February 18: "Seeking Transcendence: Women's Spirituality as Liberatory Practice"

Seeking Transcendence: Women's Spirituality as Liberatory Practice
February 18, 2012
10:00 am to noon

"Paradoxes of Female Independence: Beguines and Anchoresses as Early Women Readers and Writers"
Jennifer Andersen
Professor of English
Interim Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Letters, CSU-San Bernardino

"Dying Readers: Evangelical Girls' Religious Empowerment in the Nineteenth Century"
Brenda Glascott
Assistant Professor of English
CSU-San Bernardino

"Muslim Women's Activism as Spiritual Practice"
Zayn Kassam
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Pomona College

Moderator: Mary Boland, Associate Professor of English, CSU-San Bernardino

Registration: 9:30-10:00 am
Program: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Lunch: 12:00 pm

THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THE SEMINAR AND NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED.
You are invited to bring a lunch and join the speakers on the patio following the seminar. There will be no box lunches available for purchase. Attendees will receive complimentary admission to the grounds and museums. Parking is free.