Past Lectures
Each year, the WSRP Research Associates offer a public lecture to share their work-in-progress with the community. In addition, the program hosts a variety of lectures from distinguished guests. Visit the WSRP events calendar to see this year's lecture schedule, and browse the links below to find recordings of lectures that have already taken place.
Video: Rachel Salomons and the World of Jewish Midwives in Early Modern Europe
Research Associate Jordan R. Katz discusses the dynamic role of the early modern European Jewish midwife.
Video: Conjuring Nonbinary Futurities and Decolonizing Methodologies
Research Associate Xhercis Méndez delivered a lecture on conjuring, gender, and decolonization
Video: Dancing Altars
Research Associate Elyan Hill discusses embodied visualities and domestic enslavement in Togolese sacred arts.
Video: What is “’Awra”?: Women, Gendered Space, and Islamic Law
Research Associate Rahina Muazu discusses awra and the female voice in Islamic law.
Video: Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch to Live
Research Associate Kinitra D. Brooks delivered a lecture on conjure feminism and Dona Kimpa Vita.
Video: The Runaway Goddess: Sacred Waters in an Era of Climate Apocalypse
Research Associate Tulasi Srinivas highlights the paradox between Hinduism’s view of water as female, sacred and sentient, and the endemic pollution of water resources and climate- driven drought in contemporary India.
Video: Ethical Scholarship: Gender, Religion, & Difference—Women's Studies in Religion Panel 2022
The six research associates for 2022-23 shared their thoughts on the ethical responsibility of scholars to be engaged in the study of gender.
Video: Safe, Sacred, Free: Queer Movements and Religious Spaces
Heather R. White, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion and Gender and Queer Studies and 2021-22 Women's Studies in Religion Program Research Associate, delivered the lecture, "Safe, Sacred, Free: Queer Movements and Religious Spaces."
Video: 'Why Invite Her Here? Her Voice is 'Awra!'': The Female Voice and 'Vocal Nudity' Debates in Northern Nigeria
Rahina Muazu (Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient Berlin) delivers her 2021-22 WSRP lecture.
Video: Simple Living and High Thinking: A Definition of Spirituality
As part of the 2021-22 WSRP Lecture Series, Swasti Bhattacharyya, gave the lecture, "Simple Living and High Thinking: A Definition of Spirituality."