Dear All,
I hope you have all had a restful and productive summer. The new academic
term will be starting in a few weeks and the GRR seminar programme will be
kicking off on the 2nd October. The seminar will be taking place at a new
time and day this year--Wednesdays, 11:00-13:00 in Rm 336. We are planning
to focus the programme on a more regional basis this year and so the first
term will look at gender and religions research in Africa, with the reading
group organised to reflect this emphasis. The second term will focus on
Chinese religions. The programme will be available shortly and will be
emailed to you as well as posted on bulletin boards around SOAS and in the
SOAS weekly programme sheet.
I am delighted to announce that we now have a website where lots of
information about the Centre and it's activities (including full details of
the seminar programme), and a list of useful links in the area of gender and
religions research, can be found. The address is
http://www.soas.ac.uk/Religions/grr/index.html. Please have a look at it and
get back to me with any comments or criticisms. The site will be developed
over the coming year and I hope that it becomes a useful resource for you.
Julia Leslie, the Chair of the Centre, will continue to be on sabbatical
leave this year and I have agreed to carry on as the Acting Chair in the
meantime. Tamsin Bradley is coordinating the seminar programme with Fang
Long Shih and we are very grateful for their excellent contributions.
If you would like to be removed from this GRR mailing list please let me
know. I look forward to welcoming you to the Centre this year.
With very best wishes,
Sian Hawthorne
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