You are Invited to Join Feminist Scholars For A Summer Forum
"Feminist Theologies: Heritage and Future"
15-20 June 2008, Washington, DC
The Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER) and
Feminist Studies in Religion, Inc. (FSR) are pleased to invite graduate
students and junior faculty to our first Summer Forum on Feminist Theologies
in Washington, DC, June 15-20, 2008. This inaugural year of what we envision
as an annual gathering will focus on "Making the Connections: Claiming Our
Past-Envisioning Our Future Together." You are cordially invited to apply.
This residential program provides the space and opportunity to
work with colleagues across generations, religions, racial/ethnic, and
disciplinary lines creating new knowledge and deepening feminist scholarly
collaboration. We are pleased that distinguished scholars in the field,
including Katie Geneva Cannon, Mary E. Hunt, Judith Plaskow, Kwok Pui-lan,
Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, and Deborah Whitehead have agreed to provide
leadership for the entire week of lively discussions and creative debate in
a communal atmosphere.
This Summer Forum provides a chance to network with colleagues, to
learn from and with leading scholars in the field, and to explore together
religious and theological questions, methodological approaches, and
theoretical frameworks. The many different theoretical voices of womanist,
liberationist, Latina, postcolonial, Asian, transcultural, critical
rhetorical, critical gender, and black feminist studies in religion and
theology will be explored in order to articulate feminist theologies for the
future.
The Forum will add a wonderful new dimension to our collaborative
work. Making connections with senior scholars in the field is crucial not
only for navigating traditional malestream institutions but also for making
the connections between feminist studies in religion of the past, present,
and future. Making connections with younger scholars is an exciting way to
see pioneering work deepened and extended.
The Summer Forum will be held at a conference site in Washington, DC, where
all of the participants will live for the week. The program will include
plenary sessions, seminars, and working groups as well as meals and informal
time together. It aims to deepen our understanding of our rich intellectual
history and set the trajectories for new vistas and collaboration for the
future. It will be an experience of feminist pedagogy as well as a chance to
sharpen one's own research and teaching focus.
The fee for the Summer Forum is $800 including room, board, and program.
Scholarships are available (thanks to the generosity of the Henry Luce
Foundation and Feminist Studies in Religion, Inc.) but graduate students and
junior faculty are urged to seek funding from their departments and
institutions, from their denominations and other sources so that we can
include a wide range of participants.
Application deadline is April 1, 2008. Participants will be notified after
April 15, 2008.
Please direct inquiries to:
water@hers.com
WATER * 8121 Georgia Avenue * Suite 310 * Silver Spring, MD
20910 USA *
Phone 301.589-2509 * Fax 301.589.2509. Thank you!
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The Seventh Annual Globalization for the Common Good:
An Inter-faith Perspective
"From the Middle East to Asia Pacific:
Arc of Conflict or Dialogue of Cultures and Religions?"
Trinity College, University of Melbourne
Australia
30 June - 4 July 2008
This major international conference is co-sponsored by the Centre for Dialogue (La Trobe University; Melbourne, Australia), Trinity College (University of Melbourne), the Melbourne College of Divinity, and the Asia-Pacific Institute for Inter-Religious Dialogue (Australian Catholic University). It is the seventh annual conference in the series Globalization for the Common Good - An Interfaith Perspective founded by Dr Kamran Mofid. The Conference will be held at Trinity College.
The Conference programme is designed to achieve three objectives:
To explore the far-reaching ramifications of conflict in the Middle East (broadly defined) for the religious, cultural and political landscape of the Asia-Pacific region;
To bring together in fruitful interaction the insights of several disciplinary traditions (in particular religious studies, cultural studies, international relations, history, sociology and law);
To illuminate and strengthen the connections between the Middle East and the geographic regions which constitute Asia Pacific, in particular West Asia, South Asia, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.
This Conference will be held in Melbourne in the first week of July 2008. Previous conferences have been held in Oxford (2002), St Petersburg (2003), Dubai (2004), Kericho, Kenya (2005), Honolulu (2006) and Istanbul (2007). The Melbourne conference will be the first in the series to be held with a clear Asia-Pacific focus.
For background information on the initiative and details of previous conferences visit: http://www.globalisationforthecommongood.info
The Conference is jointly convened by Dr Kamran Mofid and Professor Joseph A. Camilleri (Director of the Centre for Dialogue and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University).
Call for Papers
A Call for papers is now addressed to scholars, postgraduate students, researchers and others with expertise on any of the themes outlined above.
Proposals are invited from scholars specialising in a range of disciplines, including theology, philosophy, history, political science, international relations, conflict analysis and peace research, economics and political economy, law, sociology, psychology, medicine, environmental studies and geography. Proposals are also invited from members of parliament, practitioners in diplomacy, law, the media, the health professions and business, as well as those involved in religious and non-governmental organisations. Proposals that adopt an inter-disciplinary perspective are especially welcome.
Proposals should be received by Monday 19 November 2007.
Proposals should include:
