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.

Gender and Authorship in Hebrew Poetry:
 Scripture, the National Poet, and the Small Group of Women
Gender and Authorship in Hebrew Poetry:
 Scripture, the National Poet, and the Small Group of Women
05.01.2008 Video

This lecture was delivered by Miryam Segal, PhD (Indiana University), Research Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Judaism.
Toward Building a Gender-Critical Approach to 
the Philosophy of Halakhah (Jewish Law)
Toward Building a Gender-Critical Approach to 
the Philosophy of Halakhah (Jewish Law)
04.01.2008 Video

This lecture was delivered by Ronit Irshai, PhD (Bar-Ilan University), Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer on Women's Studies and Judaism.
The Holy Land Comes to Florida as a Theme Park
03.20.2008 News Story Harvard Gazette

Little did a Harvard scholar who studies sacred spaces imagine that she would find the Holy Land in Florida.
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.
Gender Studies and Religious Subjects Conference: Identity and Difference
02.23.2007 Video

Janet Gyatso, Carol B. Duncan, and Stephanie Sandler explore issues of identity and difference at the WSRP conference Gender Studies and Religious Subjects: Perspectives Across Disciplines.