Bound for Nashville, TN: HRC Summer Institute for LGBT(Q) Studies
I am boarding a plane headed for Nashville. I will make a quick stop in Chicago where a good friend is meeting me at O’hare. I am extremely excited to see my friend, and I am also excited about the HRC Summer Institute! The Summer Institute will be held at Vanderbilt University. There are several fellows named to be a part of this program, and I am honored to have been chosen from the applicant pool. Life sometimes is super good, and that has been my experience since living in Denver. I am aware, though, that my scholarship is situated within community. And, though I go alone to this program with other doctoral students, I am aware of the community of scholars, activists and lay persons who both support, challenge, and encourage me in my scholarship. You are a great cloud of witnesses helping me along this Academic path! Thank you!
Taken from their website:
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation LGBT Scholarship and Mentorship program for Religious and Theological Study seeks to encourage and promote the dialogue on LGBT issues and religion in seminaries and, by extension, in our congregations and communities by investing in the next generation of LGBTQ and allied scholars.
Beginning in 2010, HRC will launch an annual seminary scholarship and mentorship program to nurture and promote promising religious scholars and theologians interested in LGBT studies. Working in partnership with participating seminaries, schools of divinity and universities we will help build welcoming learning environments where intellectually and spiritually groundbreaking work at the intersections of religious studies, sexuality, gender identity and justice work can flourish.
By bringing financial resources, scholarly networks and mentorship opportunities to the next generation of LGBTQ and allied scholars, this project will help a new generation of scholars of religion and theologians promote and develop how LGBT issues and religion are discussed in seminaries and schools of religion. And, by extension, they will help recast the conversation about LGBT and religion in our congregations and communities.
The week-long Summer Institute promises to be great! I hope to have time to blog about each day of the program. If you are interested…people like Bishop Gene Robinson, Emilie Townes, Melissa Wilcox, among others, will be there! I have submitted my abstract for my publishable paper project, and I look forward to growing and learning how this project will shape up!
To learn more about the Institute Fellows, please click here.
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