WSR | Women's Studies in Religion

Join the GTU's Asia Project and Women's Studies in Religion for this student conference on Friday, March 20th from 8:30am - 3:00pm. Breakfast and light lunch will be served. Please RSVP Marinda Chan at asia-project@ses.gtu.edu or Sheryl Johnson at wrs@ses.gtu.edu

Session 1 - Women: Marinda (KengFan) Chan, Hye Hyun Han, Keyona Saquile Lazenby

Session 2 - Democracy: Mariska Lauterboom, Sheryl Johnson, Barbara Anne Kozee, Wan-Ting Tsai

At a time in history when the system of patriarchy and the form it take in sexualized violence is surfacing in new ways, the Women’s Studies in Religion program at the Graduate Theological Union offers space for religious scholars and practitioners to ask, “What does religious leadership look like for such a time as this?”  

"Follow the Women: Freeing Dialogue" is the title of the GTU's 2018 Distinguished Faculty Lecture. This year's featured speaker will be Dr. Marianne Farina, CSC, professor of philosophy and theology at Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology. Her lecture will focus on how women’s voices challenge and reinterpret our understanding of interreligious dialogue. The perspectives that emerge have far-reaching implications for the theology and practice of dialogue. A response will be offered by Dr. Rita Sherma, director of the Center for Dharma Studies.

BUT I’M STILL HERE: A WOMANIST SYMPOSIUM

Featuring Womanist scholars, Rev. Dr. Teresa Fry Brown, Rev. Courtney Bryant Prince, and Rev. Yolanda M. Norton

Thursday, February 22 2018 at 7:00pm
San Francisco Theological Seminary, Scott Hall, Room 101

Seating is limited. Please register here for this free event.

Join the Center for Dharma Studies and Women's Studies in Religion for this luncheon lecture by Dr. Ruby Sain of Jadavpur University in India.

Dr. Ruby Sain is the Coordinator of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Society in the Department of Sociology at Jadavpur University in India. She will share her current research and scholarship in this critical area. Please join us for this lecture and conversation that brings in perspectives from women’s worlds globally.

Join us for our annual Jewish Studies conference, Hidden in Plain View: Jewish Women’s History Reconsidered on November 8, 2017. Speakers include Deena Aranoff (GTU), David Biale (UC Davis), Mara Benjamin (Mt. Holyoke), Elisheva Baumgarten (Hebrew University), Naomi Seidman (GTU), Francesco Spagnolo (UCB), and Ariel Mayse (Stanford). Event is sponsored by the GTU's Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies.

Conference Schedule

9am David Biale (UC Davis)

10am Deena Aranoff (GTU)

11am Mara Benjamin (Mt. Holyoke)

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