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 2024 SESSIONS

2024 Women's Caucus Programming
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Pre-Conference Workshop - Friday, November 22, 10:00AM-12PM (PST)

Wiki Women in Religion: Edit-A-Thon

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Workshop - Friday, November 22, 4PM-6PM (PST)

Women's Caucus Workshop Gathering

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Session #1 - Saturday, November 23, 9AM-11AM (PST)

Feminist Intersectional Approaches to Transforming Violence: Perspective from Emerging Scholars;

in Collaboration with Women in Religion Unit

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Session #2 - Sunday, November 24, 3PM- 4:30 PM (PST)

Religion, Migration, and Gendered Relations;

in Collaboration with Migration Unit

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Session #3 - Sunday, November 24, 5PM-6:30PM (PST)

Honoring Judith Plaskow's Induction into the Women's Hall of Fame

(Special AAR Event)

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Session #4 - Monday November 25, 9AM-11AM (PST)

New Books on Gender & Religion

(Hosted by Status of Women and Gender Minoritized Persons)

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Session #5 -Monday, November 25, 11:15-12:15PM (PST)

The Women's Caucus Brown Bag Lunch

Career Paths in Academia & Beyond in Religious Studies

(Special Thanks to Women and Gender Minoritized Persons)

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Session #6 -Monday, November 25, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (PST)

Women's Caucus Business Meeting AAR-SBL

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Friday 
Nov 22, 
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Pre-Conference Wiki Women in Religion: Edit-a-Thon

Publicly Engaged Scholarship Addressing Systemic Bias in Online Resources

"This Editathon explores the role of Wikipedia in publicly engaged scholarship and education. It discusses the opportunities for publications in a scholarly, peer reviewed book series for biographies of women in religion. It tackles the difficulties of fostering cross-cultural partnerships with participants from around the world. And it discusses the role of new technologies, including AI, in knowledge production. The Editathon will have hands-on experience using Wikipedia in both hour sessions plus time for Q&A. No experience necessary to attend. All are welcome.
This Editathon is sponsored by the Women in Religion Wiki User Group, launched in 2018 as a joint effort of the Women’s Caucus of the AAR/SBL and the Parliament of the World’s Religions. We seek to create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives of cis and transgender women scholars, activists, and practitioners in the world's religious, spiritual, and wisdom traditions and write women back into history, especially those who have made an impact in their faith and religious communities."

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Friday Nov 22, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Women's Caucus Workshop Gathering

Come to network and enjoy the camaraderie of the Women's Caucus. Learn about the caucus and join us for a meet and greet to kick off the Conference. We engage the 2024 AAR conference theme, “Violence, Nonviolence and the Margin” from the perspective of those researching on gender and religion. Join in this exciting conversation as we share ideas on how we might advance the public engagement of this topic through our research, in our institutions, and beyond. As part of the program, we would like to give a warm welcome to international scholars and encourage them to attend our gathering.

All Are Welcome!

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Facilitators:

Deborah Fulthorp, Grand Canyon University; Women’s Caucus Co-Chair

Rosalind Hinton, LAOUTLoud

Telesia Musili, University of Nairobi

Saturday
Nov 23,
9:00am-11:00am

Session #1 Feminist Intersectional Approaches to Transforming Violence: Perspectives from Emerging Scholars

In Collaboration with Women and Religion Unit

This session, sponsored in collaboration with the AAR/SBL Women’s Caucus, highlights the research of emerging scholars exploring the critical intersections of gender, religion, and violence. Engaging with the conference theme “Violence, Nonviolence, and the Margin,” the panelists offer perspectives on how women and women-identifying people confront and resist the multifaceted dimensions of violence justified by religious and societal norms. Through intersectional analyses that incorporate class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality, this session delves into the new ways in which religion, spirituality, and theological reflections empower responses to violence and envision nonviolent praxis. From the postcolonial contemplative practices of Filipinas and the healing altars of La Virgen de Guadalupe among survivors of intimate partner violence, to the incarnational theology as a foundation for non-violence and the reimagined ecclesial hospitality practices informed by feminist trauma theology, this session investigates the role of religion in both perpetuating and challenging structures of violence.

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Presider:

Deborah Fulthorp, Grand Canyon University; Women’s Caucus Chair

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Panelists

Diane Francesca Oliveros, Boston College
A Postcolonial Practice of Contemplation for Filipinas

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Natalie Readnour,
Connecting to God After Abuse: Altars of La Virgen de Guadalupe Among Survivors of IPV

 

Misty Krasawski, Yale Divinity School
The God-Bearing Body as Demand for Non-Violence: Of Vulnerability and Incarnational Theology

 

Elizabeth Lee, University of Divinity, Melbourne

Trust, Truth, Justice and the Right Relationship to Underpin Ecclesial Practice of Hospitality

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Respondant

Tracy McEwan, University of Newcastle

Sunday
Nov 24,
3:00pm-4:30pm

Session #2 Religion, Migration, and Gendered Relations

In Collaboration with Migration Unit

This panel session is a collaborative effort between the Religion Migration Unit and the International Women's Caucus. The category of gender is a central factor to any discussion of migration including the causes, characteristics, and consequences of migration. This session explores how gendered cross-border relationships, including different and diverse types of marriage, are shaped by and shape the dynamics of religion and migration. Engaging Jordanian, Korean, and American contexts, the papers draw on a variety of methodological approaches to analyze and assess the significance of gender as an analytical category as well as an activist category in the current geopolitical context.

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Presider:

Ulrike Auga, Humboldt University of Berlin, Presiding
Janice Poss, Claremont Graduate University, Presiding

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Panelists

Hanna Kang, Berkeley School of Theology
Decision to Leave: A Theological Reflection on Orpah and the Cross-border Female Marriage Immigrants in South Korea​

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Luis De Prada,
La Fuerza de Voluntad Among Hispanic/Latine Catholic Married Couples: A Hopeful and Imaginative Discernment Towards a Spirituality of Migration

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Yafa Shanneik, Lund University
The Ambiguity of Justice: Imam Marriages, Gender Security and Human Rights among Syrian Refugees in Jordan

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Respondant

Mary E. Hunt, Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual

Sunday,
Nov 24,
5:00pm-
6:30 pm

Session #3- Honoring Judith Plaskow’s induction into the Women’s Hall of Fame

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This panel will reflect on Plaskow’s intellectual contributions to religious feminism in the academy and her commitment and service to the AAR. The focus will be on how her work has both influenced generations of religious feminist scholars and been critical to bridging differences of religion, race, sexuality, gender, ability, and gender identity in our field.

Presiding

Jin Y Park, American University, Washington, D.C., Presiding

 

Panelists

Emilie M. Townes, Vanderbilt University


Max Strassfeld, University of Southern California

 

Natalia M. Imperatori-Lee, Manhattan College

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Michal Raucher, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

 

Julia Watts Belser, Georgetown University

 

Responding
Judith Plaskow, Manhattan College

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Monday
Nov. 25, 
9:00 am- 11:00 am​































Monday,
Nov 25, 11:15am-
12:15pm​




















Monday Nov 25,
5:00 pm-6:30pm








































 
 

Session #4 New Books on Gender and Religion 
Hosted by Status of Women and Gender Minoritized Persons in the Professions Committee

 

This session presents scholars who have published books in the discipline of women’s studies, gender, theology, and religion in 2023-2024. This panel’s authors will provide an overview of their books and share their perspectives on current research being published on women and gender studies. The authors will also discuss how they visualize their books in constructing knowledge and influencing the public sphere. In addition, these scholars will share their experiences regarding strategies and mechanics for publishing women’s studies in theology and religion books and offer advice for those seeking publication of related book manuscripts.

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Presiding/Women's Caucus Co-Chair Welcom

Deborah Fulthorp, Grand Canyon University

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Panelists

Undoing Conquest: Ancient Israel, the Bible, and the Future of Christianity

Kate Common,

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Hidden Histories: Faith and Black Lesbian Leadership

Monique Moultrie, Georgia State University

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A Transpacific Imagination of Theology, Ethics, and Spiritual Activism: Doing Feminist Ethics Transnationally

K. Christine Pae, Denison University

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Women Advancing Knowledge Equity: The Parliament of the World's Religions

Colleen D. Hartung, Wikipedia Project, Women in Religion

Sheryl Johnson

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Feminist Theology and Social Justice in Islam: A Study on the Sermon of Fatima

Mahjabeen Dhala, Graduate Theological Union

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Religion and Intersex: Perspectives from Science, Law, Culture, and Theology

Stephanie A. Budwey, Vanderbilt University Divinity School

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Responding

Kimberly Carter, California Institute of Integral Studies

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Session #5 The Women's Caucus Brown Bag Luncheon: Career Path Using a Master or Doctorate in Religious Studies

Sponsored by Status of Women and Gender Minoritized Persons Committee

All are welcome to explore the professional development of career and life paths in various religious fields of scholarship. Panelists will address challenges and successes within their own career paths. Experiences and tools will be shared how they have used their degrees for sustained financial growth and cultural influence even if not on the tenure path. Panelists represent traditional rank and tenure, careers in academic related fields such as archivists and independent scholarship, artificial intelligence in scholarship, and consulting in the non-profit and for-profit world. There will be allotted time for questions and discussion.

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Women's Caucus Co-Chair Welcome

Deborah Fulthorp, Grand Canyon University, Presiding

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Presiding

Deborah Fulthorp, Grand Canyon University

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Panelists

Rosalind F. Hinton, LAOUTLOUD


Jonathon Eder, Mary Baker Eddy Library
 

Connie Steel, Yale University
 

Kimberly Carter, California Institute of Integral Studies
 

Debbie Fulthorp, Grand Canyon University

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​​​Session #6 Women's Caucus Business Meeting

All are welcome to join the Women's Caucus Leadership team. Come and learn about our many

projects and plans for 2024.

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Presiding

Debbie Fulthorp, Grand Canyon University

Elizabeth Ursic, Mesa Community College​

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Panelists

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  • Kimberly Carter, California Institute of Integral Studies

  • Ulrike Auga, Humboldt University, Berlin

  • Cristina Lledo Gomez, BBI Australian Institute for Theological Education

  • Rosalind F. Hinton, LAOUTLOUD

  • Colleen D. Hartung, 1000 Women in Religion Wikipedia Project

  • Tracy McEwan, University of Newcastle, Australia

  • Theresa A. Yugar, California State University, Los Angeles

  • Mahjabeen Dhala, Graduate Theological Union

  • Jonathon Eder, Mary Baker Eddy Library

  • Julia Berger, Montclair State University

  • Emily Silverman, Graduate Theological Union

  • Colette Qualtieri, Arizona State University

  • Winifred Whelan, Saint Bonaventure University

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