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Announcing the 2020 Sarasvati Award for Best Nonfiction Book

The Sarasvati Book Award solicits scholarly nonfiction books published during 2018-2019 in the fields of goddess studies/women and mythology. Named for the Hindu goddess of learning and the creative arts, the award is given by the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology to honor outstanding scholarship and presentation. The award will be presented during ASWM’s 2020 conference in Albuquerque, NM.

Submissions and book copies must be received by the Awards Committee no later than February 1, 2020. Books must be published in print, rather than only in e-book format. Nominations must come directly from the publisher; authors should contact their publishers to ask them to submit a work for this award. Each publisher may nominate one work published in 2018-2019. Anthologies and self-published books are not eligible for this award.

 Contact aswmsubmissions@gmail.com for forms and details of the submissions process.

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Scholar Salon 3

"Lessons from the Roadless Road- Mongolia 2019" with Arieahn Matamonasa, Ph.D.: In the Summer of 2019, Matamonasa traveled to Mongolia to visit the people of Khuvdgal, the Darkhad Valley and Tsagaan Nuur. These people represent the world’s oldest shamanic traditions that have persisted despite years of persecution and oppression.

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A fundraiser on Facebook

Bee on Sunflower, by Ginny Stibolt

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!

 

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Announcing Scholar Salon 3: Arieahn Matamonasa on Mongolian Shamans, Dec. 11

Lessons from the Roadless Road: Mongolia in 2019

Arieahn Matamonasa, Ph.D., DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Date and time: Wednesday December 11, 2019, 1:00 PM Central Time

Dr. Matamonasa writes,

“I am a clinical psychologist, researcher and cross-culturally trained traditional healer. My lifelong work has been building bridges between indigenous healing and worldviews and Western psychology. In the Summer of 2019, I traveled with a group of nine other Westerners to visit the ancient steppes and valleys of Mongolia to visit the people of Khuvdgal, the Darkhad Valley and Tsagaan Nuur. These people represent the world’s oldest shamanic traditions that have persisted despite years of persecution and oppression. The world’s remaining Indigenous people are the keepers of our human intellectual and ecological knowledge through deep time. This presentation highlights some of my experiences and the lessons that are invaluable for modern cultures in this time of ecological, spiritual and social crisis.”

Highlights will include:

  • Stepping back in time: Vast, ancient wild spaces
  • Community in the West: ‘downloaded’ but not installed
  • Shaman’s Warnings: Consumerism and predatory cultures

Members will receive a link to join the Salon. If you are not yet an ASWM member, join now to participate. The Salon recording will be available to members after the event.

Recordings are listed on our Member Library’s Scholars Salon page womenandmyth.org/salons. Updated Salon News and Scholars Salon recordings are here in chronological order, most recent first.

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Call for Proposals: 2020 Poster Session for ASWM Conference

Due January 5, 2020

This year we will feature a juried poster session at our conference. This is a great opportunity to explain your ideas and applied work in a more engaging way to a wider audience. During the poster session, participants will informally discuss their presentations with conference attendees, and posters will be displayed throughout the conference. Poster session participants place materials such as pictures, data, graphs, diagrams and narrative text on boards size A0 (33.1″ x 46.8″) or video. Video posters are short videos where the presenter discusses the nature and impact of their research/project which is illustrated on the printed poster they are displaying at the conference.

As with paper presentations, posters should follow the conference themes found in our Call for Proposals.

Send a 250 word abstract in PDF or MSWord to aswmsubmissions@gmail.com by November 23, 2019. ​Use “2020 poster proposal” and last name in the subject header of your email. ​Include a bio of up to 70 words and contact information including surface address and email. Presenters from all disciplines are welcome, as well as creative artists and practitioners whose work engages mythic themes in a scholarly manner. Poster Presenters must become members of ASWM.