Join us in Boston for 4 days of deep learning, community-building, challenging academics, and practice-based sharing. As a unique conference, we connect the world's foremost academic researchers, faith and community leaders, and others, both disabled and able-bodied. We come with a shared desire to investigate the lived reality of disability as it intersects with faith and theology which allows us to overcome the differences that might otherwise limit our capacity to work, share, and learn together.

Conference registration is open until Friday, June 7th and Housing reservations are due by Friday, May 31st.

Scholarships are available on a limited basis, with preference given to disabled attendees. Please email info@theologydisability.com to inquire. Currently enrolled Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium students are eligible for additional financial assistance. 

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Notes on Registration (Program, Supports, Housing, Further Contact):

The Institute comes to Boston this year thanks to the Continuing Education Department at Clough School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College. Building off the local work done over the past two years through the Accessing the Divine disability and theology student conferences, supported by the Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium, we look forward to exploring with colleagues and advocates already active in the greater Boston area while gathering leaders from across the world.

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Schedule

Our program is full of both the old and the new. Look for the Week-at-a-Glance schedule in an upcoming email to those registered. 

Our traditional Community Day on Monday, June 17, includes keynote presentations from Karyn Harvey, Léon van Ommen, and Andrew Davis, who will speak over dinner (provided in registration).

Tuesday will feature Sarah Barton and Lisa Powell, as well as a Zoom conversation with Rabbi Julia Watts Belser discussing her new, and much acclaimed, book Loving Our Own Bones. 

Much of the Wednesday program will focus on disability, racism and

theology in honor of Juneteenth with speakers Lamar Hardwick and Lisa Allen.

Finally, Thursday will feature Mary Jo Iozzio and the Emerging Scholar Lecture by Max Thornton. 

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Accommodations/Supports

Each Institute has its own promise and challenges. We have increased costs this year partly due to combining the meal plan with the registration cost. Additionally, as we build out our virtual options, including tech workers, ASL and CART (please let us know upon registration what ASL/CART needs you have for our workshop setups/accommodations), we incur costs just as we improve our access. 

Within registration, there are opportunities to share your accommodation/support needs. If you find this inaccessible, please email us at theologydisability@gmail.com

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Housing

We hope you will find lodging costs to be very reasonable, thanks to Boston College, who has reserved a block of rooms, including 20 ADA-accessible rooms, for Institute attendees. On-campus housing registration is due Thursday, May 30th. After that, local hotels are the responsibility of the registrant.

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Further Contact

If you cannot come, but would like to support the Scholarship Fund, you can make tax-deducible donations through the Registration Process.

The Institute is coordinated each year by a hard-working group of alumni volunteers, and we are grateful for their efforts. To keep up with announcements about the program and this year’s Institute, make sure to like the Institute’s Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/theologydisability/

If you have questions, please email registration@theologydisability.org

Thank you - we can't wait to connect!