Call For Papers: International Medieval Congress (IMC), 5-8 July 2027 by Johanna Stiebert on August 2, 2026 share 308
Negotiating the Silence: Sexual Violence in Israeli Holocaust Fiction by Miryam Sivan on September 14, 2018 share 11.2K Negotiating the Silence: Sexual Violence in Israeli Holocaust Fiction by Dr Miryam Sivan Miryam Sivan lectures at the University of read more
Religion as Gender Politics by Daphne Hampson on September 10, 2018 share 4.67K Abstract: Far from being an unintended consequence of those ideologies which are religions, the subordination of women may be central read more
Research as Resistance: Survival strategies for researching violence by Rachel Starr on September 4, 2018 share 4.06K Abstract: Feminist research into violence, within sacred texts, traditions and contemporary contexts, tends to be motivated by a desire to read more
“A man cannot in law be convicted of rape upon his own wife”: Custom, Christianity, Colonialism, and Sexual Consent in Forced Marriage Cases, British colonial Africa, 1932-1945 by Rhian Keyse on August 30, 2018 share 4.61K The mid-twentieth century saw an upsurge in campaigns around forced and early marriage in British colonial Africa, as missionaries, feminist read more
“My prayers weren’t being answered”: The Intersection of Religion and Recovery from Childhood Sexual Abuse by Claire Cunnington on August 28, 2018 share 3.27K Abstract: Funded by the Wellcome Trust, this paper draws on a thematic analysis of an online qualitative survey (n=143) and read more
“The Evil Sirens”: Evangelical Christian Culture, Pornography and the Perpetuation of Rape Culture by Natalie Collins on August 23, 2018 share 5.36K Abstract: The current waves of feminism (or tapestry strands per Professor Liz Kelly’s analysis) are particularly divided on whether pornography read more
For Such A Time As This? #UsToo: Representations of Sexual Trafficking, Collective Trauma and Horror in the Book of Esther by Ericka Dunbar on August 20, 2018 share 5.9K Abstract: The book of Esther is hard to place in terms of genre. Some proposed genres include historical narrative, Persian read more
How to make a ghost: A collaborative approach to finding Dinah by Emma Nagouse on August 16, 2018 share 3.59K Abstract: Since October 2017 Lily Clifford and Emma Nagouse have been collaborating to produce a body of artwork based around read more
The Religion and Rape Culture Conference: A Summary by Emma Nagouse on July 27, 2018 share 6.93K The first Religion and Rape Culture conference was a huge success. We welcomed over 50 delegates from 6 countries and read more
The Shiloh Project: An Update by Johanna Stiebert on July 13, 2018 share 5.06K With the highly successful Shiloh Conference not long behind us, now seems a good time to reflect on the Shiloh read more