We have been privileged to host some truly inspiring speakers at our events.
Rev Dr Sally Douglas, Uniting Church Minister, biblical scholar and theologian https://pilgrim.edu.au/about-pilgrim/faculty/research-profile-sally-douglas/ (‘Power, Authority, Love’, 11-12 October 2019) | |
Dr Janice McRandal, Director, The Cooperative and feminist theologian https://thecooperativehub.com/index.php/about/ (‘Power, Authority, Love’, 11-12 October 2019) | |
Prof. Nicola Slee, Director of Research, Queen’s and Professor of Feminist Practical Theology at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam https://www.queens.ac.uk/people/academic/nicola-slee (‘Feminist Ethos in the workplace: “Presiding in the Classroom” essay, reflections 10 years on’, 7 October 2019; ‘Witnessing to What Remains, or, The Power of Persisting: Power, Authority, and Love in the Interim Spaces’ Jan Gray Memorial Lecture, 11 October 2019; ‘Practical Theology for Fractured Times’, 21 October 2019) | |
Dr Paula Gooder, Author and Lecturer https://www.gooder.me.uk/ (‘Phoebe: A Story with Paula Gooder’, 2 August 2019) | |
Commissioner for Gender and Sexuality, Ro Allen https://www.vic.gov.au/victorian-commissioner-lgbtiq-communities (‘Sex & Politics’, 22 May2019) | |
Dr Alana Harris, Director of Liberal Arts and Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at King’s College London https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/alana-harris (‘Sex & Politics’, 22 May 2019; ‘Gender Equality in Academia’, 24 May 2019) | |
Prof. Joy Damousi, University of Melbourne, President Australian Academy of the Humanities, Australian Historical Association https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/school-of-historical-and-philosophical-studies/our-research/arc-kathleen-fitzpatrick-laureate-fellowship/researchers/professor-joy-damousi (‘Testament of Mentors: Feminist Engagement in Academia’, 31 August 2018) | |
Rev Dr Jione Havea, author and academic, Methodist pastor from Tonga and research fellow with Trinity Methodist Theological College (Aotearoa / New Zealand) https://www.linkedin.com/in/jione-havea-4892b87b/?originalSubdomain=nz (‘The State of Feminist Biblical Scholarship’, 11 May 2018) | |
Prof. Gerald West, University of KwaZulu, Natal https://srpc.ukzn.ac.za/staff-profile/theology/gerald-west/ (‘The State of Feminist Biblical Scholarship’, 11 May 2018) | |
Prof. Linn Tonstad, Yale Divinity School https://divinity.yale.edu/faculty-and-research/yds-faculty/linn-tonstad (‘Gender, Personhood, and Difference in Recent Trinitarian Theology’ 8 December 2017) | |
Rev. Dr Cynthia Wilson, Executive Director, Worship Resources for Discipleship Ministries at United Methodist Church https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/about/press-center/cynthia-wilson-named-associate-general-secretary-at-discipleship-ministries (“With all due respect…”: theology, feminism and conflict, 2-3 August 2017) | |
Dr Ruth C. Duck, Professor of Worship at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois; and Fellow of the Hymn Society https://www.garrett.edu/news/ruth-c-duck-honored-fellow-hymn-society (“With all due respect…”: theology, feminism and conflict, 2-3 August 2017) | |
Dr Elaine Wainwright RSM Executive Leader Mission and Ministry for the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea (ISMAPNG) https://www.mercyworld.org/library/elaine-wainwright-rsm428/ (Feminists Navigating Theological Disagreement,15 October 2016; Inaugural Janette Gray Lecture “A tapestry of woven threads”, 31 August 2018) | |
Rev. Dr Seforosa Carroll, Theologian and academic Programme Executive for Mission and Mission from the Margins, World Council of Churches. https://www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-welcomes-new-staff-0 (‘Bodies of Difference: Gender, Race and Ministry’ , 1 August 2017; “With all due respect…”: theology, feminism and conflict, 2-3 August 2017) | |
Prof. Adela Yarbro Collins American author and academic, Yale Divinity School divinity.yale.edu (‘The State of Feminist Biblical Scholarship’, 11 May 2018) | |
Prof. M. Shawn Copeland Professor Emerita of Systematic Theology at Boston College ncroline.org (‘With All Due Respect’ Feminist Theologies Symposium, 23 May 2017) | |
Rev Dr Serene Jones President of Union Theological Seminar utsnyc.edu (Australian Collaborator in Feminist Theologies: Inaugural Gathering, 8 July 2016) |