XV INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON PATRISTIC STUDIES
CONFERENCE INFORMATION
Papers
The Directors welcome short communications on subjects of Patristic interest from all participants in the Conference. These should be original, concise and to the point. They will be read at sessions in the Examination Schools, arranged according to subject, on mornings from Tuesday to Friday. These papers should take 12-15 minutes to deliver as the time allotted for each presentation (including questions) is strictly 18 minutes.
Seminar papers and workshops
In the afternoons the Directors invite individuals, groups and organizations to offer papers of about 45 minutes in length for seminars, or else to arrange a workshop, lasting about two and a half hours, in which two or more papers will be given on a particular topic. It is requested that at least thirty minutes should be allowed for discussion of all papers at the end of the workshop, and that participants in the workshop will be present for the whole session. It is further requested that speakers should be drawn from at least two different countries (one’s country is understood to be one’s present place of academic residence; the United Kingdom is counted as one country).
It may not be possible to accommodate all offers of papers, and the Directors will have the fi nal decision on the viability of a proposed workshop.
Book Display
It is hoped that there will be a display of publications on patristic subjects in the Examination Schools, and that representatives of publishers will attend.
Publication of the Proceedings
The Proceedings of the Conference will again be published by Peeters of Leuven. Those wishing to have their papers considered for publication are asked to follow the guidelines which will be sent out nearer the time of the conference.
Registration
The registration fee (payable by 15 September 2006, or 15 December at the latest), covers access to all academic events, an invitation to the Garden Party on Monday afternoon, and entrance to the Organ recital and reception at Christ Church on Thursday evening. Registration for full members is £120 (US$220).
Please note that the maximum attendance is 750, and in the past many late applicants have been turned away.
Reaching Oxford
Oxford is easily accessible by bus from Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick airports, and there is never any need to go through London. Heathrow is by far the most convenient of the three; the bus runs every 30 minutes, and the journey takes something over an hour.
Car parking
There is NO chance of parking your car in Oxford. Short-term parking is rare and expensive, and will in any case be already taken up; the Colleges of residence are unable to provide space.
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