Call for Papers

Date: March 26-27, 2019

Venue: Queen’s Foundation, Birmingham, UK

Deadline for Submission: December 14, 2018

This two-day conference explores the diverse faith lives, identities, experiences, practices, and beliefs of self-identifying girls and women, in their individual, community, and institutional contexts. The conference welcomes

– postgraduate
– early-career
– academic researchers
– grassroots practitioners

The conference examines gender and feminism in religions, spiritualities, and theologies. The event is grounded in qualitative and quantitative approaches and also addresses the methodological questions that arise when researchers consider contemporary female faith.

Keynote Speakers

• Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Centre for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations, Coventry University
• Prof. Chia Longman, Director of the Centre for Research on Culture and Gender, University of Gent
• Dr Yafa Shanneik, University of Birmingham
• Prof. Nicola Slee, Queen’s Foundation (Birmingham) and Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

More information on: Queen’s Foundation’s Website