Protestant Women Research Network – Lecture Series (Web)
Time: 21.10.2026 and 04.11.2026
Ort: Cambridge – and virtual space
The lecture series brings together scholars to investigate whether ‘Protestant woman’ can be recognised as a meaningful analytical category across different times and places. Our scope extends from the Reformation in the 16th century to Pentecostal movements in the 21st century. During the Michaelmas term, we will focus on defining this category.
Panel Discussion: Scripture, Authority, Identity, and Agency
Time: 21.10.2026, 15:15-17:00 (BST)
This panel will consider how Protestant women derive authority, identity, and agency through their engagement with scripture and Christian doctrine. It will do so by considering specific examples of such engagement – the various ways that Protestant women of the past and present have expressed their religious ideas and perspectives, whether through literature, political activism, prophecy, or bible translation. The panel will also look at how these categories (authority, identity, and agency) are articulated in different historical and cultural contexts.
Speakers: Christine Helmer (Northwestern Univ.) | Tanya Kundu (Univ. of Cambridge) | Deirdre Serjeantson (Sidney Sussex College, Univ. of Cambridge) | Chair: Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft (Sidney Sussex College/Cambridge Foundation Year, Univ. of Cambridge)
To reserve a place, please register online: https://luma.com/f9h31y4r
Archive in Focus: Protestant Women in the Archives
Time: 04.11.2026, 15:15-17:00 (BST)
This session focuses on the collections of the British and Foreign Bible Society housed at Cambridge Univ. Library. It will explore categories such as ‘missionary’, Continue reading

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