About the Project
The Feminist Sexual Ethics Project works to create Jewish, Christian, and Muslim sexual ethics rooted in freedom, mutuality, meaningful consent, responsibility, and female (as well as male) pleasure, untainted by slave-holding values. Read more.
Beyond Slavery
Beyond Slavery: Overcoming Its Religious and Sexual Legacies
Edited by Bernadette J. Brooten, with the editorial assistance of Jacqueline L. Hazelton, Palgrave, 358 pages.
Read the introduction to Beyond Slavery
News and Events
Profs. Anita Hill and Bernadette Brooten discuss their upcoming "Disrupting the Script" Conference with BrandeisNOW.
Support
The Feminist Sexual Ethics Project is supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation and Brandeis University.
Conference Co-sponsorship
The "Disrupting the Script" Conference has received financial support from:
- Brandeis Chaplaincy
- Brandeis Intercultural Center
- Brandeis International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life
- Brandeis Library and Technology Services
- Brandeis Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department
- Brandeis Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences
- Brandeis Office of the Provost
- Brandeis Office of Public Safety
- Brandeis Women's and Gender Studies Program
- Hadassah-Brandeis Institute: Gender, Culture, Religion, and the Law Project
- New England-Maritimes Region – American Academy of Religion
Additional co-sponsors:
- Brandeis Amnesty International
- Brandeis Black Student Organization
- Brandeis Counseling and Rape Crisis Hotline
- Brandeis Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance
- Brandeis Girl Effect
- Brandeis Graduate Student Association
- Brandeis Intercultural Center Student Clubs
- Brandeis Legal Studies Program
- Brandeis MLK and Friends Club
- Brandeis Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science Chapter
- Brandeis Students Organized Against Racism
- First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, UCC (Mission and Social Justice Committee)
- Victim Rights Law Center
Disrupting the Script:
Raising to Legal Consciousness Sexual Assaults on Black Women
Convened by Anita F. Hill and Bernadette J. Brooten
Monday, March 19, 2012
12:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Levin Ballroom
Wheelchair accessible
Brandeis University
Sponsored by the Feminist Sexual Ethics Project
Funded by the Ford Foundation
Free and open to the public
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Conference Schedule
| 12:00 | Welcome, President Frederick Lawrence, Brandeis University Introductions, Prof. Anita Hill and Prof. Bernadette Brooten, Brandeis University |
| 12:30 | “Who Will Sing for Lena?” performed by Vanessa Adams-Harris (written by Janice L. Liddell) |
| 1:30 | Break |
| 1:45 | Panel I: Cultural Narratives as Impediments to Justice: Black Rape Complainants and Criminal Prosecutions Chaired by Prof. Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman (English), Brandeis University
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| 3:15 | Break |
| 3:30 | Panel II: Disrupting the Script: Altering Cultural Perceptions through Theater, Narrative, and Ethics Chaired by Prof. Faith Smith (African and Afro-American Studies, English), Brandeis University
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| 5:00 | Concluding remarks, Provost Steve Goldstein, Prof. Anita Hill, and Prof. Bernadette Brooten, Brandeis University |
| 5:30 | Reception |