Chapman University is hosting a free, three-day conference, Motherhood to Motherhoods: Ideologies of ‘The Feminine’ on April 28-30 2023. Dr. Julye Bidmead (Religious Studies) and Dr. Stephanie Takaragawa (Sociology) received a 2022-23 On-Campus Conference Award to organize this conference, which will investigate the construction of “motherhood” as a concept and connect community members to holistic
Author: Julye Bidmead, Ph.D. Wilkinson Review 2013 The full moon is setting over the Jezreel Valley as I begin my 5:00 a.m. daily climb up the steep and rocky terrain to Tel Megiddo. After two months my legs still ache and I fight off the fatigue from a night with too little sleep, but the
About 3,100 years ago somebody stuffed a hoard of gold jewelry, beads and a single earring adorned with tiny animal images into a nest of three clay pots — including a beer strainer – seemingly in hopes that no one would find the treasure in a dusty corner of ancient Canaan. But in 2010 someone