10. Gender and the Biblical World Roundtable - Karina Atudosie, Eleanor Vivian, Charlotte Trombin, Will Moore and Emily Allsopp

Ancient Afterlives

This week's episode, and the last main episode of Season 1, is a special roundtable discussion with various scholars working on aspects related to gender and biblical studies. Our guests include Karina Atudosie, Eleanor Vivian, Charlotte Trombin, Will Moore and Emily Allsopp. The roundtable is hosted by Katherine Gwyther. There is a content warning for this episode as we discuss topics related to sexual violence, rape and still-birth.

Karina recently completed her MA by Research at the University of Birmingham with a thesis looking at hegemonic power in the Song of Songs. She is currently examining how queenship is constructed in the Hebrew Bible. Her twitter handle is @KAtudosie

Ellie is an AHRC-funded PhD Candidate at the University of Birmingham researching the function of metaphor in the representations and conceptualisations of disabled bodies in the Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Ellie is also a contributor/team member at the Ancient Afterlives academic podcast.

Charlotte is an SWWDTP (AHRC) funded PhD candidate at Exeter University researching military metaphor usage in global Neo-Muscular Christian men’s groups. Her research interests include biblical violence, feminist hermeneutics, the theology of Veganism, Ecotheology, and the intersection of masculinity, the Bible, and nationalism. Charlotte is an honorary Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence, and a contributor/team member at the Ancient Afterlives academic podcast.

Will is training for priesthood in the Church of England at Westcott House, Cambridge and his first book, exploring the Bible, toxic masculinity, and the Christian faith, will be published with SCM Press in 2022. He writes broadly in the areas of gender, masculinity, sexuality, and violence, and how they intersect with Christianity and the Bible. You can find him on Twitter @willmoorewill

Emily is studying for a PhD at the University of Edinburgh in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, researching women’s bodies in the prophetic metaphors. Her research interests include feminist criticism, sexual and maternal imagery, sexual violence, and depictions of pregnancy and birth.

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