Lilian Calles Barger

Lilian Calles Barger was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and immigrated as a child to the United States. She received her Ph.D. in Humanities/History of Ideas from the University of Texas at Dallas. She pursued an early career in business and went on to become the founder of The Damaris Project a non-profit cultural initiative engaging in inter-religious dialogue and creating multiple venues for conversation on faith, feminism, and life. There she developed multiple programs to address the life concerns of women by drawing on literature, the arts, religion, and history. Her various social and cultural projects resulted in two trade books on women and religion and a historical study of liberation theology. She works as an independent historian, cultural critic, podcast co-host for New Books Network and is available to address conferences and university groups. Currently she is working on her next book on Simone de Beauvoir, Feminism and Women's History. www.lilianbarger.com