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HBU A.O. Collins Lecture: J. J. Collins “Outside the Canon”
AAR-SW Friends, Houston Baptist University is pleased to invite interested regional scholars to join them for the A.O. Collins Lecture featuring John J. Collins entitled “Outside the Canon. The Literature of Second Temple Judaism, and Why It Matters: The Apocalyptic Genre.” The lecture is open to the public at no cost. The Lecture will be…
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“Higher Learning.” 2016 Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture
AAR-SW Friends, Baylor University would like to invite regional scholars to attend their 2016 Symposium on Faith and Culture: Higher Learning. Conference Details Higher Learning Baylor University (Waco, TX) October 27-29, 2016 Conference home page Higher education in America is in the midst of profound challenge and transformation. The cost of a college education continues…
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CFP: International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture
AAR-SW Friends, Associate editor Richard McBride invites North American scholars of Buddhism to contribute to a forthcoming volume of the International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture. Submitted papers are asked to be no more than 10,000 words, and follow the below mentioned style formatting. Completed submissions are due December 1, 2016. Any questions may…
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Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship
AAR-SW Friends, The American Antiquarian Society and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation are now accepting applications for the 2017-2018 Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship. The Fellowship provides a twelve month stipend of $35,000 to scholars no more than three years beyond the receipt of their PhD in order to facilitate the further research, revision, and publication of…
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New Journal: Studies in Late Antiquity
AAR-SW Friends, Exciting news in the world of academic journals. Editor Elizabeth DePalma Digeser and University of California Press are pleased to announce the launch of a new online quarterly journal beginning in February of 2017: Studies in Late Antiquity. The journal aims to publish interdisciplinary work on topics related to the late ancient world…
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2017 Colloquium: “Calvin and the early Reformation”
AAR-SW Friends, The Calvin Studies Society has just announced that their 2017 annual meeting will be held at Baylor University in Waco, TX. CSS and BU would like to invite regional scholars interested in Calvin and the Reformation to attend. There is also a CFP for graduate students. See below for the conference details. Conference…
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CFP: Jimmy Carter and the ‘Year of the Evangelicals’ Reconsidered
AAR-SW Friends, The New Hampshire Institute of Politics has announced a Call for Papers for their upcoming conference entitled, “Jimmy Carter and the ‘Year of the Evangelicals’ Reconsidered.” Below are the conference details and the original CFP. Conference: Jimmy Carter and the ‘Year of the Evangelicals’ Reconsidered Date: April 6-8, 2017 Location: Manchester, New Hampshire…
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CFC: World of Antebellum America: A Daily Life Encyclopedia
AAR-SW Friends, Editor Alexandra Kindell is seeking scholars to contribute to a forthcoming Encyclopedia World of Antebellum America: A Daily Life Encyclopedia. Interested authors should contact Alexandra Kindell at [email protected] for a list of available entries. Below is the original call for authors. Call for Entries: World of Antebellum America: A Daily Life Encyclopedia Editor,…
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Scholarship News: “Religions Texas: Mapping Diversity”
AAR-SW Friends, As a region we would like to congratulate Tiffany Puett (Institute for Diversity and Civic Life), Chad E. Seales (University of Texas at Austin), and Jennifer Graber (University of Texas at Austin) on their receipt of a regional development grant for the 2016-2017 year. Their proposed project, “Religions Texas: Mapping Diversity,” aims to…
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Conference Announcement: “Voices of Israel: Isaiah and Micah”
Attention AAR-SBL Dual Members: A biblical studies conference jointly sponsored by St. Edward’s University and the Katholischen Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt will be held at the St. Edward’s campus in Austin on November 18, 2016. The conference will focus on the books of Isaiah (1-39) and Micah to examine issues in the religious life of ancient Israel…
