The Pantheons project’s first conference is concerned with the intersections of sculpture and various world religions at the cathedral between 1796 and 1916.

The conference will take the form of four respondent presentations followed by three panel discussions.

These panel discussions will be based on questions arising from short, ten-minute presentations by the panellists, available to watch in the week beforethe day of the conference.

The series of twenty presentations will be object-focused, on individual monuments or small, related groups of monuments, by key scholars in the field as well as clergy. The papers will be available in advance to watch at your convenience: further details will be posted here and on social media. As you watch, please email any questions you may have for our speakers to [email protected] , specifying who your question is for: these questions will form the basis of the panel discussions at the conference.

Links to the presentations will be sent out to ticket-holders the week before the conference.

The conference itself will take place on Tuesday 6 July from 10.30 a.m. to 4.45 p.m. BST. The conference will start with a series of four respondents to the papers, followed by your questions being posed to each panel, and a concluding roundtable.

Programme:

10:30: Welcome: Prof. Jason Edwards (University of York)

10:40–11:45 – Respondents’ Panel

Chair: Prof. Jason Edwards (University of York)

  • Prof. Caroline Vout (University of Cambridge)
  • Prof. Simon Goldhill (University of Cambridge)
  • Prof. Partha Mitter (University of Sussex)
  • Prof. Dominic Janes (Keele University)

12:00–13:00 – Panel 1: Empires of Faith: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Sikhism

Chair: Prof. Jason Edwards (University of York)

  • Dr Sarah Monks: John Bacon Junior, William Jones (1799)
  • Dr Greg Sullivan (University of York/St Paul’s Cathedral): Sir Francis Leggat Chantrey, Bishop Heber (post 1826)
  • Dr Cora Gilroy-Ware (University of York): Carlo Marochetti, Captain Granville Gower Loch (1853)
  • Dr Maddie Boden (University of York): Hart, Son, Peard & Co., Monument to Men Massacred in the Sinai Desert (1882)
  • Katrina Manica (University of York): Joseph E. Boehm, Major General Charles George Gordon (post 1887)
  • Prof. Santanu Das (University of Oxford): James Forsyth, Sir Samuel James Browne (1903)

14:00–15:00 – Panel 2: The Old and New Testaments

Chair: Dr Amy Harris (University of York/St Paul’s Cathedral)

  • Dr Kate Nichols (University of Birmingham): William F. Woodington, Genesis (1862)
  • Dr Claire Jones (University of Birmingham): William F. Woodington, Psalm 140 (1862)
  • Dr Michaela Giebelhausen (The Courtauld Institute of Art): William F. Woodington, Gospel of St Luke (1862)
  • Prof. Jason Edwards (University of York): William Calder Marshall, Book of Job (1863)
  • Dr Marjorie Coughlan (University of York): William Calder Marshall, Gospel of St Matthew (1863)
  • Prof. Liz Prettejohn (University of York): William Calder Marshall, Righteousness and Peace (1863)
  • Rev. Dr Nicola Bown (St Mary the Virgin, Cottingham), James Forsyth, Monument to the Royal Fusiliers who died in the Afghan Campaign (1883)

15:30–16:30 – Panel 3: The Victorian Church

Chair: Dr Greg Sullivan (University of York)

  • Rev. Prof. William Whyte (University of Oxford): George Richmond, Bishop Charles James Blomfield (post 1857)
  • Prof. Peter Howarth (Queen Mary, University of London): Francis John Williamson, Dean Henry Milman (1876)
  • Dr Amy Harris (University of York/St Paul’s Cathedral): Henry Hugh Armstead, Reverend Benjamin Webb (c. 1885-1890)
  • Dr Jasmine Allen (The Stained Glass Museum, Ely): James Powell, Bishop Robert Billing (post 1898)
  • Prof. Imogen Hart (University of California, Berkeley): James Powell, Bishop Mandell Creighton (1901)
  • Dr Michelle Foot (Edinburgh College of Art): Henry Pegram, Sir John Stainer (1903)
  • Rev. Dr Ayla Lepine (King’s College, University of Cambridge): Frederick W. Pomeroy, Bishop Frederick Temple (1905)

16:30: Conclusion and Closing Remarks: Prof. Jason Edwards (University of York)

The conference is free to attend and open to all. Tickets now available via Eventbrite.