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Jo Blake
Jo Blake
Jo is an interdisciplinary performance maker working across storytelling, dance and theatre. She has worked professionally as a storyteller since 2005 and has a PhD in Contemporary Storytelling Practices from the University of Chichester, and an MA in Dance Theatre from Trinity Laban. Her most recent project, HERESY, is a multi-stranded art project inspired by the Gospel of Mary Magdalene.
Mark Goodacre
Mark Goodacre
Mark is Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University. He specializes in the New Testament and Christian Origins and is the author of four books including The Case Against Q: Studies in Markan Priority and the Synoptic Problem and Thomas and the Gospels: The Case for Thomas's Familiarity with the Synoptics. Mark is well known for creating web resources on New Testament and Christian origins, including his podcast, the NT Pod. He has acted as consultant for several TV and radio programs including The Passion (BBC / HBO, 2008) and Finding Jesus (CNN, 2015-17).
Alison Jeffers
Alison Jeffers
Alison is a Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of Manchester. She has carried out research around traditional storytelling and the ways in which it overlaps with solo performance and autoethnography. She has published widely around theatre created with refugees and asylum seekers and investigated the role of stories and storytelling in that form. Her most recent work concerns craft and the ways that stories combine with making to craft selves, relationships and a sense of place.
Siobhán Jolley
Siobhán Jolley
Siobhán is the Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Research Fellow in Art and Religion at the National Gallery, a Visiting Lecturer in TRS at King's, and an Honorary Research Fellow of the Centre for Biblical Studies at the University of Manchester. A specialist in the portrayal of Mary Magdalene, her broader research interests include the female artists, the reception of biblical women and the New Testament, and feminist approaches. Her current research project focusses on how the stories of biblical women are told in visual reception.
Karen L. King
Karen L. King
Karen is the Hollis Professor of Divinity, Harvard University’s oldest endowed professorship (1721).Trained in comparative religions and historical studies, she is the author of books and articles on the diversity of ancient Christianity, women and gender studies, and religion and violence. Publications include What is Gnosticism?; The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle; and The Secret Revelation of John.
Sarah Parkhouse
Sarah Parkhouse
Sarah is a Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. She works broadly on early Christianity, currently exploring Egyptian literature, non-canonical gospels, and martyrdom. Her first book, published in 2019, focused on the Gospel of Mary within the genre of “dialogue gospels”. After this, she swore never to work on the Gospel of Mary again – but this didn’t quite happen. She is now writing another book on this text as part of a new series, Coptic Gospels and Associated Texts.
Lauren Randall
Lauren Randall
Lauren is a PhD student at Durham University, researching the paratext of Codex Amiatinus within the context of Anglo-Saxon manuscript culture. She is also an online theology tutor at ERMC Cambridge, and before moving to Durham she was an Associate Tutor and PGTA, teaching a range of undergraduate level Theology modules at ERMC and at St Padarn’s Institute in Cardiff. Lauren is also an Associate Fellow of Advance HE.
Joan Taylor
Joan Taylor
Joan is the Professor of Christian Origins and Second Temple Judaism at King's College, London and Honorary Professor at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia. Her numerous books and articles explore early Jewish and Christian life in the ancient Mediterranean and Joan is a frequent contributor to television and radio programmes.With Helen Bond, she initiated a project that culminated in the 2018 documentary Jesus Female Disciples: The New Evidence’ (Minerva Productions for Channel 4) and the popular book Women Remembered: Jesus' Female Disciples. She served as historical consultant for the film Mary Magdalene (2018).
Olivia Vong
Olivia Vong
Olivia is a Catholic performance artist, educator and dramaturg from Singapore who is currently based in Glasgow. She recently graduated with an M(Litt) in Theatre and Performance Practices from the University of Glasgow and has worked in the field of performance for a decade. Her performance work dovetails with her faith and passion for young people in her work as a youth minister based in Clydebank and in schools. If you would like to know more about her work or get in touch, you can follow her on Instagram at @meditationsofthemagdalene.
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