Emily Mace has spoken at Unitarian Universalist churches throughout the Chicago area, and also in other parts of the U.S. She loves to bring her knowledge of UU history and her gift for writing to congregational audiences.
In addition to sermons, Emily has spoken at academic conferences and in classrooms across the country. She can often be found at the American Academy of Religion’s annual conference, talking about life after graduate school.
She is available for speaking engagements throughout the Chicago area as well as in the northern Indiana, Illinois, and southern Wisconsin regions.
Recent Sermon Topics:
- “Interdependence Then and Now,” a history of the Women and Religion movement in Unitarian Universalism
- “Worth Beyond Even Love,” on the inherent worth and dignity of every person
- “Seeking a Language for Awe,” on the difficulty of putting this complex and overwhelming emotion into words
- “Prophetic Witness, Past and Present,” on the difficulties of separating politics and religion
- “To Know the Place for the First Time,” on T. S. Eliot’s conversion to Anglicanism
- “Madeleine L’Engle’s Religious Liberalism,” on the beloved author’s themes of love, science, and the Christian religion
Other Sermon Topics
- Interfaith families and communities
- Holidays, including historical and pastoral perspectives
- Religious liberalism and progressive Christianity
- Liberal Christianity and liberal Judaism
- Religious “nones,” or unaffiliated believers and non-believers – both in American history and the present moment
- Religion and women or gender in America
Alternative Academic Careers
As an alternative-academic / post-academic professional, I am excited to bring what I’ve learned about humanities graduates looking for work outside, or alongside, the academy to academic and other audiences. I’ve presented workshops about alternative academic job searching at national as well as small/local conferences, with a particular focus on what you can do during graduate school to help in your alt-ac or post-ac job search, should a job search outside the academy become necessary.
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