Past Conferences
On these pages you will find programmes, abstracts, reports, and social gatherings of the previous conferences and meetings hosted by Asia-Pacific Early Christian Studies Society (and its predecessor organisation Western Pacific Rim Patristics Society). For information please select from the drop-down menu under the Past Conferences tab above. A list of the previous conference and gathering venues is listed below along with the themes of conferences.
Prof. Charles Kannengeiser presenting the first keynote address "Newness and Tradition in the Christian Reception of the Hebrew Scripture" at the inaugural conference in 2004 at Sacred Heart University, Tokyo, Japan, on 25 September 2004. Chair is Prof. Pauline Allen. Photo by Geoffrey D Dunn
2004 Tokyo - Patristic Exegesis & Hermeneutics
2005 Melbourne (P&S 4) - The Spiritual Life
2006 Nagoya - The Use of the Gospels in Early Christianity
2007 Oxford gathering (Oxford Patristics Conference 15)
2008 Melbourne (P&S 5) - Poverty and Riches
2009 Sendai - Letters in Early Christianity
2010 Melbourne (P&S 6) - Politics & Religion
2011 Oxford gathering (Oxford Patristics Conference 16)
2012 Seoul - Preaching & Ministry in Early Christianity
2013 Melbourne (ECC 1) - Men & Women in Early Christianity
2014 Yokohama - Life & Death in Early Christianity
2015 Oxford gathering (Oxford Patristics Conference 17)
2016 St Petersburg - Survival of Early Christian Traditions
2017 Melbourne - Responses to Conflict in Early Christianity