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A Conference is announced, with subvention from the British Academy: Recusant Archives and Remains from the Three Kingdoms - 1560-1789 - Catholics in Exile at Home and Abroad 23rd and 24th of June 2004, at Downside Abbey, Stratton on the Fosse, Radstock, Bath. The conference will begin at 1pm on Wednesday 23rd and finish at 6pm on Thursday 24th . The aim of this conference is to bring together scholars from the secular universities in Europe and North America, with holders (ecclesiastical and secular) of significant papers, objects and other research resources concerning the Recusant Catholics of England, Ireland and Scotland in the years 1560 - 1789. Archives and objects surviving in Britain and Ireland, in Continental Europe, and in North America will be examined. Many holders of little known, as well as celebrated, archives have agreed to come and introduce their collections. The purpose of this conference is to accelerate the exchange of information between scholarly communities and to help to make links between cultural and historical researchers and the holders of archives and other significant materials for the study of the recusant Catholics. This conference does not only address the interests of ecclesiastical historians, but also of scholars in a wide range of disciplines: literary and cultural history, history of art and of applied art, among many. Leading scholars in the field of Recusant studies will speak of the uses which they have made of these vital (and sometimes under-used) resources. These speakers will include Professor Arthur Marotti, Dr Alison Shell, Dr Paul Arblaster and Dr Sophie Holroyd. Archivists and curators including representatives from the following collections and libraries will talk about their holdings, their history and how these holdings can be accessed by scholars.: The Venerable English College, Rome; The Pontifical Scots College, Rome; the Scottish Catholic Archive; the Westminster Diocesan Archive; Downside Abbey; Douai Abbey; the Stonyhurst Museum; the Bar Convent, York; the Irish College of Salamanca, (Maynooth); St Mary's Abbey, Colwich; Stanbrook Abbey, Worcester; The Folger Shakespeare Library; Stonor Park, Oxfordshire. All scholars are warmly welcomed to audit the conference and to ask formal and informal questions of the Archivists and Curators. It is hoped that this conference will build bridges and foster connections between scholarly communities. Graduate students working on Recusant topics or on questions of exile will find the conference particularly useful. There is a notional conference fee of £15.00, covering registration, coffee and sandwich lunches, but will non-speakers please note that they are advised to make their own arrangements for accomodation, transport and evening meal on the 23rd. Transport, accomodation and local information will be available well in advance of the conference. Note of intentions to attend should be emailed to [log in to unmask] or intimated by letter to Dom Aidan Bellenger OSB, Downside Abbey, Stratton on the Fosse, Radstock, Bath BA3 4RJ. A programme and directions for finding Downside Abbey will be sent out two weeks before the conference. The Conference Committee are Dom Aidan Bellenger OSB (Downside Abbey); Professor Pat Brückmann (University of Toronto); Professor Peter Davidson (University of Aberdeen);Andrew Nicoll (Scottish Catholic Archives) and Dr Alison Shell (University of Durham). The Conference is supported by subvention from the British Academy