Category: Matriarchal Studies

ASWM maintains a close relationship with organizations devoted to Matriarchal Studies

The Institute for Archaeomythology

IAM

ASWM’s 2021 Symposium, “Wisdom Across the Ages: Celebrating the Centennial of Archaeomythologist Marija Gimbutas,” is presented in cooperation with the Institute of Archaeomythology (IAM). Inspired by the scholarship of Lithuanian-American archaeologist Marija Gimbutas, IAM is an international organization of scholars dedicated to fostering an interdisciplinary approach to cultural research with particular emphasis on the beliefs, rituals, social structure, and symbolism of past and present societies. The Institute encourages dialogue among specialists from diverse fields by sponsoring international symposia, by publishing collected papers and monographs, and by promoting creative collaboration within an atmosphere of mutual support.

Marija Gimbutas
Background

A visionary scholar, Marija Gimbutas actively encouraged students and colleagues from a variety of fields to examine problems in European prehistory with a more inclusive and interdisciplinary point of view. A major focus of her research centered on the Neolithic cultures of Old Europe and the Indo-European Bronze Age societies that replaced them. She stressed the importance of investigating the enormous changes in beliefs, rituals and social structure that took place as a result of the “collusion of cultures” that took place between c. 4500-2500 BC, during the Indo-Europeanization of Europe, in order to more fully understand subsequent European cultural development. In Gimbutas’s view, this was “one of the most complex and least understood [periods] in prehistory.”

Journal of Archaeomythology

The JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOMYTHOLOGY has been published on a semi-yearly basis since 2005. The Journal is available on an OPEN ACCESS basis. All issues of the Journal are freely available to members and non-members alike. To have full access to all Journal articles, please click here to register for a free account. IAM also publishes collected papers from international symposia and monographs on archaeomythological themes. Learn more at their website. IAM is a membership organization; learn more here.

Matriarchal Studies Day

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Modern Matriarchal Studies is the “investigation and presentation of non-patriarchal societies”, and matriarchies as “non-hierarchical, horizontal societies of matrilineal kinship”, effectively defining matriarchy as “non-patriarchic matrilineal societies”. Matriarchy is characterized by the sharing of power equally between the two genders, an egalirarian model. – Heide Göttner-Abendroth

Dr. Heide Goettner-Abendroth, the founder of Modern Matriarchal Studies as a branch of feminist anthropology and was a Keynote Speaker at Matriarchal Studies Day 2012, co-sponsored with ASWM.

Matriarchal Studies Day is presented in conjunction with ASWM’s conference, to the benefit of both groups, but registration for this event is not covered by registering for the ASWM Conference. You must register for Matriarchal Studies Day in addition to registration for the ASWM Conference. Early bird registration available, so watch for announcements in January here on the ASWM News blog.

Priestesses of Pele, by Lydia Ruyle

New Bilingual Website:

The Academy HAGIA is pleased to announce its newly created, bilingual website, Matriarchal Studies—Matriarchatsforschung (AHMSM), a unique bibliography of Modern Matriarchal Studies.

matriarchalstudies.com  – Available in English and German (Deutsch)

Read more in ASWM’s News post 8/20/2019

 

Matriarchal Studies Day, Sunday, March 15, 2020

2020 Events were held at the Tamaya Resort and Spa, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico the day immediately following the 2020 ASWM Conference.

Program included

      • an opening welcome by Laura Fragua-Cota
      • video talks by the founding mother of Modern Matriarchal Studies, Heide Gottner-Abendroth, and Gift Economy scholar Genevieve Vaughan

Speakers included

      • Max Dashu
      • Sherri Mitchell
      • Mariam Tazi-Preve
      • Irene Friesen
      • Leilani Birely.

Please visit this page for further additions to our program and watch our Facebook page. For specific questions, contact Joan Cichon, cichon@oakton.edu.

Check out the photos on facebook.com/ModernMatriarchalStudiesDay .

 

Anadolu Twins by Lydia Ruyle
Anadolu Twins by Lydia Ruyle

Anadolu Twins by Lydia Ruyle

Featured Header Image on this page.

A contemporary 36″ x72″ banner based on the gold Twin Goddesses of Alacahuyuk, Turkey, c. 2400 BCE, with Medusa.

Lydia says of this image, “The Anadolu Twins vibrate with the transformational energy of human relationships between parent-child, feminine-masculine, teacher-student, friend-foe, spirit-matter, idea-reality. Nothing in the universe exists in isolation. Everything is in relationship.”

See Lydia’s work at lydiaruyle.com

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Matriarchal Studies – Matriarchatsforschung New Bilingual Website

The Academy HAGIA is pleased to announce its newly created, bilingual website, Matriarchal Studies—Matriarchatsforschung (AHMSM), a unique bibliography of Modern Matriarchal Studies.

The Academy HAGIA has been planning the launch of AHMSM for quite some time, and now it is available on internet, in German at: www.matriarchatsforschung.comand in English at: www.matriarchalstudies.com

The Bibliography exhaustively lists all known studies of and commentaries on the subject of matriarchies, from ancient times up to the modern day. Each title mentioned includes a short caption, so that the origin and development of the field of matriarchy can be traced through to the establishment of modern matriarchal studies.

In the first part of AHMSM offers anthropological publications describing matriarchal societies and societies with matriarchal elements worldwide, in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia. The second part of the bibliography is dedicated to the history of matriarchal cultures through archaeological publications and the history of cultures, which have contributed to the knowledge about matriarchal societies in history in West Asia and Europe.

 The Oxford University Press (U.S.) first published this comprehensive, English-language bibliography in 2015, with an update published in 2019, the same year that it was translated into German, making this excellent intellectual tool for research on matriarchal societies now accessible in both English and German.

Licensed by Oxford University Press, AHMSM is available, free of charge, as a gift to scholars and people interested in Modern Matriarchal Studies.

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Save the date for the 2020 ASWM Conference

Rivers of Change, Prophecy, Possibilities

Friday March 13 and Saturday March 14, 2020 will be the sixth biennial ASWM conference. There will be two days of keynote addresses, panel discussions, workshops and roundtables. It will be a great time to share our passions for women and mythology, as expressed in our scholarship in research and the arts.

In 2020, we will meet at the beautiful Temaya Hyatt Regency, Santa Ana Pueblo,  near Albuquerque, New Mexico. Visit the link to explore this gorgeous location.

For those of you who are interested in our friends in the Matriarchal Studies group, they plan to meet in the same location on Sunday, March 15, 2020.

Watch our website and news blog for updates coming soon.

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Modern Matriarchal Studies Day: March 18, 2018

Sunday, March 18, 2018 9AM – 5PM (Registration opens 8AM)

Early Registration $60 until Feb 2, 2018

Gold Coast Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV

Priestesses of Pele, by Lydia Ruyle

ASWM is pleased to again work with the US Modern Matriarchal Studies group, who will offer a day of presentations following our conference in Las Vegas.  Stay for this exciting program!

We at Modern Matriarchal Studies Day are excited to offer a full day of Modern Matriarchal Studies following the 2018 biennial Association of the Study of Women in Mythology Conference (March 16-17, 2018).  We had a wonderful program taking shape with Vicki Noble https://www.vickinoble.com as Mistress of Ceremonies and leading our opening and closing rituals.  We will have a tribute to Lydia Ruyle, the Founding Mother of Modern Matriarchal studies day with Katie M Hoffner, Lydia’s niece, and Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost http://www.isadoraleidenfrost.com/, who is currently working on a film, The Lydia Ruyle Movie.  This year we are pleased to have Heide Göttner-Abendroth http://www.hagia.de skyping in from Germany.  Joining us in person are Genevieve Vaughan http://gift-economy.com/, Kathy Jones http://www.kathyjones.co.uk/, Mariam Irene Tazi-Preve  https://www.mariamtazi-preve.com/, Julie Felix http://www.juliefelix.co.uk/, Michelle Manu http://www.michellemanu.com/ and more.  While our official program ends at 5PM, we hope you will plan to stay and join us for a no-host dinner where we can carry on our conversation from the day.  We hope you will join us!
–Co organizers Letecia Layson, Vicki Noble, Joan Cichon and Lin Daniels
For more information contact Joan Cichon at cichon@oakton.edu and follow us on Face Book https://www.facebook.com/ModernMatriarchalStudiesDay/

Modern Matriarchal Studies is the “investigation and presentation of non-patriarchal societies”, and matriarchies as “non-hierarchical, horizontal societies of matrilineal kinship”, effectively defining matriarchy as “non-patriarchic matrilineal societies”. Matriarchy is characterized by the sharing of power equally between the two genders, an egalirarian model.  Heide Göttner-Abendroth

Please note:  Matriarchal Studies Day is presented in conjunction with ASWM’s conference, to the benefit of both groups, but registration for this event is not covered by registering for the ASWM Conference.  Register here for Matriarchal Studies Day:

Early bird registration–on or before Feb. 2 2018     $60

Slightly later birds–Feb. 3 to March 9, 2018            $75

Late birds and walk-ins–March 10-18, 2018           $90

For more information contact Joan Cichon