Signing Your First Academic Book Contract

Academia is about accomplishment on three levels: teaching, grant capture and publications. All three provide their own set of challenges. Yet, there is something about publishing your first journal article or book – it often provides both exhilaration and relief. You feel you are on your way to becoming a true academic. For people of …

Call for Papers – Special Issue with the African Journal of Gender and Religion

Please submit abstracts by April 1st for our special issue for The African Journal of Gender and Religion. Our issue, "Black Women's Radical Religious Faith Traditions" will accept abstracts until April 1st, 2023. Check our website for more info.

New Book Release – We Are All Witnesses

We Are All Witnesses is a remarkable, sassy, creative, disruptive, and deeply personal textbook. It is like no other text on biblical interpretation. Smith and Newheart have produced a groundbreaking milestone book about how to do biblical interpretation that prioritizes justice and the reader’s context.

New Book Release – Bitter the Chastening Rod

Bitter the Chastening Rod follows in the footsteps of the first collection of African American biblical interpretation, Stony the Road We Trod (1991). Nineteen Africana biblical scholars contribute cutting-edge essays reading Jesus, criminalization, the enslaved, and whitened interpretations of the enslaved.

Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge – Reflections on Power and Possibility

Liberation Theology and Ethics are often connected to anti-racial or decolonization efforts. The interdisciplinary work offered by such thinkers as Dr. Foluke Adebisi, Teaching Fellow at the University of Bristol, is a welcome addition to any library. Dr. Adebisi was recently featured at the University of Edinburgh with numerous schools sponsoring her visit. The book …

New Book Release – Double Exposure Movements, Motions, Moments

National Museum of African American History and Culture Releases Book on Black Religion and Spirituality https://nmaahc.si.edu/about/news/national-museum-african-american-history-and-culture-releases-book-black-religion?s=03 “Ancestral Memorial, Coney Island,” 1995 (detail), Chester Higgins. Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, copyright: Chester Higgins, All Rights Reserved. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) has announced …

Mitzi J. Smith, PhD on Writing and Publishing

Please see the following interview of the phenomenal Prof. Mitzi J. Smith as she shares her insights on publishing. Primarily, academics are assessed based on their: teaching, writing and research, and their grant capture. Many people are "stuck" regarding their publishing. In the UK, there is a system (REF) which frustrates the goals of secure …

Mentorship Opportunity – See below

The Misogynoir to Mishpat (M2M) Research Network has engaged with mentorship as a primary goal for the 2022-'23 academic year. Our theme this year is, "Power on the Margins: Open the Gates!" Please join us for our upcoming mentorship seminar on February 22, 2023. The Garden Initiative for Black Women's Religious Activism is pleased to …

Building Your Own Table

I remember being told that there was no room for me to be hired as a Lecturer or Professor in a major university in England. My work was valuable enough for me to sit on panels and to write - contributions which are often required but unpaid. Yet, I was not quite "good enough" to …

Black Women Navigating Academia

If you have ever wondered about the challenges of Academia and the potential toll on your mental health, this brief blog and the following podcast is for you. Why are so many Black women in academic institutions enduring burn out and discouragement? Why are so many severely undervalued? For those in Religious Academia, is the …