The Fourth Annual MWRC Lecture was given by Dr Isabel Rivers, Professor of Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Culture, Queen Mary, University of London on 23rd June 2008. Professor Rivers spoke on 'John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards' with a focus on Wesley's edition of Edwards' The Life of David Brainerd.
The First Annual MWRC Postgraduate Colloquia in Wesley Studies took place on 20th June and 12th July 2008. Each colloquium featured three papers from doctoral students at MWRC partner institutions. The 12th July colloquium closed with a paper from W. R. Ward, emeritus professor of Modern History at the University of Durham. Some of the presented papers can now be accessed by following this link. 20th June Colloquium Poster and 12th July Colloquium Poster