The conference is a hybrid event, held in person at DePaul University's Lincoln Park Campus here in Chicago and also livestreamed. The schedule will follow Central Daylight Time (CDT), which corresponds to UTC-5, Coordinated Universal Time.
The livestream URL will be e-mailed to everyone who registers closer to the dates of the conference.
:: Location for Today's Sessions ::
All of today's sessions will be held in the
DePaul Student Center
2250 N. Sheffield Ave. (map)
Room 314AB
:: Schedule ::
| 12:30-1:30pm |
Registration & Check-In | Book Sales*
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1:30-3:00pm
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Undergraduate Research Poster Presentation
This interactive session features undergraduates from DePaul's Catholic Studies courses who are presenting their research on the conference topic; their research was chosen by their professors as among the top in their courses. Three of our conference speakers will serve as respondents, offering their feedback and comments following the presentations:
- Min-Ah Cho—Assistant Teaching Professor of Theology & Religious Studies (Georgetown University)
- Emmanuel Katongole—Professor of Theology & Peace Studies (University of Notre Dame)
- Yara González-Justiniano—Assistant Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture (Vanderbilt University)
Student Presenters and Research Topics
Jesse Arroyo, "Life Hangs by a Thread"
Jules Cisneros, "Hope in the Face of Genocide"
Larissa Díaz, "Why Did Catholic Timorese Possess an 'Unbreakable Spirit'?"
Sephi Favela, "Hope Through Environmental Justice"
Devyn O'Keefe, "Catholicism and Hope in Vietnam"
Julia Staufer-Kaminski, "Not Just a Teacher, But a Mother: Maggy Barankitse"
Izabela Suszko, "Fighting an Oppressive Regime Through the Sebastian Acevedo Movement Against Torture"
Annabelle Tornio, "The Vicariate of Solidarity: A Beacon of Hope in Pinochet's Chile"
Seth Vazquez, "Paride Taban's Holy Trinity Peace Village"
Maro Vogel, "Hope Across the Islands: Catholic Resilience in Indonesia"
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| 3:00-3:30pm |
Registration & Check-In | Book Sales*
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3:30-5:00pm
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KEYNOTE—Eschatology at the Border
Dylan Corbett
Founder & Executive Director, Hope Border Institute
Moderator: Elizabeth Jennings White (Executive Director, Taller de José—Chicago)
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| 5:00-6:30pm |
Break for dinner (on your own) | Book Sales*
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6:30-8:30pm
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ROUNDTABLE—Politics, Violence, and Resistance
- David Buckley—Protection at the Margins: The Catholic Church and the Drug War in the Philippines
- Atalia Omer—Jewish Interrogation of Jewish Violence in Palestine/Israel: The Yeshivah of Unlearners
- Mwila Mulumbi—Resisting Despair: How Zambia's Debt Crisis Fuels the Practice of Hope through Community Solidarity, Spiritual Resilience, and Advocacy
Moderator: TBA
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*Book Sales—Staff from the DePaul Bookstore will have a selection of books authored by our speakers available for purchase at these times.
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:: Location for Today's Sessions ::
All of today's sessions will be held in the
DePaul Student Center
2250 N. Sheffield Ave. (map)
Room 314AB
:: Schedule ::
| 9:00-10:00am |
Breakfast | Registration/Check-in | Book Sales*
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| 10:00am-12:00pm |
ROUNDTABLE—Theologies of Hope
- Léonard Katchekpele—When Hope Has No Time: On Hope as a Gift of Conviviality
- Vien V. Nguyen, SCJ—The Kingdom of God: From Scripture to Social Justice
- César Kuzma—Hope, Resistance, and New Possibilities from the Brazilian Reality: Ethical-Theological Implications and Performativity
Moderator: Scott Paeth (Professor and Chair, Religious Studies; Director, Center for Community, Culture, and Religion—DePaul University)
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| 12:00-1:30pm |
Break for Lunch (on your own) | Book Sales*
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| 1:30-3:30pm |
ROUNDTABLE—Caring for Creation
- Emmanuel Katongole—Sowing Hope at Bethany: On Being Driven to Hopes the Wrong Size for this World
- Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo—Wellsprings of Hope: Ecomartyrs in the Fight for Our Common Home
- Debra Dean Murphy—What Is It Like to Be You in this Place? Climate Grief and Radical Hope in the Heart of Appalachia
Moderator: Mark Potosnak (Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Environmental Science and Studies—DePaul University)
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| 3:30-4:00pm |
Coffee Break | Book Sales*
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| 4:00-6:00pm |
ROUNDTABLE—Ecclesial Practices of Community & Culture
- Min-Ah Cho—Wounds that Bind: Eucharist, Historical Trauma, and South Korea's Pursuit of Democracy
- Yara González-Justiniano—Reasons to Hope: Defiant Joy and Ecclesial Frameworks for a Sustainable Hope
- Antonio D. Sison, CPPS—Inculturation and the Epiphany of Surprise: Serendipitous Currents in Mexican and Filipino Catholic Faith
Moderator: Sr. Edelquine Shivachi, LSOSF (Interim First Years' Chaplain, St. Ignatius College Prep—Chicago; former Dissertation Year Fellow, Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame—South Bend, IN)
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*Book Sales—Staff from the DePaul Bookstore will have a selection of books authored by our speakers available for purchase at these times.
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