Bible and Critical Theory Seminar
10-11 Δεκεμβρίου 2014
Upper Room of the Governor’s, 438 George St, Dunedin
Wednesday 10 December 2014
9:30-9:40 Introduction
9:40-10:20 Linda Zampol D’Ortia, “Dize que se hazen efeminados”: Constructions of masculinity in the sixteenth century Jesuit mission to Japan
10:20-11:00 Elaine Wainwright, A Queer[y]ing of the Matthean Sermon on the Mount
11:00-11:20 Morning Tea
11:20-12:00 James Harding, Gender, Intertextuality and Male Friendship in Sirach
12:00-1:30 Lunch at the Governor’s
1:30-2:10 Judith McKinlay, “Whose is the Land (2 Sam 3: 12)?” Questioning the Questions Underlying David’s Killings at Gibeah (2 Sam 21: 1-14) and Te Kooti’s at Matawhero
2:10-2:50 Deane Galbraith, Why is Historical Criticism so Racist? A Case Study
2:50-3:20 Afternoon Tea
3:20-4:00 Nikki Aaron, Speaking about Sex to Neo-abolitionists
Drinks and Dinner
Thursday 11 December 2014
9:30-10:10 Joanna Osborne, Encountering the Bible through Hotere’s Song of Solomon
10:10-10:50 Moana Hall, Developing a Maori woman’s reading “tool” for interpreting biblical text
10:50-11:20 Morning Tea
11:20-12:00 Roland Boer, Towards a Materialist Doctrine of Evil
12:00-1:30 Lunch at the Governor’s
1:30-2:10 Kevin Sarlow, Irony Theory, Biblical Studies and Derrida
2:10-2:50 Timothy Stanley, Grammatology’s Empty Gesture: On Derrida’s Unanswered Questions Concerning Religion and Technology
2:50-3:20 Afternoon Tea
3:20-4:00 Anne Taylor, Why did “the Jews” choose Barabbas?
Drinks and Dinner
