This event was livestreamed (video now available).

SCHEDULE

4:30pm Welcome by Dean James Robinson and Introductory Comments by Professor Willemien Otten

4:45pm Raúl Zegarra Medina: Latinx Theology and the Primacy of Lo Cotidiano: A Reassessment

5:00pm Christina Llanes: Diverse Faces in Diverse Spaces: A Hispanic Perspective on Medieval Women's Mysticism

5:15pm Vinicius Marinho: Doing Dignity Latinamente

5:30pm Matthew Vega: A Counterpublic Model of Liberation Theology

5:45pm Izak Santana: Teología de Recuperación: Recovery Through Discovery in Constructive Theology

6:00pm Panel Discussion

6:15pm Reception, Swift Hall Lecture Hall
 

Student bios:

Christina Llanes is a PhD student in History of Christianity, focusing on 13th Century women mystics.

Vinicius Marinho is a PhD student in Theology; his work is focused on economic and racial inequality, production, liberation theology, and critical legal studies.

Izak Santana is a PhD student in Theology. He is interested in constructive theology, comparative theology, scripturality, and philosophy of religion. Izak is also the current President of the Divinity Students Association.

Matt Vega is a PhD student in Theology. He is interested in traditions of resistance to dehumanizing situations, such as the liberationist, abolitionist, and Black prophetic traditions within Christianity.

Raúl Zegarra Medina is a Divinity School Teaching Fellow. He focuses on the intersections between philosophy, theology, and ethics, with emphasis on questions of social justice and religious identity. In addition, Raúl is currently working on a book manuscript based on his doctoral dissertation, provisionally entitled The Revolution of Tradition: A Reinterpretation of Liberation Theology.

The Hispanic Theological Initiative’s (HTI) mission is cultivating Latinx PhD students across the nation by uniting and leveraging institutional resources (human, financial, and infrastructural). The University of Chicago Divinity School is a member of the HTI consortium, a unique collaborative enterprise in theological and religious education whereby 24 PhD-granting institutions have made a commitment to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of Latinx PhD students across the nation.  HTI Member Schools demonstrate their commitment by uniting and leveraging resources (human, financial, and infrastructural) and exchanging information and ideas to create the best practices in addressing the needs of Latinx faculty and students.  With their support, HTI is now serving the largest cohort of Latinx PhD students, and continues to graduate students within 5.5 years, while maintaining a graduation rate of 94%.  

Watch a video of David Nirenberg, Dean 2018-2021, on the work of HTI.