Collegium, the annual gathering of UU scholars, will be held October 30 – November 2. Below is a draft of the program. You can register at http://uucollegium.org.
COLLEGIUM 2008 PROGRAM
Held at Cenacle Conference and Retreat Center in Chicago, Illinois
Distinguished Guest: Rev. Dr. Mark Morrison-Reed
Mark Morrison-Reed is a longtime leader in both U.S. and Canadian Unitarian Universalism, and a pioneering historian of the African American experience within Unitarian Universalism. He has served as co-minister of the First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto and the First Universalist church of Rochester, New York. From 2001 to 2003, he served as president of the Canadian Unitarian Council Board. He is the author of Black Pioneers in a White Denomination, numerous articles and curricular resources, and the forthcoming memoir, Black Hippie.
Thursday, October 30
2:00 Registration
4:30 Social Hour
5:45 Supper
7:30 Ingathering: Welcome and Introductions
8:00 “In Between: The Memoirs of a UU Integration Baby” a reading by Mark Morrison-Reed
Friday, October 31
7:45 Breakfast
8:45 Devotions: led by Arliss Ungar
9:00 Sectional Meetings
History:
“Howard Thurman 1899-1981: Minister, Theologian, Educator, Author, Mystic,” Arliss Ungar
“Invoking the Lives and Voices of Black Universalist, Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist Women,” Qiyamah Rahman
Theology/Ethics and Social Justice:
“Humanity at Hazard: Christ, Social Order, and Survival,” Lex Crane
“Women on the Threshold,” Shirley Ann Ranck
10:15 Break
10:30 Sectional Meetings
History:
“Unitarians, Universalists, and the Social Gospel,” Dan McKanan
“Benjamin Bakewell and the Early Unitarian Church in Pittsburgh,” Kathleen Parker
Theology:
“Self, Soul, and Subjectivity: Re-Emergent Notion of Self,” Dave Tarbell
Discussion of Religious Naturalism Today: The Rebirth of a Forgotten Alternative, by the author, Jerome A. Stone
11:45 Lunch
1:00 “A Saunter through the Sankofa Archives” with Distinguished Guest Mark Morrison-Reed
2:30 Break
2:45 Sectional Meetings
History:
“Isabelle Sforza Zapolys and Sultan Suleyman,” Alicia Forsey
“Conrad Aiken and the Legacy of William J. Potter,” Richard Kellaway
Theology/Ethics and Social Justice:
“When Justice Gets Religion: The Role of the Ecclesia in the Public Square,” Preston Moore
“Postcolonial Feminist Theory and New Testament Biblical Interpretation: Deconstructing Social Constructs of Oppression and Servitude in Colossians 3,” Qiyamah Rahman
4:00 Free Time
5:00 Social Hour
5:45 Supper
7:00 Annual Business Meeting
8:00 Poetry Reading with Richard Kellaway, Master of Ceremonies
Saturday, November 1
8:00 Breakfast
8:45 Devotions: Political Hymn Sing with Dave Johnson
9:30 Plenary Session: Unitarian Universalist Peacemaking (Jane Rosecrans, chair)
“Prophetic Unitarian Universalism,” Jane Rosecrans
“Peacemaking as an Embodied Phenomenon: A Religious Naturalist Perspective,” John Hooper
“Deficient STARE time sans gender and spirituality considerations,” Betty Hoskins
11:45 Lunch
1:00 Sectional Meetings
Theology/Ethics and Social Justice:
“On Unitarian Universalist Duties: Looking Back to Kant and Cicero,” Myriam Renaud
“Peirce’s Wagers: Pragmaticism, Semiotics, and Theisms,” Johannes (Hans) Iemke Bakker
“A Call to Religious Pluralism: Liturgy and the Sunday Worship Service in Unitarian Universalism,” Ian Muhlhauser
History:
“Three Little Heretics: Inquisitional Trials against Renaissance Scientists,” Scott Gerard Prinster
[Title TBD], Barbara Coeyman
3:15 Travel to Downtown for Meadville Reception and UU Scholars and Friends Discussion
4:00 Meadville Lombard Reception at AAR—ALL ARE WELCOME (no need to register for AAR)
Located in Palmer House Hilton, Clark 7
7:00 UU Scholars and Friends Discussion at AAR—ALL ARE WELCOME (no need to register)
Located in Chicago Hilton and Towers, PDR 3
Theme: “Religious Liberalism, Politics, and Empire: Resistance and Complicity”
Moderator: Susi Pangerl
Panelists: Jeff Wilson, Paul Rasor, Stephanie Mitchem, and Dan McKanan
Respondent: Anita Farber-Robertson
Sunday, November 2
8:00 Breakfast, Farewells, and Departure
This is to confirm that I will be coming to the Collegium Conference. My flight (CA #509) should arrive at 4:45 PM. I will travel directly to the Cenacle Conference and Retreat Center, where I hope to be able to stay. Perhaps I will be able to make it on time for the supper. I look forward to giving my talk on Friday at 1:30 or so. Cheers, ahimsa, Hans
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My collegium paper is listed on my web site: http://www.semioticsigns.com
It is also “e-published” as an e-paper in the journal :
Nordicum-Mediterraneum.
I would love to have more comments. The discussion at Collegium was quite helpful.