Speaking of Holy Women: Narratives, Interpretations, Traditions

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Magistra: A Journal of Women's Spirituality in History

Organizer Name

Judith Sutera, OSB

Organizer Affiliation

Magistra Publications

Presider Name

Judith Sutera, OSB

Paper Title 1

"Clamor Validus" versus "Feminae Fragilitas": Hrotsvit of Gandersheim on the Agency of Women

Presenter 1 Name

Caroline Jansen

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Western Michigan Univ.

Paper Title 2

"As Others and Sparkling": The Transmission of Pain, Desire, and Futurity in Medieval and Early Modern Christian Mysticism

Presenter 2 Name

Stephanie Camacho-Van Dyke

Presenter 2 Affiliation

California State Univ.-Fullerton

Paper Title 3

"Þe speche of God": A Re-Assessment of the Double-Voicedness of Mystic Speech in The Book of Margery Kempe

Presenter 3 Name

Jasmin Miller (Univ. of California, Berkeley Graduate Student Prize Winner)

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of California-Berkeley

Paper Title 4

Her Body is the Temple of the Holy Ghost: Why Margery Kempe is a Better "Virgin"

Presenter 4 Name

Katharine Beaulieu

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Lakehead Univ.

Start Date

13-5-2017 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1350

Description

Studies in women's spirituality with papers on Hrotswit, Margery Kempe and others using gender, affect, queer and other theories as interpretive approaches

Judith Sutera