To Sunday, March 18, 2018 - 05:00pm
Registration Now Open for ASWM Conference
Association for the Study of Women and Mythology
"Scholarly Speculations: Animal, Earth, Person, Story"
March 16-17, 2018
Gold Coast Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas NV
This year's themes are animal and earth mysteries in sacred story and in the real world, with an emphasis on Native American and indigenous scholarship. The conference features panels, workshops, poster session, and films. Keynote presenters for the event:
- Dr. Elizabeth Wayland Barber: "Waterbirds, Water, Women and Place in Archaic European Lore"
- Dr. Gala Argent: “Horses and Heroes, Horses as Heroes in Eurasian Poetry and Archaeology”
- Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) human rights attorney, Executive Director of Land Peace Foundation for indigenous land rights and environmental justice)
Celebrate our first decade of inspiring and stimulating scholarly events. Come early for special pre-conference tour to the Temple of Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to Sekhmet (Thursday March 15) and stay over for Modern Matriarchal Studies Day, (Sunday March 18).