Literature discussion - Éliette Abécassis, Un heureux événement (2005) (A Happy Event)
Eleanor Tiplady Higgs (Study of Religions, SOAS)
Plenary session 2: Feedback from breakout sessions (chair: Victoria Browne, Philosophy,
IGRS)
Motherhood in post-1968 European Literature Network - Workshop 5: ‘Motherhood, Religions and Spirituality’
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'
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?'