Final Conference: Religious Transformation and Gender
Religious Transformation and Gender
Contestations in/and the study of religion, gender and sexuality
As our five-year research project draws to a close, we are happy to welcome you to our fully online, virtual conference, taking place March 10-12 2021.
The three-day conference will be organized in association with the International Association for the Study of Religion and Gender (IARG) and partially funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO), who has funded our research project “Beyond ‘Religion vs Emancipation’: Gender and Sexuality in Women’s Conversions to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in Contemporary Western Europe” for the past five years. Read more about the project here.
The conference invites contributions that focus on the theme of Religious Transformation and Gender in a broad sense, click here to find the full Call for Papers and Conference description.
We have invited several keynote speakers, who will present their research during the conference.
Orit Avishai Professor of Sociology, Fordham University (link)
Esra Özyürek Professor in European Anthropology and Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, London School of Economics (link; from October 1st: Sultan Qaboos Professor in Abrahamic Religions and Shared Values at Cambridge University)
Miranda Klaver Professor Anthropology of Religion, VU Amsterdam (link)
Schedule Final Conference 1 Religious Transformation and Gender
| Wednesday March 10, 2021 | |
| 3:30 PM | Opening remarks by Prof. dr. Anne-Marie Korte |
| 4:00 PM | Keynote address by Prof. dr. Orit Avishai & discussion Title: Queering Orthodoxy: Everyday Theologies of Life, God, and Sex Convenor: Prof. dr. Anne-Marie Korte Respondent: dr. Nella van den Brandt |
| 5:15 PM | Dinner Break |
| 8:00 PM | Public event: Theatre play/video and discussion Title: Klei (Clay) |
Thursday March 11, 2021 |
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| 9:15 AM | Opening day 2 |
| 9:30 AM | Keynote address by prof. dr Esra Özyürek & discussion Title: Is Islamophobia Like Homophobia? Reconfiguring Religious Conversion into the Discussions of Racism Convenor: dr. Nella van den Brandt Respondent: dr. Margreet van Es |
| 10:45 AM | Coffee break |
| 11:15 AM | Panel session 1: Religious Conversion: Gender, Sexuality and Migration Panel session 2: Gender & Religious Transformation in South Asia, organised by Prof. dr. Ute Hüsken Panel session 3: Sexual Enchantment: Experiences of the Ordinary and the extra-Ordinary, organised by dr. Jelle Wiering |
| 12:45 PM | Lunch break |
| 1:45 PM | Panel session 4: Thinking about Religion, Race and Coloniality through Gender and Sexuality Panel Session 5: Book launch – Transforming Bodies and Religions: Powers and Agencies in Europe Panel session 6: Religious Traditions and their Gendered Conflicts and Transformations |
| 3:15 PM | Coffee break |
| 3:45 PM | Panel session 7: Contemporary Gendered Religiosities and Spiritualities Panel Session 8: Religious Transformation and Abortion Contestations in the UK, organised by dr. Sarah-Jane Page Panel session 9: IARG Roundtable |
| 5:15 PM | End of second day |
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Friday March 12, 2021 |
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| 9:00 AM | Opening day 3 |
| 9:15 AM | Panel session 10: Religion, Gender and Cultural/Racial Difference in Media and Cultural Representation Panel session 11: Religiosities Beyond Liberation or Oppression: Exploring Intersections between Religiosity, Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Sexuality in Different Times and Places, organised by Mia Liinason |
| 11:00 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 AM | Panel session 12: Social Movements and Activism Addressing Religion, Gender, Ethnicity, Sexuality Panel session 13: Transformative Perspectives on Gendered Bodies and Intimacies Panel session 9: IARG General Assembly |
| 12:45 PM | Lunch Break |
| 1:45 PM | Keynote address by Prof. dr. Miranda Klaver & discussion Title: The Evangelical Gendered Conversion Paradox Convenor: prof. dr. Mariecke van den Berg Respondent: drs. Eline Huygens |
| 3:00 PM | Coffee Break |
| 3:30 PM | Final remarks by dr. Maria Vliek & Prof. dr. Laurel Zwissler |
| 4:30 PM | End of conference |