WSRP News and Events

An index of WSRP lectures and events, as well as news about the program, may be found here. For listings of other HDS events and news, visit HDS News & Events.

Specters of Paul: Sexual Difference, Creation, and Resurrection in Early Christian Thought
Specters of Paul: Sexual Difference, Creation, and Resurrection in Early Christian Thought
03.24.2010 Video

Ben Dunning, Research Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Early Christian History, presented this lecture on March 24. 
When the Goddess Is your Husband: South Indian Devadasis and the Sexuality of Religion
When the Goddess Is your Husband: South Indian Devadasis and the Sexuality of Religion
02.25.2010 Video

This lecture was delivered by Lucinda Ramberg, PhD (University of Kentucky), Research Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and South Asian Religion.
Living Faith: Everyday Religion and Mothers in Poverty
Living Faith: Everyday Religion and Mothers in Poverty
02.03.2010 Video

This lecture was delivered by Susan Crawford Sullivan, PhD (College of the Holy Cross), Research Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Sociology of Religion.
Blessed Are the Barren: Birth and Catastrophe in the Passion Narratives
Blessed Are the Barren: Birth and Catastrophe in the Passion Narratives
10.29.2009 Video

This lecture was delivered by Tania Oldenhage, PhD (University of Basel), Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer on Women's Studies and Theology.

Coming Home: Sacred Spaces and Diaspora in Afro-Cuban Women's Religious Culture
Coming Home: Sacred Spaces and Diaspora in Afro-Cuban Women's Religious Culture
10.08.2009 Video

This lecture was delivered by Solimar Otero, PhD (Louisiana State University), Research Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Afro-Atlantic Religion.
From Sacred to Servant: The Conversion of the Indigenous Woman in the West
From Sacred to Servant: The Conversion of the Indigenous Woman in the West
04.16.2009 Video

This lecture was delivered by Nimachia Hernandez, EdD (Independent Scholar), Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer on Women's Studies and Native American Religions.
Hooked on a Feeling? Romance, Sexual Pleasure, and the Theology of the Body
Hooked on a Feeling? Romance, Sexual Pleasure, and the Theology of the Body
03.17.2009 Video

This lecture was delivered by Karen Trimble Alliaume, PhD (Lewis University), Research Associate and Visiting Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Theology.

 
Good Karma Connections: Buddhist Women in Tang China (618-907)
Good Karma Connections: Buddhist Women in Tang China (618-907)
02.24.2009 Video

This lecture was delivered by Ping Yao, PhD (California State University, Los Angeles), Research Associate and Visiting Professor of Women's Studies and Buddhist Religious History.
Queens of the Home: Interracial Cooperation, Bible Reading, and Women in the South 1884-1900
Queens of the Home: Interracial Cooperation, Bible Reading, and Women in the South 1884-1900
02.05.2009 Video

This lecture was delivered by Anthea Butler, PhD (University of Rochester), Research Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and African American Religious History and...
Talking Tools, Suffering Servants, and Defecating Men: The Power of Storytelling in Maithil Women's Tales
Talking Tools, Suffering Servants, and Defecating Men: The Power of Storytelling in Maithil Women's Tales
10.20.2008 Video

This lecture was delivered by Coralynn V. Davis, PhD (Bucknell University), Research Associate and Visiting Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Anthropology.