Events

2023 Wabash Round Table Solidarity Gathering Date January 12th-15th, 2023 Emory University Conference Center Atlanta Georgia Team Nancy Lynne Westfield, Ph.D., Director Sarah Farmer, Associate Director Conversation Partners Carolyn Medine, University of Georgia Roger Nam, Candler School of Theology Kenneth Ngwa, Drew Theological School Joanne Rodriguez, Hispanic Theological Initiative Tat-Siong Benny Liew, College of the Holy Cross Seth Gaiters, University of North Carolina Honorarium and Fellowship Participants will receive an honorarium of $1500 for full participation in the Conversation. Read More about Payment of Participants Important Information Foreign National Information Form Policy on Participation Description We will use this conversation to inform us as we make programming plans for the notion of solidarity.We ask that each person come to the meeting having written a case. Each case should be 2 to 3 pages. More specific directions will be sent to you. Along with the case study instructions, we will send: the meeting schedule, a description of the emerging initiative on solidarity, goals, and a full list of our preliminary questions. Questions for the Gathering In our conversation will be exploring such critical questions as: What does it mean as BIPOC colleagues to be in relationship that is not dependent upon the white gaze? What will it mean to shed, heal from, or dismiss the anti-black culture to which we have been indoctrinated. What kinds of courages are needed for solidarity?

Writing Workshop Jointly Sponsored by Wabash Center & Collegeville Institute Breaking the Academic Mold: Liberating the Powerful, Personal Voice Inside You Event Dates Monday, July 10, 2023 to Sunday, July 16, 2023 Gathering Location Lake Junaluska, NC Leadership Team Sophfronia Scott Director of the MFA in Creative Writing Alma College Donald Quist Director of the MFA in Writing Vermont College of Fine Arts Instructions for Leaders Participants Roy Whitaker, San Diego State University Sarah Dees, Iowa State University Julie Meadows, Presbyterian College Nicholas A. Elder, University of Dubuque Michael Brandon, University of Louisville Samantha Miller, Whitworth University Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, Iliff School of Theology For More Information, Please Contact: Sarah Farmer, Associate Director Wabash Center farmers@wabash.edu Stipend Each participant will be provided with travel expenses, meals, lodging, and a stipend of $1500. Read More about Payment of Participants Important Information Foreign National Information Form Policy on Participation Description This writing workshop is for scholars of religion and theology who have written exclusively or primarily in the scholarly genre for other scholars of religion but long to share their knowledge or personal experience in a more creative way with a wider audience. Many scholars yearn to speak to a broader audience through creative nonfiction, blogs, op-eds, and memoir. Many scholars want to write with more clarity and imagination. Participants in this workshop will develop their writing voice in service to topics they care about, and for which they have passion and curiosity. A combination of plenary, small group and individual instruction, our week together will help scholars free the creative spirit, structure their writing more effectively, and speak on the page in a truer, more engaging voice. Our focus will be on releasing the professors’ voice to the public square, giving permission to be imaginative, and finding new ways of being inspired. No previous experience publishing in creative writing genres is needed. Workshop Goals To create a collaborative learning cohort of teacher-scholarsto expand and deepen scholarly writing To navigate the intersectingchallenges of creative writing as an academic To develop new practices of creative writing in the service of teaching and scholarship of religion and theology To explore strategies for the authentic voice while thriving in institutional,politicaland personal contexts To write and receive feedback while also being in conversation with other creative writers Participant Eligibility Tenure track, continuing term, and/or full-time contingency teaching full time in college, university, or seminary Must be teaching in religion and theology or related fields Job description or contract that is wholly or primarily inclusive of teaching Teaching in accredited college, university, seminary in the United States, Puerto Rico or Canada Personal commitmentto participate fully in workshop with 100% attendance in all sessions Little to no experience with publishing in creative genres, but great interest in learning to write in creative genre