by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 18, 2014 | Academic Conferences, New Ideas and Research, News, Victorian Studies
The North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA)’s annual conference was held in London, Ontario over the weekend. The conference brought together scholars from around the world to consider the ideas of class and classification in the Victorian period,...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Oct 30, 2014 | Fostering Faith
In the United States the end of October brings with it Halloween. In our neighborhood, the children will come pouring out-of-doors on what promises to be a cold autumn night to go from house to house begging candy. For many children it is a chance to indulge in the...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Oct 2, 2014 | The Christian Imagination
Recently U2 released its new album Songs of Innocence to everyone who uses iTunes. It was free, automatic, a gift. While there is much to say about this deeply personal album, much to say about the publicity-stunt release, and much to say about the corporate alignment...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Aug 11, 2014 | New Ideas and Research, Victorian Studies, Video
In the first of a series of videos, I introduce my Ph.D. dissertation by addressing three key questions: What did the Victorians think of Jesus? Why does Jesus become so significant in the 19th century? Why examine Jesus in the Victorian novel? I welcome your...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Aug 4, 2014 | News
I was honored to have my story featured alongside six other female scholars, all Alumnae of Regent College in Vancouver, Canada: Female Scholars | a new generation answering the call My story is available to read via PDF. ...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jul 23, 2014 | News
It is now official! Thanks to a generous grant from the Nanovic Institute, the symposium “The Bible, Narrative, and Modernity” will be taking place at the University of Notre Dame on March 27-28, 2015 By its very nature, this symposium is designed to put pressure on...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jul 17, 2014 | Raising Christian Kids, The Christian Imagination
As a little girl, I loved Strawberry Shortcake and My Little Ponies. My daughter has, somehow, developed a similar love thanks to the ubiquitous marketing that puts such characters—or Disney Princesses—on everything. But, when she made me a lovely picture this week at...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jun 26, 2014 | The Christian Imagination
Marcelo Gleiser, a theoretical physicist specializing in cosmology, nonlinear physics, and astrobiology, has a new book out, (The Island of Knowledge, The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning) reviewed yesterday on NPR. I have not yet read the book but it...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | May 27, 2014 | Academic Conferences, News
Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA hosted this year’s Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. As a Westmont alumnae and general fan of beautiful beaches, Spanish architecture, and sunshine, I knew that this would be a great conference to present...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | May 5, 2014 | News
Since filling out fellowship applications, gathering up transcripts and following up on letters of recommendation last autumn, I’ve been waiting to hear if I’d been awarded any of these highly competitive fellowships. Finally, I received some good news: I’ve been...
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