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The Study of Religions Undergraduate and Postgraduate Conference - Love and Religions

19 Mar 2025

Happening On 29/03/2025

Taking place on Saturday, March 29th, 2025

The Study of Religions Undergraduate and Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Conference
Love and Religions
Saturday, March 29th, 2025 | UCC鈥檚 NW Council Room

10:00 Opening Address Amanullah De Sondy (UCC Study of Religions)

10:10 Panel One: Loving the Planet

Chair: Jenny Butler (UCC Study of Religions)
Rivka Desbordes (UCC Study of Religions) 鈥� 鈥淜indling our Love for the Living Earth through 
Contemporary Spirituality and Deep Ecology鈥�
Sandra James (UCC Anthropology) 鈥� 鈥淟ove Thy Planet: Celtic Christianity and the Ethics of 
狈补迟耻谤别鈥�
Charis Stadler (UCC Study of Religions) 鈥� 鈥淩eciprocity: Sustainable Love as Shown by the 
American Potawatomi鈥�

11:15 Tea Break (Provided)

11:30 Panel Two: Inclusive Love and Commitment

Chair: Robyn McAuliffe (UCC English and Study of Religions)

Jan Dunaiev (UCC Study of Religions) 鈥� 鈥溾�楽elf-abandonment is the creed and religion of 
lovers鈥�: Queer Love as Modesty and Self-Realization amongst Sufi Practitioners鈥�
Fahmeda Naheed (Community Development Officer, Radio Presenter and Co-Chair Cork 3 
Faiths Forum) and Jamil Akhtar (Islamic Studies, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of the Punjab) 鈥� 鈥淟oving the 
Stranger: Islamic Hospitality and Love Beyond Boundaries鈥�
Natasha Dukelow (UCC History) 鈥� 鈥淟ove and Marriage: Medieval Perspectives in a ThirteenthCentury Preaching Collection鈥�
Denise Bruekl (UCC Music) 鈥� 鈥淭he Song of Songs: Singing Erotic Love Poetry in Church鈥�

12:45 Lunch (Provided)

13:15 Lightning Talks

Chair: Brendan McNamara (UCC Study of Religions)

Cedar Monroe (UCC Study of Religions) 鈥� 鈥淔or Love of Land: Can Nature Spiritualities and Folk 
Religions inspire Ecological Change?鈥�
Amin Sharifi Isaloo (UCC Sociology & Criminology) 鈥� 鈥淐ommon Ground - Religions and Love鈥�
Amir Shahhosseini Angas (UCC Philosophy) 鈥� 鈥淕ay Love in Classic Persian Poems鈥�
Diarmuid Scully (UCC History) 鈥� 鈥淲as there any love?: Early LGBT activism and the Christian 
Churches in Ireland (1970s-1980s)鈥�
Amna Walayat (Visual Artist/Cultural Activist, Backwater Artists) 鈥� 鈥淒ivine Brushstrokes: An 
Artistic Journey Through Art, Love, and Islam鈥�
Caroline West (Sexual Violence and Harassment Prevention and Response Manager, UCC) 鈥�
鈥淪ex and Religion in Dublin鈥檚 Forgotten Red Light District from 1860-1925鈥�

14:30 Closing Address Evelien Geerts (UCC Gender, Women鈥檚 Studies and Philosophy)