The Monthly Roundup
A recap of May 2024 from Kait Dugan
I am writing this update at the end of May, which means the Center for Barth Studies is currently firing on all cylinders. I travel to Scotland this week to attend the 2024 Scottish Dogmatics conference at the University of Aberdeen. Early next month, we are excited to host the 2024 Barth Graduate Student Colloquium on June 11–14 with a host of talented emerging scholars and Dirk Smit as the event speaker. The colloquium this year will focus on the Barmen Declaration in light of its 90th anniversary on May 31st. The center will then host its second translation meeting funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities on June 19–22 to continue translating the next three volumes of Barth’s Vörtrage und kleinere Arbeiten, 1922–1925, 1925–1930, 1930–1933.
After we wrap up our events for the summer, the center will be closed to visitors from July 1 through September 24. I am moving to Basel, Switzerland for two months to be a scholar in residence through the Karl Barth Center for Reformed Theology at the University of Basel. This research grant is part of a larger project on Karl Barth and apocalypticism funded by the Swiss National Fund. I will be giving a public lecture on Wednesday, August 21 if you are interested in attending and might happen to be nearby. In early November, the Karl Barth Center for Reformed Theology at the University of Basel will also host an international conference on the theme of Barth and apocalypticism as part of this three year research project. More information about that conference will be forthcoming.
This month, we had many great contributions to this online magazine. I have highlighted only a few below. If you get the chance in the coming days, check them out. We will continue to bring you essays to this platform throughout the summer so stay tuned for more to come.
As always, thank you for your support of the Center for Barth Studies and we wish you a wonderful summer ahead!
— Kait Dugan, Director
Event Announcement
Barth and Cone on Divine Blackness, Part III
There is No Riot Here
Divine Providence and Meaning, Part 1
A free hybrid event on arts and activism featuring Ricardo Pérez Gonzalez this Friday. A brand new book series Studies in Trauma Theology is launching with SCM Press. What does theology do, actually? Find out at this free hybrid conference this weekend. A virtual conference on rekindling hope in these difficult times. Early-bird registration for the 2024 Annual American Academy of Religion conference ends this Friday. A new book on Léopold Senghor’s life and political theology. The Louisville Institute’s grant applications open on June 1 for the 2025 cycle. Check out this forthcoming book from Oxford University Press in two weeks on feminist theology. Applications for the Ministry Exploration and Mentoring Projects For Young Adults through the Forum for Theological Exploration are due June 28.
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