Program Unit Annual Meeting 2023

Quaker Studies Unit

Call for Proposals

Quaker Studies is accepting proposals on the following topics:

A roundtable discussion on Global Quakerism in a Postcolonial Context (Are we now in a position to write a truly postcolonial history of Quakerism? If not, why not? If so, what would such a history look like?)
co-sponsored with the Buddhism Unit exploring "light" and "religious pluralism"
Quakers and labor/class
Quakers and regional/on the border witness (possible dialogue with sociology of religion/sociologists like Jim Spickard and Meredith McGuire)--possible connections with economics as well as sociological/anthropological studies of Quakerism

Statement of Purpose

The Quaker Studies Unit seeks to advance critical scholarship on Quakerism and related cultural phenomena. The unit is particularly focused on interdisciplinary analyses of Quakerism in its global contexts and in the breadth of its theological diversity. As the unit understands it, Quaker Studies includes the variety of religious traditions that directly derive from the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), as well as the spiritual and social movements and practices that have influenced--or been influenced by--Quakerism.

Chair	Mail	Dates
Andrew Taylor, College of St. Scholastica	ataylor9@css.edu	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
David Harrington Watt, Haverford College	dhwatt@haverford.edu	2021/01/01 - 2026/12/31	View
Jennifer Buck, Azusa Pacific University	jen.marie.buck@gmail.com	2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	View

Steering Member	Mail	Dates
Jennifer Rycenga, San Jose State University	jennifer.rycenga@sjsu.edu	2021/01/01 - 2026/12/31	View
Oscar Lugusa Malande	oscarlugusa@yahoo.com	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Robynne Rogers Healey	robynne.healey@twu.ca	2021/01/01 - 2026/12/31	View

Review Process: Participant names are anonymous to chairs and steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection