Persistent Voices: Women’s Studies in Religion Student Conference

Friday, April 13th 2018, 9:00am to 2:45pm
2400 Ridge Road Berkeley, CA 94709

The GTU community is invited to WSR's annual student conference. Lunch and refreshments will be provided, but please RSVP to wsr@ses.gtu.edu if possible for numbers. 

If you can't make it in person, please watch our live-stream!

Event Schedule:

Session 1: Historical [Re]considerations (9-10:30am) 

Presenters: 

  • Laura Dunn: Yoginī-s in the Flesh: Power, Praxis and the Embodied Divine Feminine
  • Hanna Kang: Marian veneration in Latin American context
  • Mahjabeen Dhala: Five Foundational Women in the Qur’an : Rereading their Stories from a Shia Female Perspective

Break: 10:30am-11:00am

Session 2: Ethical Demands (11:00am-12:30pm) 

Presenters: 

  • Keyona Saquile Lazenby: "Eco-womanist Ethics and African Spirituality" -An Answer to Carceral Antil-Ecology
  • Sheryl Johnson: Stewardship is not (just) Personal, it is Political 
  • Marcia L. Ledford: The Persistent Widow through Latina Eyes 

Lunch: 12:30pm-1:15pm

Session 3: Women Witness (1:15-2:45pm) 

Presenters: 

Marinda, KengFan Chan: Mission and Discipleship of Female Catholic Christians in the Asian Context 

Joy Barnitz: Women of Spirit and Power: Could Sister Fidelma be real?

Oyasuuru Ifawarinwa (Leslye M. Huff): The Making of an American Mystic: Reverend Dagmar Braun Celeste's Ever-Ascending Spirals on the Journey Toward the Beloved Community  

All are welcome to attend this conference featuring a variety of student papers! 

Questions: Contact Sheryl Johnson, wsr@ses.gtu.edu