We are seeking scholars working on the British and Irish Catholic diaspora in the early modern world to contribute to a panel entitled “British and Irish Catholic Colonialism” at the fourth biannual Early Modern British and Irish Catholicism (EMBIC) conference (14-16 July: Durham University, UK). The conference theme is “Popery, Politics, and Prayer: British and Irish Catholicism”.
This panel will focus on the global Catholic Church and the British and Irish Catholic diaspora c. 1530-1800. Drawing on conference themes including “the politics of religious exile; spirituality and theology as