Gender Studies Programme
Fireside chat: Faith and Feminism
Speaker: Dr. Donna Freitas
Author and non-resident research associate at the Center for Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame
Moderator: Professor Maureen Sabine
Honorary Professor at the School of Humanities, HKU
Abstract
Are faith and feminism compatible? Join Dr. Donna Freitas, author of Sex and the Soul, and HKU emeritus professor Maureen Sabine as they discuss “the two F’s” – faith and feminism.
Bio
Dr. Donna Freitas is the author of both fiction and nonfiction, and has written for newspapers and magazines, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. She is currently a non-resident research associate at the Center for Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame.
Moderator: Professor Maureen Sabine is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research features gender, sexuality and religion. She worked in the Departments of English, Comparative Literature and History at the University of Hong Kong and is now Honorary Professor in the School of Humanities.
All are welcome.
Date/Time: Wednesday, 13/03/2019 17:00 – 18:30
Venue: Foundation Chamber, Hung Hing Ying Building, Main Campus
Language: English
Registration HERE
Inquiry: genderst@hku.hk / 39174182