SEPTEMBER 2023 CAMBRIDGE CONFERENCE
‘Inventing the Future’: the 1723 Constitutions
QUEENS’ COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
ENGLAND
22 – 24 September 2023
Three days of outstanding lectures, seminars and debates
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FRIDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER |
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| 11.00-14.00 | Conference Registration | |
| 14.00-14.15 | Welcome: Jonathan Spence, ProGM, & Dr Ric Berman, Conference Chair | |
| ‘Context, Content, & Consequences: The 1723 Constitutions’ | ||
| A European Perspective | ||
| 14.15-15.15 | Prof. Pierre-Yves Beaurepaire: ‘A European Overview’ | |
| Prof. Olivier Badot: ‘The influences of the 1723 Constitutions on C18th French Freemasonry’ | ||
| 15.15-15.45 | Profs. Cécile Révauger & Margaret C. Jacob – discussant | |
| ‘Women’s Freemasonry in eighteenth-century France and its legacy’ | ||
| 15.45-16.00 | Coffee / Break | |
| 16.00-16.40 | Lucio Artini: ‘Freemasonry’s Tenets: A threat to Absolutism’ | |
| Olivier Badot & Ric Berman: discussants | ||
| 16.40-17.40 | Leif Endre Grutle, Andreas Önnerfors, Niels Arne Dam & Haukur Óskarsson: | |
| ‘Nordic Freemasonry & the Swedish Rite’ | ||
| Panel Presentation & Discussion | ||
| 18.30 | College Bar – Reception | |
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SATURDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER |
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| 09.15-09.30 | Welcome & Introduction | |
| Origins, Britain and America | ||
| 09.30-10.30 | Prof. Margaret C. Jacob: Freemasonry & the Enlightenment | |
| Cécile Révauger & Ric Berman – discussants | ||
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee / Break | |
| 11.00-12.15 | Freemasonry and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Part I | |
| Dr Andrew Thompson: ‘Hanoverian Britain: Culture & Society’ | ||
| Dr Patricia Fara: ‘Desaguliers, the Royal Society & the Scientific Enlightenment’ | ||
| 12.15-13.30 | Lunch | |
| 13.30-14.15 | Freemasonry and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Part II | |
| Dr Bridgett Orr: ‘Freemasonry, Theatre & the Arts’ | ||
| Discussion and Q&A | ||
| 14.15-15.15 | Profs. Susan Sommers & Andrew Prescott: | |
| ‘James Anderson: Philosophical Imperatives’, Part I’ | ||
| 15.15-15.45 | Coffee / Break | |
| 15.45-16.30 | Prof. Henrik Bogdan | |
| ‘James Anderson, Philosophical Imperatives’, Part II | ||
| 16.30-17.15 | Akram Elias, PGM, Washington D.C.: ‘The 1723 Constitutions. | |
| The Indispensable Trowel: Cementing America’s Foundations’ | ||
| Q&A | ||
| 18.30 | UGLE Reception, The Old Hall, Queens’ College | |
| 19.30 | Formal Dinner, Cripps Hall, Queens’ College | |
| (Black Tie or Business Attire) | ||
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SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER |
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| 09.00-09.10 | Welcome & Introduction | |
| 09.10-10.00 | ‘Breaking Barriers’ | |
| Profs. Pierre-Yves Beaurepaire & Andreas Önnerfors: | ||
| ‘Freemasonry & Revolutionary Europe’ | ||
| 10.00-10.40 | Prof. John Kyle Day & Dr Oscar Alleyne (discussant) | |
| ‘Black Freemasonry in America’ | ||
| Q&A | ||
| 11.00-11.20 | Coffee / Break | |
| 11:20-12:30 | ‘The 1723 Constitutions: Inventing the Future’ | |
| Floor / Panel Discussion | ||
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Please note that events, panels and speakers may be subject to change. |
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