Literature discussion - Éliette Abécassis, Un heureux événement (2005) (A Happy Event)

Programme

Motherhood in post-1968 European Literature Network - Workshop 5: 'Motherhood, Religions and Spirituality'

Plenary session 1: Motherhood, Religions and Spirituality: Contexts, Experiences and
Narratives

Anna Fedele (Anthropology, CRIA-Lisbon University Institute/GSPM-EHESS, Paris): 'The Sacrilisation of Motherhood in Contemporary Goddess Spirituality'

Sheridan Marshall (Translator): 'Maternal and Religious Disappointment in Contemporary German Women's Fiction' 

Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor (Centre for Society, Religion and Belief, Derby): 'Motherhood as Constructed by Us: Muslim Women's Negotiations From a Space That Is Their Own'

Respondent: Rachel E.Jones (Philosophy, George Mason)

Plenary session 2: Feedback from breakout sessions (chair: Victoria Browne, Philosophy,
IGRS)
(i) Samantha Langsdale (Study of Religions, SOAS)
(ii) Roberta Guerrina (Politics, Surrey)
(iii) Eleanor Tiplady Higgs(Study of Religions, SOAS)
Q&A Session

Plenary session 3: Featured text -- Marie NDiaye, Rosie Carpe (2001) [extract] (chair:
Adalgisa Giorgio, Italian, Bath)

Pauline Eaton (French, Birkbeck): 'Rosie and the Virgin Mary -- A Modern Model for Motherhood?'

Dawn Llewellyn (Theology and Religious Studies, Chester): 'Experiences of "Motherhood" and "Voluntary Non-Motherhood" in Women's Contemporary Christianity'

Respondent: Sarah-Jane Page (Sociology, Aston)

Q&A Session