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Religious Studies Symposium “Healing Spiritualities, Genders, and Peoples”
February 24, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 2:15 pm
Religious Studies Symposium (Online)
Healing Spiritualities, Genders, and Peoples
Keynote Speech: Dr. Andrew Jolivétte – “Healing Two-Spirit and Afro-Indigenous Communities”
Professor Jolivette is Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies at UC San Diego and the founding Director of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Program at UCSD. A Louisiana Creole of Atakapa-Ishak, Opelousa, French, African, Irish, Italian, and Spanish descent, Dr. Jolivette is author of the Lammy Award Nominated book, Indian Blood: HIV and Colonial Trauma in San Francisco’s Two-Spirit Community (2016) and co-editor of Louisiana Creole Peoplehood: Afro-Indigeneity and Community (2021).
12:15pm: Religious Studies Faculty Panel
Dr. Gabriel Estrada – “Mediating Healing in Indigenous LGBTQI2+ Film” Dr. Sophia Pandya – “Spirituality, Trauma, and Turkish Refugees”
1:15pm: Religious Studies Graduate Student Panel
Cinthia Carbajal – “Magic in Wellness: Unconventional Wisdom” Markeeda Drake – “Healing and Religion”
Javier Fernandez – “Nonhealing Laughter in Jain Asceticism”
SYMPOSIUM ZOOM LINK: https://csulb.zoom.us/j/88450651447.