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My three kids went back to school a few weeks ago. Now I can’t get the song, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” out of my head, and it isn’t even Christmas! My kids spent a lot of the summer at home (when we were not travelling), so it is wonderful to have […]
Call for Papers: The Asian Conference on Ethics, Religion and Philosophy (ACERP 2014). Special Theme: “Individual, Community & Society: Conflict, Resolution & Synergy”. Deadline: 1 December 2013. Location: Osaka, Japan. Date: March 27-30, 2014. [Modified] Official Posting (For full posting, go to: http://acerp.iafor.org/Submissions.html): The conference theme is “Individual, Community & Society: Conflict, Resolution & Synergy” […]
Call for Papers: Southeastern Women’s Studies Association Conference 2014. The Ebb and Flow: Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Feminism. Deadline: 1 November 2013. Location: The University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC. Date: March 27-29, 2014. Official Posting (http://www.uncw.edu/sewsa/documents/SEWSA_2014_cfp_final2.pdf): The past few years have marked the anniversary of a number of landmark moments, publications and legislation crucial […]
I am a football fan—a devout one at that. Though I would not be a womanist if I did not add that I have no true genuine favorite team on the collegiate or professional levels. I tend to root hard for the team that I’m closest to geographically. So, now that I am at Vanderbilt, […]
Call for Papers: WSQ Special Issue, Fall 2014: Solidarity. Guest Editors – Shefali Chandra and Saadia Toor. Deadline: 1 October 2013. Official Posting (http://www.feministpress.org/wsq/current-call-papers): Solidarity, the act or expression of unity in the face of power, has been on the resurgence. The vast reach of neoliberal globalization and the ravages of an unending global war […]
The Women and Religion section of the American Academy has been around for over 40 years. As a member of the steering committee, I have been contemplating what the next 40 years will bring. When asked to be on this particular section of AAR, I was honored. Its history and the efforts of those who […]
Geeta Iyengar does not only need a vacation. She needs to retire. At least this is my view after studying at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI) in Pune, India, this July. I grant that things may have taken a turn for the worse. It is also possible that July was an exception to […]
Harvard Divinity School: Women’s Studies in Religion Program Openings: 5 Full-Time Positions as Research Associate and Visiting Faculty for 2014-15 Due Date: 15 October 2013 Official Posting: HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL announces five full-time positions as Research Associate and Visiting Faculty for 2014-15 in its Women’s Studies in Religion Program. Proposals for book-length research projects utilizing […]
More than forty years after the advent of Black Liberation Theology, Trayvon Martin’s predator and murderer walked. More than twenty years after critical studies of whiteness began to gain traction in the academy Trayvon Martin’s predator and murderer walked. Free. Went home. I feel frozen. Caught tight between the demand for an endless flow of […]
The week of June 24, 2013 was an exceedingly mixed bag for many of us. On one hand, the Supreme Court struck down the Act to Define and Protect the Institution of Marriage (DOMA) that was enacted in 1996 on June 26th. Then President Bill Clinton agreed with both houses of Congress that a federal […]