Words of Invitation

We are happy to announce the Call for Papers and Workshops for the 2027 S/HE Creatrix Studies Conference, which marks the fourth year. The upcoming conference continues and opens a new trail of its tradition under the theme of Rebuilding the Cosmic Tree. In particular, the coming conference will have 2-3 workshop sessions for children. 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 Creatrix 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) and Dr. Francesca Tronetti (ftronetti@gmail.com) for the proposals for children’s sessions. Ms. Heather Gehron-Rice (gehronrice@gmail.com) will serve the planning committee as secretary.

Theme: Women, Shamanism, and the Cosmic Tree
Dates: June 10-13, 2027 (Thursday to Sunday) Pacific Time Zone USA
Venue: Online Zoom meetings
Host: Mago Academy (https://magoacademy.org)
Each Session Time: 90 minutes

Call for Papers & Panels

Topics include below but not limited to:
– Queens, Mothers, Women in Shamanism

– Myths and legends on the Cosmic Tree

• Matriversal Cosmology or Worldview
• Women, Matriarchy, and Shamanism

– How to study Gynocentric Shamanism 

– Bond between Women and Nature

– Deities of water, weather, and stone

– Myths on whales/sea-monsters/dragons/serpents

– Critique of patriarchy and its thought

– Calendar, Numerology, and Music of ancient worlds

– Matristic continuity between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic

– Matristic archeology, culture, and spirituality

– Ancient Matristic/Matriarchal/Matriversal People  

– Thealogy and Motherhood

– Feminist critique of a patriarchal religion, faith, and cannon

– Methodology: Ways to overcome cultural appropriation and white supremacism

– Decolonial approach to the Study of the Female Divine

– 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 Women

– Eco-feminist Spirituality

Call for Workshops to be attended by Children

– Youth Activism to support Mother Earth and Humanity

– Young Artists’ visions of the Great Mother

– Climate Chaos and the Great Mother

Submission Guidelines for Paper and Panel Proposals

For individual papers, the proposal attached as a Word (.doc or .docx) document should include 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 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. Francesca Tronetti 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 1, 2027.

Submission Email

Preliminary Deadline: December 8, 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) and/or Dr. Francesca Tronetti (ftronetti@gmail.com).

2027 Conference Leadership Circle:

Planning Committee: Dr. Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, Dr. Francesca Tronetti, Ms. Heather Gehron-Rice

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