This conference brings together doctoral researchers and early career academics from a variety of disciplines and fields to explore the role and place of women in religion. Presenters will be coming from Universities in the UK and from Europe (France and Italy) and panels will include papers on the role and status of women in Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism and Islam both in the present and historically, and from a wide range of perspectives (textual, sociological, historical).
Dr Carolyn Muessig, Reader in Medieval Religion in the Theology and Religious Studies department of the University of Bristol.
Dr Martin Seeger, Lecturer in Thai Language and Culture, and Director of Thai Studies at Leeds University.
This conference is kindly sponsored by the Bristol Institute for Research in the Humanities and Arts (BIRTHA), established to support, promote and disseminate research in the Faculty of Arts.
Any enquiries about the conference should be directed to Pascale Engelmajer (pascale.engelmajer@bristol.ac.uk).
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