On 3 December 2010 the first of a series of Workshops was held at Wesley College, University of Melbourne, on the HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN METHODISM. You can read the schedule of papers at http://acwr.edu.au/draft-program-for-the-methodism-in-australia-workshop

The project is funded in part by an ARC grant and is co-convened by Professor Hilary Carey, Dr. Troy Duncan (both of the University of Newcastle) and Glen O’Brien. Three Conferences will be held in all – in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide – and it is hoped that a new published history of Australian Methodism will result. The Melbourne Conference will be held in mid-2011.  Watch this space for further details.

The editors of Methodist Review are pleased to announce the debut of The Methodist Review Newsletter, a free quarterly electronic newsletter intended for all those who are interested in the world of Wesleyan and Methodist scholarship. The newsletter is a supplemental service of The Methodist Review, and will be available free of charge four times a year (January, April, July, and October) to all subscribers to the journal. The first issue is now available online to Methodist Review subscribers at http://www.methodistreview.org/index.php/mr.

THE METHODIST REVIEW is a peer-reviewed online journal produced by Emory University’s Candler School of Theology.  You can subscribe to the journal at www.methodistreview.org

Several NEW RESEARCH FELLOWS were added over the summer break, including David N. Field, Tim Macquiban, Geordan Hammond, Tik Wah Wong, and D’Arcy Wood.  We are very pleased to see our number growing. You can see the newest Research fellows list here http://acwr.edu.au/fellows/research-fellows

Glen O’Brien was honoured late last year to be invited to become an Honourary Research Fellow of the MANCHESTER WESLEY RESEARCH CENTRE http://www.mwrc.ac.uk/ The Director, Dr. Geordan Hammond, is keen to have ACWR Fellows added to the Manchester contact list so don’t hesitate to contact him on ghammond@nazarene.ac.uk

Our journal Aldersgate Papers is now more than year behind schedule, simply because we do not have any submissions.  The journal will carry two types of material from the next issue:

1.  Peer-reviewed articles of a high scholarly standard that will be submitted to a blind refereeing process before publication.

2.  Non-peer reviewed articles from postgraduate students and others that are still of high quality and worth publishing.

Keep in mind that the articles do not have to be strictly in the Wesley Studies field.  They can be from across a broad spectrum of theology, history, biblical studies and the social sciences.

WE ALSO NEED BOOK REVIEWS – So if you have read a good book lately write up a review and forward it to us.