SATURDAY May 4
ROOMS AND PRESIDERS TBA
8:50: OPENING COMMENTS
Session 1 RELIGION AND OTHER EXERTIONS: (aka no pain, no gain).
9:00-9:30 From the Ancient to the Modern: Examining the Relationship Between Athletics and Religion through Time
Taylor Grant, University of Calgary
9:30-10:00 Westernization of Yoga: The West’s Devotion to Lycra and the Mat
Keightley Bertram, University of Calgary,
10:00-10:30 S&M and a goddess?
Lilian Marshall, University of Manitoba
15 Minute Break
Session 2A ARCHAEOLOGY
10:45-11:15 Exotic to Local: Exploitations of Raw Copper Material Resources in the Near East from the Bronze to the Iron Age
Elsa M. Perry, The University of Lethbridge
11:15-11:45 Hydrological Wonders of the Iron Age II period: Judah and Israel
Ariel Pollard-Belsheim, University of Lethbridge
11:45-12:15 Fighting Words: The Attempt to Authenticate the James Ossuary Inscription
Laura Shuttleworth, University of Lethbridge
Session 2 B THE NAZI BOOT
10:45-11:15 “Broken-in Horse” or “Fiery Stallion”: Christian Fundamentalism and Resistance in Nazi Germany
James Forbes, University of Lethbridge
11:15-11:45 Legalized Mass Murder: German Racial Hygiene, Anti-Semitism, and Eugenics
Krista Conrad, University of Lethbridge
11:45-12:15 Defying Dehumanization: Anticipating the 614th Commandment amidst Nazi Terror
Jenae Dunlop, University of Lethbridge
Session 2 C RELIGIOUS CHANGE AND RETENSION
10:45-11:15 Ecstatic Power: Examining the Rise of Pentecostalism through the Lens of Durkheim, Marx and Weber
Ron MacTavish, U of Lethbridge
11:15-11:45 Mu shu kyo for Young Japanese People
Marina Umeno, University of Lethbridge
11:45-12:15 The Family Analects: Interpreting Confucianism in Diasporic Chinese-Canadian Writing
Mimi Lin, University of … Continue reading