Genealogies of Feminism

a conference on

October 19–20, 2001

at the Clark Library

arranged by

Lynn Hunt, History, UCLA

Anne K. Mellor, English, UCLA

Felicity Nussbaum, English, UCLA

 

The conference will explore the complex ways in which theology and religious practice in eighteenth-century Europe influenced the development of feminism (as theory and cultural practice) during the Enlightenment. Of particular interest will be the question whether religious movements (especially the Old and New Dissent in Britain and the Evangelical revival in the Church of England) played a negative or positive role in the development of feminist theory and practice.  

Conference Program

Friday, October 19

1:30 p.m. • session 1 chaired by Anne K. Mellor, UCLA

Barbara Taylor, University of East London

The Rights of the Soul: Feminism and Religious Dissent in the 1790s

Dan White, University of Toronto

To Preach by Heart: Extempore and Experimental Preaching and the Devotional Taste of Anna Barbauld

Norma Clarke, Kingston University, London

Devotional Readings and Feminist Practices

4:30 p.m. • reception
 

 

Saturday, October 20

9:30 a.m. • coffee

10:00 a.m. • session 2 chaired by Lynn Hunt, UCLA

Clarissa Campbell Orr, Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge

Rational Religion and Aristocratic Feminism circa 1700–1800: Some Themes and Contexts

Siep Stuurman, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

The Soul Has No Sex: Feminism and Catholicism in Early Modern Europe

Phyllis Mack, Rutgers University

Feminism and the Problem of Agency: Religious Dissenters in Enlightenment England

1:00 p.m. • lunch

2:00 p.m. • session 3 chaired by Felicity Nussbaum, UCLA

Paula Findlen, Stanford University

Thinking of Gender: The Nature of a Woman Philosopher in Enlightenment Italy

Gauri Viswanathan, Columbia University

Conversion, Feminism, and Social Reform in India and Britain

Clare Midgley, London Guildhall University

Female Emancipation in Missionary Theory and Practice

 

Registration Information

Registration deadline:    October 12, 2001 Please note that space is limited and registration closes when capacity is reached.
To register, please fill out the form below and mail it to the Center address.


Registration fees:         UC Faculty & staff: $15; students: free of charge; others: $20

Fees include the cost of lunches and other refreshments.

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Phone: 310-206-8552
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Registration Form

Genealogies of Feminism

Registration deadline:     October 12, 2001
            Please note that space is limited and registration closes when capacity is reached.
Registration Fees:            UC Faculty & staff: $10; students: free of charge; others: $20 Fees include the cost of lunches and other refreshments.


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