Conference Schedule 2020
Zoom Webinar: Monday, June 8 – Wednesday, June 10, 2020 (7:00-8:30 pm EST, each evening)
Monday, June 8 - Webinar
| 7:oo p.m. | Welcome and Introduction |
| 7:05 p.m. | Keynote #1: Women, Agency, and Diversity in the Early Church and Beyond Katherine A. Shaner, Associate Professor of New Testament, Wake Forest University, Divinity School |
| 7:30 p.m. | Keynote #2: Muslima Peacemaking and Social Justice Najeeba Syeed, Associate Professor of Interreligious Education, Claremont School of Theology |
| 8:00 p.m. | Moderated Q&A: Shanell T. Smith, Associate Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins; Director of the Cooperative Master of Divinity Program |
| 8:25 p.m. | Wrap up - David D. Grafton, Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations |
Tuesday, June 9 - Webinar
| 7:00 p.m. | Welcome and Introduction |
| 7:05 p.m. | Keynote #3: Engaged Resistance: Muslim Women Responding to and Challenging Islamophobia Jasmin Zine, Professor, Sociology/Religion & Culture/Muslim Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University |
| 7:30 p.m. | Keynote #4: Womanist Voices in the Academy Shively T. J. Smith, Assistant Professor of New Testament, Boston University |
| 8:00 p.m | Moderated Q&A: Shanell T. Smith |
| 8:25 p.m. | Wrap-up - David D. Grafton |
Wednesday, June 10 - Webinar
| 7:00 p.m. | Welcome and Introduction |
| Panel Discussion: The challenges and opportunities of women leadership Moderator: Chaplain Aida Mansoor, Coordinator of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program The Rev. Patricia Davenport, Bishop of the South-East PA Synod, ELCA Dr. Fatma Antar, Past President of the Islamic Council of New England (ICNE); Founder and a Trustee of the Islamic Association of the Greater Hartford (IAGH) Dr. Jane Smith, Emerita, Hartford Seminary, past Director of the Macdonald Center Ms. Lauren Schrieber, Executive Director of Center DC | |
| 8:15 p.m. | Presentation of A History of Islam in 21 Women, Hossein Kamaly, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies; Holder of the Imam Ali Chair for Shi’i Studies and Dialogue among Islamic Legal Schools |
| 8:20 p.m. | Final Thoughts and Wrap-up - David D. Grafton |
Duncan Black Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations 77 Sherman Street, Hartford, CT 06105-2260 phone: (860) 509-9500 fax: (860) 509-9509 email: sschoenberger@hartfordinternational.edu
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