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George Richardson Lecture 2021
Tolstoy or Kierkegaard? Dilemmas of Quaker Biblical Interpretation by Hugh S. Pyper The eminent critic George Steiner entitled his first book Tolstoy or Dostoevsky. In it he explores the fundamental differences between these two great writers which contribute to their radically different approaches to interpreting the New Testament. In this lecture, Hugh S. Pyper…
2018 Swarthmore Lecture (Video)
The 2018 Swarthmore Lecture: ‘Changing ourselves, changing the world’ was given by life-long Quaker, artist and activist Chris Alton. You can watch a subtitled recording of Chris Alton’s Swarthmore Lecture here:
Nigel Newton: Quaker Schools
Nigel Newton talks about his research into Quaker schools, the importance of Meeting for Worship, and how school cultures are developed.
George Richardson Lecture 2018
This lecture, “William Penn after 300 Years: Paradoxes and Legacies of a Boundary-Spanner” was given by Andrew Murphy at Woodbrooke on June 21 2018. 2018 marks the 300th anniversary of the death of William Penn, and thus offers an ideal opportunity to revisit a figure at once both familiar and elusive, with a name recognized…
Quaker Clockmakers
Quaker Clockmakers This chapter first appeared, with additional photographs which cannot be reproduced on the web, in Quakers, Business and Industry edited by Stephen Angell and Pink Dandelion, Long Meadow: FAHE, 2017, pp 37 – 100. This is a reprint of a chapter by Tim Marshall, of his chapter on Quaker clockmakers together with an…
2018 Swarthmore Lecture (Audio)
The audio recording of Chris Alton’s 2018 Swarthmore Lecture.
2017 Swarthmore Lecture (Video)
The Swarthmore Lecture 2017: Faith in politics? A testimony to equality was given by Catherine West at 7:30 pm on Monday 31st July 2017 as part of Yearly Meeting Gathering at Warwick University.
Exploring Priesthood
John Peirce spent six weeks exploring Quaker understanding of the priesthood of all believers. In August 2017, John gave a short presentation on his current thinking to an audience of Woodbrooke staff, volunteers and guests.
George Richardson Lecture 2017
Christine Trevett delivers the 2017 George Richardson Lecture and questions the age of Quaker membership.
2017 Swarthmore Lecture (Audio)
The Swarthmore Lecture 2017: Faith in politics? A testimony to equality was given by Catherine West at 7:30 pm on Monday 31st July 2017 as part of Yearly Meeting Gathering at Warwick University.
2016 Swarthmore Lecture (Video)
The 2016 Swarthmore Lecture was given by Cécile Nyiramana and Esther Mombo. This lecture will focus on the peace building work of East African Quakers.
Roots of a contemporary Quaker American crisis, tensions over the Vietnam War and the World Council of Churches among Indiana Yearly Meeting and Friends United Meeting Quakerism 1969-1975
This public lecture was delivered by Stephen W. Angell in 2013.
Slave rebellions and Quaker anxiety in the turn against slavery
A public lecture by Betsy Cazden.
The Joseph Wood Archive
This archive consists five volumes of notebooks in PDF format by Quietist Quaker Joseph Wood.
Quaker Studies Thesis – Summarised
Summaries of Postgraduate Theses on Quaker Topics, including Social Sciences – Quakers today; Quaker History – Stories of the Past; Theology – what did and do Quakers believe?
Quaker Study Series 2013
At Canadian Yearly Meeting 2013, Ben Pink Dandelion held a series of Quaker Study sessions over five days from 19 to 23 August.
Quaker Historical Corpus
The Quaker Historical Corpus (QHC) consists of 173 texts written by Quakers between 1650 and 1690. All the texts are derived from copies held in the Library of Friends House, London.
The Future of Quakerism
Where does Quakerism sit in the wider religious landscape today? Where will it be in 25 years’ time?
Quakers and Ecumenism
This talk will look at how ecumenism first became possible in the nineteenth century and how Friends can relate to other Christians and other faiths today.
Quakers, Theology and Language
The different attitudes to theology and language within the Society of Friends. The very particular British Quaker understanding of belief will be a focus for this talk.
What Quakers Believe
There are Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish and atheist Quakers today – how do they all co-exist?
Quaker Worship and Witness
The radical mysticism of Quakerism, which is based on the idea that God can be experienced without the mediation of priest or text at any time, in any place.
The History of Quakerism
An accessible account of the history of Quakerism from the time when it was a movement setting out to change the world, abolish slavery and promote women’s rights.
Who are the Quakers?
A basic overview of the founding story and ideas of Quakerism and how the movement has grown into a worldwide religion of six traditions.
Quakers and the world: religious freedom and citizenship – Ben Pink Dandelion
This talk was given on September 3, 2014 at the University of Stavanger at a research seminar to celebrate 200 years of Quaker presence in Norway.
General Studies Thesis – Not Yet Summarised
Links to other Quaker studies theses and dissertations available online including more general theses with substantial Quaker studies content.
Quaker Studies Thesis – Not Yet Summarised
Full length Quaker studies theses freely available through the University of Birmingham library website.
Transforming the outside and God transforming the inside
Esther Mombo talking at the Friends Association for Higher Education annual conference at Woodbrooke in 2016.
Transforming Leaders and Organisations through Soul Work
Margaret Benefiel talking at the Friends Association for Higher Education annual conference at Woodbrooke in 2016.
The Labyrinth
Jan Sellers talking at the Friends Association for Higher Education annual conference at Woodbrooke in 2016.
From a Deep Place
Gerald Hewitson talking at the Friends Association for Higher Education annual conference at Woodbrooke in 2016.
Looking to the Future
Paul Rogers talking at the Friends Association for Higher Education annual conference at Woodbrooke in 2016.
Early Quaker Travel and the Literature of Pilgrimage
This keynote was delivered by Hilary Hinds at the Borders and Crossings Conference in 2012.
The Other Family Living with the Woolmans
This public lecture recorded at Woodbrooke in 2012, examines the relationship of John Wollman with his families former slaves.
Searching for John Woolman
This public lecture recorded at Woodbrooke in 2012, James Proud, a direct descendent of Woolman, talks about the process of writing and editing Woolman’s works.
Deepening the Life of the Spirit – Gerald Hewitson
Gerald Hewitson described his spiritual journey in the Swarthmore Lecture of 2013. Journaling is his primary spiritual practice.
Deepening the Life of the Spirit – Ginny Wall
Ginny Wall talks about the place of spiritual practice in our lives at the 2012 Quaker Life Representative Council.
Open for Transformation: being Quaker
Ben Pink Dandelion presents his talk ‘Open for Transformation: being Quaker’, based on the theme of the 2014 Swarthmore Lecture.
Quakers and Muslims in the seventeenth century
Justin Meggitt talks to us about the history of Quakers and Muslims in the seventeenth century
The correspondence and dynamics in John Woolman's travels
John Kershner a postgraduate student in Quaker studies presents his thesis topic about John Woolman.
Good Lives Study Pack – Day Gathering
This study pack is designed to help Friends apply our Quaker values and practices to the pressing issues of today
Good Lives Study Pack – Four Session
The four study packs in this book derive from work undertaken by the Good Lives Project at Woodbrooke between 2009 and 2012.
Good Lives Study Pack – Three Session
This pack is designed to help Friends apply our Quaker values and practices to the pressing issues of today, in particular, the threats to the environment.
George Richardson Lecture 2013
Roger Homan delivers the 2013 George Richardson Lecture and talks to us about the rehabilitation of art in Quaker faith.
George Richardson Lecture 2014
Stephen W. Angell delivers the 2014 George Richardson Lecture and looks at Samuel Fisher’s writings as they relate to the authority of Scripture and their effects on the ways other Quakers have understood the authority of Scripture throughout the Second Period and beyond.
George Richardson Lecture 2016
Robynne Rogers Healey delivers the 2016 George Richardson Lecture and surveys some of the changes in Quaker history over the past twenty years
George Richardson Lecture 2012
Carole Dale Spencer delivers the 2012 George Richardson Lecture and will explore the relationship between Hannah Whitall Smith and J. Rendel Harris, the first Director of Woodbrooke.
George Richardson Lecture 2011
Rosemary Moore delivers the 2011 George Richardson Lecture and looks at how an update to ‘The Second Period of Quakerism’ might look.
George Richardson Lecture 2015
Brycchan Carey delivers the 2015 George Richardson Lecture and examines two key moments in the development of a wider literature of antislavery.
FAHE 2008 – Satish Kumar
Talk by Satish Kumar, speaker at the Friends Association of Higher Education (FAHE) Annual Conference held at Woodbrooke June 19 – 22 2008.
FAHE 2008 – John Punshon
Talk by John Punshon, speaker at the Friends Association of Higher Education (FAHE) Annual Conference held at Woodbrooke June 19 – 22 2008.
FAHE 2008 – Jocelyn Burnell
A Talk by Jocelyn Burnell, speaker at the Friends Association of Higher Education (FAHE) Annual Conference held at Woodbrooke June 19 – 22 2008.
European Quaker peaceworker schemes
Haifa Rashed presents her research about Quaker peace worker schemes around the world.
Seven Quakers – from 1700s till 1900s
This resource pack was compiled by Julianna Minihan during an Eva Koch Scholarship
2016 Swarthmore Lecture (Audio)
The 2016 Swarthmore Lecture was given by Cécile Nyiramana and Esther Mombo. This lecture will focus on the peace building work of East African Quakers.
2015 Swarthmore Lecture (Audio)
The 2015 Swarthmore Lecture will consider our peace testimony in relation to the current global context and drawing on what she has learned from her practical experience of violence and peacemaking
2015 Swarthmore Lecture (Video)
The 2015 Swarthmore Lecture will consider our peace testimony in relation to the current global context and drawing on what she has learned from her practical experience of violence and peacemaking
2014 Swarthmore Lecture (Audio)
The 2014 Swarthmore Lecture explores the theme of transformation, ending with a call for us as Quakers to return to a transforming and transformational faith.
2014 Swarthmore Lecture (Video)
The 2014 Swarthmore Lecture explores the theme of transformation, ending with a call for us as Quakers to return to a transforming and transformational faith.
2013 Swarthmore Lecture (Audio)
Gerald shares his understanding of our corporate inward journey to life and truth and explored how we can we find for ourselves the central experience at the heart of Quakerism.
2012 Swarthmore Lecture (Audio)
The 2012 Swarthmore Lecture was given by Rachel Brett a Quaker and a human rights lawyer who works at the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva, where she is Representative for Human Rights and Refugees.
2011 Swarthmore Lecture (Audio)
The 2011 Swarthmore Lecture given by Pam Lunn addresses the unsustainability of the way we all live in the industrialised West.
