SBL/AAR 2022 Panel: Feminist Studies in Religion and Anti-Asian Racism

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge of violence and hate
against Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders. Even so,
anti-Asian racism remains largely invisible in academic,
religious, and public spaces. On November 18, 2022, panelists at
the SBL/AAR Annual Meeting in Denver, CO examined the complex
ways feminist studies in religion are entangled with this problem
and must decolonize in order to be effective in anti-racist work.
Panelists also explored the ways Asian and AAPI feminist scholars
of religion contend with race and racism in their
scholarship. 


This panel session is a part of the ongoing anti-racism
initiative of Feminist Studies in Religion, Inc., the
organization of scholars that publishes the Journal of Feminist
Studies in Religion. Presided by Grace Ji-Sun Kim, other
panelists include Rachel A. R. Bundang, Tamara C. Ho, Vijaya
Nagarajan, and Najeeba Syeed-Miller.