A fundraiser on Facebook
Hi All,
This year for the first time we have set up a Facebook fundraiser for ASWM.
If you are on FB check out (Association for Study of Women and Mythology) and by all means respond there or here on the website.
We are seeking funds for our Indigenous Scholars Fund, which we have used since 2015 to support Native American and Indigenous students and scholars. We will use this fundraiser to
- offer conference scholarships to presenters and students
- videotape presentations to assure online availability of their research
- encourage meaningful and respectful conversations about indigenous myths and sacred stories.
Thanks in advance for helping us to build strong collaborations for the future!
Scholar Salon 2
Announcing Scholar Salon 2 with Kathy Jones
“Motherworld: Creating a Life-affirming Society for All”
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Time, online
MotherWorld is the society where Mother Earth, mothers and the values of mothering – love, care and support for each other, and for all Her creatures and nature – are placed in the center of our lives and communities.
In MotherWorld, creative and life-affirming values, actions, insights and awareness are honored and encouraged in women, men, children and all genders. It is the society that is grounded in the fact that we all live upon our Mother Earth–the source and foundation of all that we are and all that we have. We need to honor and take care of Her, of each other and of all life.
Kathy says, “MotherWorld is a grassroots movement which can change everything, arising from the Earth Herself. We are exploring what it means to create a MotherWorld community within Glastonbury Goddess Temple and we are setting up a MotherWorld political party.”
Internationally known goddess scholar Kathy Jones is the recipient of ASWM’s 2018 Demeter Award for Leadership in Women’s Spirituality. She has lived and worked in Glastonbury, England for the last forty years where she has played a key role in bringing the awareness of Goddess back not only to Glastonbury, but to Europe, the U.S., and the world. Kathy is Founder, Creative Director and Temple Weaver of Glastonbury Goddess Temple, Goddess Hall, and Goddess House. She is Founder of Glastonbury Goddess Conference, and is the MotherWorld Initiator. The author of ten acclaimed Goddess books, Kathy is a teacher offering the three-year Priestess of Avalon training, as well as Soul Healing and other Goddess trainings.
Scholar Salons give members the chance to join an online conversation with prominent scholars from all fields. This is a members only opportunity. Join or Renew for 2019 by 9:00 AM Eastern time on Wednesday, September 25th (thanks!) and we will send instructions on how to join the Salon. Access requests after this time cannot be guaranteed. For questions, email womenandmyth@gmail.com.
ASWM Conference Call for Proposals
Call for Proposal
Rivers of Change, Prophecy, Possibilities
The Association for the Study of Women and Mythology (ASWM)
2020 ASWM National Conference
March 12-14 2020
Tamaya Resort on Santa Ana Pueblo (near Albuquerque NM)
Our Call for Proposals for panel presentations is now closed. Proposals for poster sessions are still being accepted.
ASWM is a professional organization supporting scholarly and creative endeavors that explore or elucidate aspects of the sacred feminine. We will meet on land with deep connections to Native American and New Mexican traditions. Our conference themes include:
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- Cultural and mythic Native American and Latina traditions
- Women in states of creative or prophetic flow
- Relearning Nature through mythology and sense of place
- Myth and folklore related to relationships of women, animals and nature
- Stories of goddesses and strong women protecting the environment
- Mythologies of place-fulness and place-lessness
- Rivers and mythology of development in world cultures and traditions
- Myth and folklore associated with water, abundance and scarcity
Suggested topics for this conference include, but are not limited to, the following:
- How does mythology about women interact with the sense and reality of place? How does our scholarship change when place becomes an element or partner in our research? What does it mean to find wisdom in places?
- What are new paths for the fields of Women’s Spirituality and Goddess Studies? What are new models and methods for our scholarly inquiry?
- What are the complexities around issues of Cultural Appropriation? How do we understand and address the tensions around rootedness and local culture and issues of lineage and history? Are there new ways to honor history and culture while enriching our scholarship?
- One of the groundbreaking works from Patricia Monaghan was Oh Mother Sun: A New Vision of the Cosmic Feminine. We invite you to submit proposal ideas that are in dialogue with this work about solar goddesses.
- Rivers, development and mythology of development in world cultures and traditions
- Floods, Fires, fury of nature and destruction of the environment
- Environmental activism, sense of place and gender expression in world cultures and traditions
- Gender and myth and gender as myth in colonial and postcolonial cultures
- Mythology, environment and architectural expressions of the conscious and the unconscious
- The role of mythology in producing a sense of belonging and sense of place in colonial and postcolonial cultures
- Relearning Nature through mythology and sense of place
- Memory, mythology and sense of place
- Myths and sacred stories that strengthen identity and agency in girls and young women
- Science, technology, mythology and environmental ethics for the twenty first century
- The roles of women in prophecy and the role of prophecy in women’s lives
- Migrants, refugees, and mythologies of place-fulness and place-lessness
- Nature, Places, Non-Places and Spirituality in indigenous and late-capitalist societies
- Animal mysteries, including myth and folklore especially related to relationships of women, animals and environment
- Liminal deity, spanning borders of species, sex, and gender
Proposals for papers, panels, posters and workshops addressing these topics will be given preference, but other subjects will be considered. Please indicate the topic under which you are submitting your paper in your abstract. Papers should be 20 minutes; up to four papers on a related topic may be proposed together. Workshops (limited to 90 minutes) should be organized to provide audience interaction and must clearly address theme.
Presenters from all disciplines are welcome, as well as creative artists, filmmakers and practitioners who engage mythic themes in a scholarly manner in their work. Presenters must become members of ASWM prior to conference.
Send 250-word abstract (for panels, 200 word abstract plus up to 150 words per paper) by November 1, 2019. Include bio of up to 70 words for each presenter, as well as contact information including surface address and email. Notifications will be sent out in late December.
Submissions are closed for papers and workshops or panels. We are still accepting proposals for a poster session. If you have questions contact the Program Committee (aswmsubmissions@gmail.com).
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