Research Seminar Schedule 2026-7 is below.
Our first event is 30th September 15:00-16:00 BST
Join Palestinian John Munayer to discuss The Cross and the Olive Tree, hosted by the Centre for Religion in Society, York St John University, UK
Research Seminar Schedule semester 1 2026 (Wednesday 4-5pm in QS111 unless otherwise stated)
Week 1: 30th Sept John Munayer (Jerusalem), book tour: The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology Amid Gaza (N.B. 3-4pm, QS111)
Week 2: 7th Oct
Dr Lewis Berisford, ‘Black Theology and the Future of Human
Flourishing: Beyond Diversity Toward Collective Transformation and Coherence’ (Marking Black History Month)
Week 3: 14th Oct
Dr Caroline Starkey (Leeds), ‘Spirit Communication in a Disenchanting
World: Mediumship, Class and the Politics of Resilience’
Week 4: 21st Oct
Dr James Lorenz, ‘What Pope Leo XIV’s Call to ‘Disarm’ Artificial
Intelligence Really Means: Magnifica Humanitas, Big Tech, and Social Justice’
Week 5: 28th Oct
Dr Yoknyam Dabale, ‘Tuku Bini and Pakunu: Complementary Duality
and Communal Praxis in Decolonizing Gender, Leadership, and Mission in Postcolonial Africa’
Week 6: 4th Nov
Soraya Beg (Salford), ‘White Women Converts to Islam in the UK’
Week 7: 11th Nov
Prof. Janina Ramirez (Oxford), ‘How Finding Women from the Past
Can Shape a More Equal Future’ (20th Anniversary Ebor Lecture), 5-7pm, Creative Centre and online, in-person drinks reception and book signing [Free tickets on Eventbrite]
Week 8: 18th Nov
Graduation week – no research seminar
Week 9: 25th Nov Puck Suttle (PGR), ‘How do Modern Pagan Beliefs and Practices Affirm the Identities of LGBTQ+ Practitioners?’
Week 10: 2nd Dec
Sophie Day (PGR), ‘Let Me Be Perfectly Queer: The Experiences of
LGBTQ+ Worshippers in the Inclusive Churches of the Church of England’
Week 11: 9th Dec
Dr Francesca Lewis, ‘Unstable Knowledges: A Kaleidoscopic Encounter
with Borderline Iridescence’
Week 12: 16th Dec
Prof. Esther McIntosh, ‘Colonialism and Gendered Violence: Palestine
and the Limits of Feminist Theology’
All welcome. For information contact the Director: Prof. Esther McIntosh, e.mcintosh@yorksj.ac.uk