We would like to invite you to attend the 12th Annual International Symposium on Religion, Women and History during the dates of July 29 – August 1, 2015 at Harris Manchester College in the University of Oxford, Oxford, England. Harris Manchester College is one of the thirty-eight colleges that form the University of Oxford and was founded in 1786. We are pleased to invite you to become a member of this Round Table. Membership is limited to approximately thirty-five (35) interdisciplinary scholars who have a particular interest in this subject.
You are invited and encouraged to make a presentation and to provide a paper on a relevant aspect of the topic, however your participation as a member of the Round Table is not contingent upon presenting and you can serve on a panel or as a discussion leader. Papers presented at the Round Table may be subsequently submitted for publication in the Forum, a journal of the Oxford Round Table. Papers considered for publication in the Forum are evaluated by peer reviewers as to technical and substantive quality and for potential to make a significant contribution to new knowledge in the field.
The session will be facilitated by:
Canon Brian Mountford has been Vicar of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford for twenty five years. He is also Canon of Christ Church Cathedral and Fellow of St. Hilda’s College, Oxford.
Members of the Oxford Round Table have access to an array of academic, cultural and social resources, including the Oxford Union Debating Society, colleges and halls of Oxford dating back to 1204, museums, theatres, bookstores, college chapels, river boating, literary pubs, political clubs and may, on recommendation, become official readers of the venerable Bodleian Library of the University, founded by Duke Humphrey circa 1440 and refounded by Sir Thomas Bodley 1602. A free afternoon and evening will be available on Tuesday for independent travel to London (one hour south of Oxford), Stratford-upon-Avon, Bath, Stonehenge, Salisbury, Cambridge or many of the other cultural sights in England.
Topics of discussion will include but is not limited to:
Religious History
Global Status of Religion in Government
Toleration as a Concept
Limits of State Involvement in Religion
Faith and Reason in Modern Society
Separation and Coercion
The Politics of Peace and Conflict
Religion in the Economic Marketplace
Women in History
African American Women in History
Women in Early America
Looking Back, Looking Forward
Women on the International Stage
Women in Developing Countries
Women and Nation Building
Cultural Identities
Women & Gender in History
Religion and Science
Darwin Past and Future
The Idea of Progress and Science
The Scientific Method and Religious Thought
Science, Modernity and Religion
Teaching Science
History of Science
Philosophy of Religion
Modern Christian Thought
Theology and the Scientific Method
Religion in the Face of Modernity
Secular Humanism and Belief
Intellectual Freedom and Religion
Religion and the Public Good
Religion and Human Rights
History
International Order
Soft-Westernization vs. Hard-Modernization
Philosophy of History
Innovation and Tradition in History
Religious Communities
Religion and Culture
The History of the Book
Allusions to God in Literature
God’s Significance in Literature
Romantics, Beliefs and Progress
Faith and Reason
Holy Patriotism, War and Peace
Martyrdom and Redemption
Salvation, Truth and Politics
God, Freedom and Liberty
Faith, Truth and Reason
Holy Patriotism and War
Romantics, Myth and Progress
Martyrdom and Redemption
Salvation and Politics
Separation of Church and State
Schools, Madrasses and Religion
First Amendment Decline
Health Care Choices for Women
Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms
Understanding the Global Scale of Religion and Government
Traversing Church and State: Faith Based Initiatives
Re-Examining Separation of Church and State in America
Analyzing the Aspects of Faith and Reason in Modern Society
Rationalizing Universal Education, Sectarian or Secular
The Religious Influence on the Decline of Public Schools
Government Funding of Parochial Schools
Exploring the Effects of the Rise of Religious Fundamentalism on Public Schools
Emerging Concepts of Establishment and Free Exercise of Religion
The conference will run from Wednesday night through Saturday morning. We will have reception and dinners in the Olde Dining Hall on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights where the Oxford professors and students dine when university is in session. Lunches are provided on Thursday, Friday and Saturday along with tea/coffee/biscuit breaks during the meeting. You can also reserve a room in the Oxford University dormitory at Harris Manchester College where students stay during term time. More detailed information concerning the schedule of events and the registration fee can be found on our web site.
In order to ensure that you are registered in a timely and accurate manner, we recommend that you register on our website at www.oxfordroundtable.co.uk. Should you be unable to attend, we would welcome your coordinator@oxfordroundtable.com?subject=Nomination%20to%20attend%20a%20session%20of%20the%20Oxford%20Round%20Table">nomination of a colleague to attend in your place. We look forward to hearing from you.
Alternatively, we are also hosting a few other sessions in 2015 that may be of interest to you as well:
