Go to Early Bird Registration by April 15

Highlight: Plenary Roundtable Conversation is available

Deadline extended to March 20

Words of Invitation

We are happy to announce the Call for Papers and Workshops for the 2026 S/HE Divine Studies Conference, which marks the third year in history. The S/HE Conference in every third year is dedicated to the topic of cross-cultural and intercultural collaborations. The upcoming conference opens a new trail of its tradition, celebrating the Great Unity of ALL (including inorganic entities) in the Cosmic Mother. The S/HE Conference may be participated as part of Creatrix Studies Programs offered by Mago Academy.

We invite proposals of your paper concerning the topics suggested below. We also welcome the proposal of a panel with 2-4 papers with a moderator and a respondent. If you are interested in volunteering as a panel organizer under a specific topic, please let us know your topics of interest. We will send you Instructions for panel organizers separately. Papers selected and presented in the conference are given priority to be considered for publication in the peer-reviewed S/HE journal (https://sheijgs.space). For the proposal for Workshops, please continue to read to find it.

By “the S/HE Divine,” we mean the world-wide manifestations of the female/mother/matriversal divine (Goddesses, Motherhood, and the Creatrix) from the ancient to this day. In response to the call of our time, we intend to develop a collective consciousness to overcome and redefine the compartmentalized categories of women, mothers, nature, animals, the cosmos, and men as part of the whole. The S/HE Divine Studies refuses to remain isolated within mono-disciplinary confinements but actively seek to connect women/humans, matriarchies, motherhood, civilizations, and the Creatrix (Cosmic Mother). It is not enough to say, “Personal is political.” Personal is Political and Cosmic.

We welcome panel and workshop organizers. If you are interested, please email to Dr. Helen Hwang (magoacademy@gmail.com).

Theme: Celebrating the Great Unity of ALL in the Cosmic Mother
Dates: June 11-14, 2026 (Thursday to Sunday) Pacific Time Zone USA
Venue: Online Zoom meetings
Host: Mago Academy (https://magoacademy.org)
Session Time: 90 minutes

Call for Papers & Panels
Topics include below but not limited to:
– Matriversal/Maternal Cosmology that Unites ALL

– Intercultural discussions of the Cosmic Mother

– Pre- and proto-patriarchal Goddesses

– Creatrix/Cosmic Mother/Birth Mother/Grand-Mother/Crone Mother

– The Holy Mother in worldwide religions and myths

– Parthenogenesis and Unusual Birth in world-wide myths

– Natural landscapes (mountains, megaliths, seas, and lakes) and the Cosmic Mother

– The One and Same Great Mother/Goddess manifested across cultures

– Myths, histories, and rituals that treat Humans as One Tribe

– Matriarchal myths and histories

– Musical and/or Numerological expressions and symbols of the Great Mother

– Whales, sea monsters, dragons, and/or snakes and the Great Mother

– Weather, Wind, Storm, and Sea Goddesses

– Warrior Goddesses and Female Warriors

– Eco-feminist Spirituality

– Intercosmic bonds between humans, the natural world, and/or the matriverse

– Matriversal Soteriology

– Myth, History, and Culture of the Female Divine

– Matricentric Thealogy

– Women, Goddess, and Nature

– Critique of Patriarchy and Masculinization

– Goddess Feminist Activist Spirituality

– Matricentric Calendars

– Goddess and Religion

– Matri-Shamanic Traditions

– Women and Female Divine

– S/HE Divine in Art, Poetry, or Literature

– Decolonizing/Indigenous Matricentric Spirituality

– Comparative approaches to one or more of the above topics

Call for Workshops
Topics and mediums include below but not limited to:
– Above listed paper topics

– Envisioning the Great Unity

– Celebrating Great Unity of ALL

– Sound as the healing and creative power

– Aids to Feminist Spiritual Activism

– Healing or Mourning in the Cosmic Mother

– Matricentric Advocacy- Healing or Mourning in the Cosmic Mother

– Personal Growth to the vision of Matriversal Union of ALL

Submission Guidelines for Paper and Panel Proposals
For individual papers, the proposal attached as a Word (.doc or .docx) document should include your name and email address, a title, an abstract (up to 150 words), 5-7 keywords, a short bio (up to 100 words) including your name, your affiliation (a name of institution or an independent scholar status), and the country of your residence during the period of the conference (in reference for scheduling).

For a panel: The proposal attached as a Word (.doc or .docx) document should include a panel title, an overall panel abstract (up to 150 words), 5-7 keywords, titles of papers, names and emails of presenters, moderator, and respondent as well as an abstract (about 100 words), a short bio for each presenter and moderator/respondent including their affiliations (a name of institution or an independent scholar status, about 100 words).

Submission Guidelines for Workshop Proposals 
The workshop proposal attached as a Word (.doc or .docx) document should include your name and email address, a title, a description (up to 150 words) that states what your event is about and why it needs publicity, your name as coordinator or organizer, names and affiliations of your presenters, their affiliations, and the description of a medium or a format.

If you wish to organize a workshop, it requires a minimum of 2 presenters with a moderator. All other submission requirements follow the panel proposal in general (respondent is not required). Email Dr. Hwang for other details.

Procedure and Timeline

– All submitted proposals will be replied within 48 hours.

– All proposals will be reviewed by the planning committee and/or the advisory committee members and notified in a timely manner.

– Presenters of the accepted proposals will be notified and may be asked to submit necessary information.

– Presenters of the accepted proposals will be notified of the tentative schedule (day and time of presentation).

– Presenters of the accepted proposals will be invited to volunteer to serve as a moderator and/or respondent to sessions.

– Presenters of the accepted proposals will be asked to submit a longer version of summary (up to 400-600 words) by April 15, 2026.

Submission Email
Extended Deadline: March 20, 2026. Your proposal must be emailed with “Proposal for S/HE Conference” in the subject line to Dr. Helen Hye-Sook Hwang (magoacademy@gmail.com).

2026 Conference Leadership Circle:

Planning Committee: Dr. Helen Hye-Sook Hwang and Dr. Francesca Tronetti

Advisory Committee: Helen Benigni, Ph.D., Nane Jordan Ph.D., Glenys Livingstone Ph.D.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Planning Committee (Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, Ph.D. and Francesca Tronetti, Ph.D.)