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Class, Religion, and Theology Unit, Feminist Theory and Religious Reflection Unit, Religion and Sexuality Unit, and Women and Religion Unit
Call for Proposals
We seek papers that thematize reproductive labor, which encompasses both biological and social reproduction, in both past and present contexts. We welcome papers that help define and/or queer reproductive labor in multifaceted yet clear ways and show how it interlocks classed, gendered, raced, sexualized, and many other inequalities. Some possible points of focus include but are not limited to
- recent theorizations and analyses of reproductive labor in feminist/queer studies
- how capitalism intertwines the exploitation of reproductive labor and productive labor
- COVID-19 as a crisis of reproductive labor and/or essential labor as reproductive labor
- debt, poverty, and reproductive labor; enslaved or coerced reproductive practices (including obstetric violence/birth injustice)
- reproductive labor as religious practice (or vice-versa); religious regulation of reproductive labor
- connections between theories and practices of reproductive decision-making and religious, racial, and/or nationalist ideologies; relationships between the exploitation of reproductive labor and the restriction of reproductive freedom
- practices and ethics of surrogacy or sex work.
Sponsors
Chairs
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Annie Blazer, College of William & Mary1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Boyung Lee, Iliff School of Theology1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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M. Cooper Minister, Shenandoah University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Sarojini Nadar, University of the Western Cape1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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K. Christine Pae, Denison University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Jeremy Posadas, Austin College1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Rosetta E. Ross, Spelman College1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Claudia Schippert, University of Central Florida1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
Steering Committee Members
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Emilia Bachrach, Oberlin College and Conservatory1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Benae Beamon, Bucknell University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Rosemary P. Carbine, Whittier College1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Susannah Cornwall,1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Kerry Danner, Georgetown University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Dorothy Dean, Hastings College1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Karen DeVries, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Ken Estey, Brooklyn College1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Ash (Aisha) Geissinger, Carleton University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Carolina Glauster, Drew University Theological School1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Ahmad Greene-Hayes, Northwestern University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Juliane Hammer, University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Georgette Ledgister, Harvard University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Tamara Lewis, Southern Methodist University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Jue Liang, Denison University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Wendy Mallette, Yale University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Amanda Nichols, University of Florida1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Minjung Noh, Drew Theological School1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Joerg Rieger, Vanderbilt University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Megan Robertson, Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Joseph Strife, Fordham University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
Method
PAPERS
Review Process
Proposer names are visible to chairs but anonymous to steering committee members