This conference aims to bring together scholars who are working or have recently worked on the John Rylands papyri. We welcome papers from any period and perspective based on papyri from our collection in any of the languages and scripts attested from the Ptolemaic to the early Arab period.Follow the link for registration information. It takes place at the John Rylands Library, Manchester, 4-6 September 2014. As it happens, the British New Testament Conference is taking place at Manchester University on exactly those dates, which creates both a conflict and an opportunity. I plan to attend the latter, and I hope there might be scope for a joint session or something with the former. The last time the BNTC was at Manchester (in 2001), I was among the delegates who enjoyed a tour of the Rylands Library and a viewing of some of their important Greek papyri.
HT Peter Head at the BNTS page on Facebook. Peter also noted the scheduling conflict and floated the possibility of a joint session.