Past Lectures

Each year, the WSRP Research Associates offer a public lecture to share their work-in-progress with the community. Visit WSRP Lectures and Events to see this year's lecture schedule, and browse the links below to find recordings of lectures that have already taken place.

A Heart-Shaped World: Jesuit Consolation Culture in a
 Globalizing World (1500-1800)
A Heart-Shaped World: Jesuit Consolation Culture in a
 Globalizing World (1500-1800)
02.07.2008 Video

This lecture was delivered by J. Michelle Molina, PhD (University of California, Irvine), Research Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor of the History of Christianity.
Mapping Sacrifice on Bodies and Spaces in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
Mapping Sacrifice on Bodies and Spaces in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
12.11.2007 Video

This lecture was delivered by Joan R. Branham, PhD (Providence College), WSRP Acting Director and Visiting Associate Professor of Early Christianity and Judaism.
Between Hagiography and Slave Narrative
Between Hagiography and Slave Narrative
11.01.2007 Video

This lecture was delivered by Sue Houchins, PhD (Bates College), Woodrow Wilson Visiting Scholar.
Faith and Feminicide in Latin America
Faith and Feminicide in Latin America
10.16.2007 Video

Monica Maher, PhD (Union Theological Seminary), Colorado Scholar, Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer on Women's Studies and Ethics.
Witnessing Breath Between Death and Life: Reinterpreting Holy Saturday
Witnessing Breath Between Death and Life: Reinterpreting Holy Saturday
03.22.2007 Video

This lecture was delivered by Shelly Rambo, PhD (Boston University), Research Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology.
Married to an Unbeliever: Households, Hierarchies, and Holiness in Early Christianity
Married to an Unbeliever: Households, Hierarchies, and Holiness in Early Christianity
03.06.2007 Video

This lecture was delivered by Caroline Johnson Hodge, PhD (College of the Holy Cross), Research Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and New Testament.
Shared Saints and Festivals Among Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Mediterranean, 100-1750
Shared Saints and Festivals Among Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Mediterranean, 100-1750
02.08.2007 Video

Religion, Gender, and Language in Morocco
12.04.2006 Audio

This lecture was delivered by Fatima Sadiqi, PhD (Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University), Research Associate and Visiting Professor of Islamic Religious Studies.
Fashioning the Sacred: Gender and Visual Culture in Caribbean Religion in Canada
11.06.2006 Audio

This lecture was delivered by Carol B. Duncan, PhD (Wilfrid Laurier University), Research Associate and Visiting Associate Professor of Religion and Society.
Taoist Priestesses in Medieval China: Roles, Images, and Identity
03.20.2006 Audio

This lecture was delivered by Jia Jinhua, PhD (City University of Hong Kong), Research Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor of World Religions.