Author: AAR-SW

  • Training in the Scientific Imaging for Humanities Collection

    Training in the Scientific Imaging for Humanities Collection

    Friends, Exciting new training opportunity for those interested in digitizing important humanities documents. Below is the training information posted by Casey Cameron of the National Endowment for the Humanities to Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI). A two-year training grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI) is providing fee-free, 4-day training…

  • CFP: Southern Historical Association

    CFP: Southern Historical Association

    AAR-SW Friends, The Southern Historical Association will be hosting their 83rd annual meeting in Dallas, TX on November 9-12, 2017. They have issued a Call For Papers on any topic related to the history of the American South. As always, below is thew full CFP. Conference Details: Southern Historical Association Sheraton Dallas Hotel in Dallas,…

  • AAR Office Nomination Deadline – September 1, 2016

    AAR Office Nomination Deadline – September 1, 2016

    AAR-SW Friends, Just a reminder that the call for National AAR Office Nominations is rapidly approaching. Nominations should be submitted by September 1, 2016. See the AAR-National posting below. The Nominations Committee is pleased to announce that the Vice President, Secretary, and one At-Large Director positions are up for election in 2017. Please note that…

  • CFP: Cistercian and Monastic Studies

    CFP: Cistercian and Monastic Studies

    Friends, AAR-SW has just received a CFP for an upcoming Conference on Cistercian and Monastic Studies to be held at Western Michigan University on May 11-14, 2017. The conference will be held concurrently with the International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS). Deadline for paper abstract submissions is September 30, 2016. As usual, below is the…

  • CFP: The Encyclopedia of World Religious Figures

    CFP: The Encyclopedia of World Religious Figures

    AAR-SW Friends, Scott E. Hendrix of Carroll University and Uchenna Okeja of Goethe-Universität Frankfurt are  looking for scholars of religion to contribute 2000 word  entries on select historical religious figures in the forthcoming The Encyclopedia of World Religious Figures (ABC-CLIO Press). Below is his official Call for Authors including a list of available entries. Dr.…

  • CFA: THE OFFICIAL: International journal of contemporary humanities (IJCH)

    CFA: THE OFFICIAL: International journal of contemporary humanities (IJCH)

    Friends, Dr Shaun Wilson of RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia has just announced the launch of a new digital humanities e-journal: THE OFFICIAL: International journal of contemporary humanities. THE OFFICIAL has issued a call for its inaugural issue, which is reproduced below. Deadline for abstract submissions is August 30, 2016. Full drafts or accepted articles are…

  • “Higher Learning.” 2016 Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture

    “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…

  • CFP: A World Without End

    CFP: A World Without End

    AAR-SW Friends, The Center for Christian Discernment and Academic Leadership and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship have announced an upcoming academic conference at Georgetown College (Georgetown, KY) on world Christianity. Here are the conference details and below is the full CFP. Conference Details: A World Without End: The New Shape of World Christianity Georgetown College, KY…

  • CFC: Women’s Development & Empowerment: Concepts & Approaches

    CFC: Women’s  Development & Empowerment: Concepts & Approaches

    AAR-SW Friends, A new Call for Book Chapters has been issued for a forthcoming volume, Women’s  Development & Empowerment: Concepts & Approaches edited by Vikram Singh and Archana Yadav. Submission Deadline is December 30, 2016. Below is the call: Dear Sir/Madam Greetings!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are pleased to inform you that we will be going to publish…

  • AAR Research Grant Deadline August 1, 2016

    AAR Research Grant Deadline August 1, 2016

    AAR-SW Friends, Just a reminder that the deadline for applying for AAR individual and collaborative grants is rapidly approaching. Completed applications are due no later that August 1, 2016. See below for grant details: Individual Grants Application Deadline: August 1 To fulfill its commitment to advance research in religion, the AAR each year grants awards…