunch</p><p>1 1.30pm John Wesley: Non-conformist Conformist? Richard Saunders-Hindley, Cliff College (Chair: Dr Geordan Hammond)</p><p>2.10pm Methodism Oscillating between the Poles of an Institutional Church and a Nonconformist Movement whose Mission Anticipated the End of Christendom Maximilian Hölzl, Cliff College (Chair: Dr Joseph Wood)</p><p>2.50pm Tea & Coffee</p><p>3.05pm Ministerial Training and Higher Education among Methodists and Evangelical Dissenters, 1760-1860 Prof Isabel Rivers, Queen Mary, University of London (Chair: Dr Peter Forsaith) </p><p>3.45pm Wesley, the Quadrilateral, and the Land Revd Dr Howard Snyder, Asbury Theological Seminary (Chair: Revd Dr David Rainey) </p><p>4.25pm Closing Discussion and Comments </p><p>Registration: There is no cost for attending the seminar or for lunch; however, registering in advance is required. Please register by 23 November by emailing, Chris Foster, the MWRC Postgraduate Assistant at: [email protected] </p><p>Venue: The Emmanuel Centre Nazarene Theological College Dene Road, Didsbury Manchester M20 2GU</p><p>Directions: http://www.mwrc.ac.uk/location/ </p><p>2</p>