Thursday, October 18th:
9:00 am Harvard Divinity School Library open for archival research
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Registration at the Walker Center (late registration after the evening talk)
3:30 pm Historic UU Walking Tour of Downtown Boston
5:30 pm Dinner for Conference Registrants in Boston
7:00 pm Distinguished Scholar Talk #1:
- Dr. Catherine Brekus at First Church Boston Free and Open to the Public; Reception to follow
Friday, October 19th:
All Friday programming will be held at the Walker Center
7:30 am Breakfast
8:15 am Chapel
8:45 am Paper Session #1:
- Arliss Ungar--"Eliza Tupper Wilkes (1844-1917): Universalist and Unitarian Missionary"
- Barbara Coeyman - "A Conversation Revisioning Early Women Ministers: The Story of Lydia Ann Jenkins"
10:15 am Break
10:30 am Paper Session #2:
- Richard Kellaway--“Unitarians: The Brightest and the Best?”
- Clyde Grubbs--“Decolonize! Wrestling with Unitarian and Universalist heritage of colonialism”
12:00 pm Lunch
1:45 pm Paper Session #3:
- Michelle Walsh--“Taking Pride in the Messiness: Impurity of Unitarian Universalist Theology”
- Isaac May--“Fruits Not Roots: Activism and Denominational Solidarity”
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm Paper Session #4:
- Jay Atkinson--“Reverent Radicals: The Enduring Legacy of the Polish Brethren”
- Kim Beach--“The Prophetic Theology of James Luther Adams”
5:00 pm Social Time
5:30 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Author Discussion with Dorothy Emerson and Nicole Kirk moderated by Dan McKanan
- Business meeting to follow
Saturday, October 20th:
All Saturday programming will be held at the Walker Center
8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 am Chapel Service
9:00 am Distinguished Scholar Talk
- Catherine Brekus
10:30 am Break
11:00 am Paper Session #5:
- Alex Jensen--“Moral Injury in US Wars and Implications for Military Chaplaincy”
- Stephanie May--"Origins of Belonging"
12:30 pm Lunch