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Dissent and the Representation of War Saturday 16 May 2015 Dr Williams's Library, 14 Gordon Square WC1H 0AR The 11th annual one-day conference of the Centre focuses on Dissenters’ attitudes to war and peace in the period from the American Revolutionary War (c. 1775) to the Spanish Peninsular War (c. 1809). 9.45am Registration and coffee 10.10am Welcome 10.15–11.05am Lecture 1 ‘Dissent and British Opposition to the War of American Independence’ Professor Stephen Conway (UCL) 11.10am–12.00pm Lecture 2 ‘Quaker Pacifism, African Warfare, and the Case against the Slave Trade’ Professor Brycchan Carey (Kingston University) 12.05–1.05pm Lecture 3 ‘War Versus Universal Benevolence: Richard Price and His Influence’ Dr Rémy Duthille (Université Bordeaux Montaigne) 1.05–2.15pm Sandwich lunch 2.15-3.05pm Lecture 4 ‘“The energy of those principles that shake Europe to the centre”: The French Revolution and Welsh Dissent’ Dr Mary-Ann Constantine (University of Wales) 3.10-4.00pm Lecture 5 ‘Our Man in Spain: Henry Crabb Robinson as War Correspondent for The Times during the Peninsular War (1808-1809)’ Professor Karen Racine (University of Guelph) 4–4.45pm Tea Conference fee: £10 (£4 students), payable on the door. Please register by 1 May 2015 by email to [log in to unmask], stating any dietary requirements for the sandwich lunch. Enquiries to Dr James Vigus (QMUL), [log in to unmask] ********************************************************* British Association for Romantic Studies http://www.bars.ac.uk<http://www.bars.ac.uk/> To advertise Romantic literature conferences, publications, jobs, or other events that the BARS members would be interested in, please contact Neil Ramsey <[log in to unmask]> Also use this address to register any change in your e-mail address, or to be removed from the list. Messages are held in archives, along with other information about the Mailbase at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bars.html *********************************************************