Research Seminar Schedule 2024-25 Semester 1 and 2
(Wednesday 4-5pm, DG/016 unless otherwise stated)
Week 1: 2nd Oct Dr James Lorenz, The Theological Power of Film – book launch
Week 2: 9th Oct Prof. Esther McIntosh, ‘Silence is Complicity: Theological Failure in the Face of Genocide’
Week 3: 16th Oct Jeff Hawley (PGR), ‘If a Tree Falls in the Forest: X-Phi (Experimental Philosophy) Findings in Philosophy of Sound’
Week 4: 23rd Oct Prof. Pauline Kollontai, ‘Jewish Particularism versus Jewish Universalism and the Israel-Palestine Conflict’
Week 5: 30th Oct Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin, ‘The Church’s Role in Challenging Racism in the Public Square’ (Marking BHM) Creative Centre Auditorium and online, drinks reception, 4-6pm [Free tickets on Eventbrite]
Week 6: 6th Nov Dr Adelaida Ibarra, ‘The Role of the Catholic Church in the Colombian Armed Conflict: Lessons from the Field’
Week 7: 13th Nov (Graduation week: no seminar)
Week 8: 20th Nov Rev. Ros Wilkinson, ‘Christian Women in Turkey’
Week 9: 27th Nov Rev. Tim Goode, Theology and Disability (title TBC)
Week 10: 4th Dec Chine McDonald, author of God Is Not a White Man, title TBC (Ebor Lecture) Creative Centre Auditorium and online, drinks reception, 5-7pm [Free tickets on Eventbrite coming soon]
Week 11: 11th Dec Dr Ayla Göl, Faith-Based Organisations and International Relations (title TBC)
Week 12: 18th Dec Sandy McMeekin (PGR), ‘The Degree of Inclusion of LGT People in Elim: An Introduction to Research’
Semester 2
Week 1: 12th Feb Rev. Ingrid Shelley (PGR, LKC), ‘What Do Baptist Ministers Teach about Sex and Desire’
Week 2: 19th Feb Dr Jamie Stephenson, ‘“Auditioning” the Apophatic: Gesturing Towards Divinity Through Me/ontologies of Sound’
Week 3: 26th Feb Rev. Dr Jonathan Tallon, ‘Affirmative: Why You Can Say Yes to the Bible and Yes to People Who Are LGBTQI+’ (Marking LGBTHM)
Week 4: 5th Mar Dr Timothy Cooper, ‘Moral Atmospheres: Islam and Media in a Pakistani Marketplace’
Week 5: 12th Mar Dr Karen O’Donnell, ‘Thicc Theology: Exceeding the Limits of Female Corporeality in Christianity’ (Marking IWD)
Week 6: 19th Mar PGRs: Joe George, ‘Media and Discourse Analysis of Trade Unions, Strikes and Industrial Disputes’ and Gareth Bell, ‘Beyond the Horizon: Exploring a Theology of Play within Elim in Northern Ireland – An Introduction to Research’
Week 7: 26th Mar Book launch: Religion and the Shaping of Diverse Societies: Crossingthe Boundaries of Prejudice and Distrust with editors Prof. Pauline Kollontai and Dr Sue Yore, and contributors Dr Richard Davis, Dr Mark Dawson and Dr Ayla Göl. Plus drinks reception (location: TBC).
Week 8: 2nd Apr Dr Bethany Elce, ‘Ecumenical Accompaniment in Occupied Palestine: the Possibilities, and Limits, of Solidarity’
Week 9: 30th Apr Book launch: Symbolic Violence and Symbolic Resistance: Women Priests in the Church of England with Dr Sharon Jagger
Week 10: 7th May Nduka Udeagha, ‘Gender in African Religious Culture – Igbo Women: To Be Seen, But Not Heard – Decolonisation of Misconception’
Week 11: 14th May Dr Tom McMeeking, ‘Political Leadership’
Week 12: 21st May Prof. Lisa Oakley, expert on safeguarding and spiritual abuse, title TBC (Ebor Lecture) York Minster and online, 7-9pm, drinks reception [Free tickets on Eventbrite]
For information contact Centre Director: Prof Esther McIntosh, e.mcintosh@yorksj.ac.uk