[Post moved from trial site, May 10, 2016]

Kalamazoo 2016

The first VDCG-sponsored session takes place on Saturday May 14 at 3:30 in Fetzer 2040. The topic is New Perspectives on Catherine of Siena and Her Female Contemporaries, presided by Stephanie Amsel, Southern Methodist Univ.

The papers are as follows:

• “Sponsa Hominis et Sponsa Christi: Sacramental Marriage and the Bride of Christ” Chelsea Skalak, Dickinson College

• “The Orcherd of Syon and Native English Mystics” Carol F. Heffernan, Rutgers Univ.–Newark

• ‘Catherine and Her “Figlie” as Women Writers’ Lisa Vitale, Southern Connecticut State Univ

We’re looking forward to an exciting inaugural session!