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AAR 2018 Denver Registration Now Open
It’s that time again! Starting now, you can register for the 2018 AAR Annual Meeting, which will be held November 17-20 in Denver, Colorado. Super Saver rates expire after May 24, so be sure to register by then and take advantage of the steep discount AAR members receive—nearly 50% off the non-member rate for regular members and more than 70% off…
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AAR Regional Development Grant Application (Due June 1)
AAR-SW Friends, AAR is now accepting applications for Regional Development Grants. Application deadline is June 1. Below is the full information. Website: https://www.aarweb.org/node/167 Regional Development Grants Successful Grants from Prior Years Application Deadline: June 1 2018–2019 Regional Development Grant Application Cycle Regional Development Grants provide funds for special projects within the regions that promise to benefit the…
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Webinar: Religious Studies in Television and Film: Promising Venues for Public Scholarship
We invite you to attend our webinar on April 12th at 12:00 pm ET, Religious Studies in Television and Film: Promising Venues for Public Scholarship, hosted by the Public Scholars Project, a joint initiative of the Public Understanding of Religion Committee of the American Academy of Religion and of the Religious Freedom Center of the…
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Annual Meeting Travel Grant Program
Application Deadline: April 16 The American Academy of Religion will award twenty-five travel grants worth $500 each, plus complimentary Annual Meeting registration, on a competitive basis to members who demonstrate both financial need and a desire to participate in the Annual Meeting. Special consideration will be given to applicants from underrepresented minorities. Attending the Annual…
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Religion and the Arts Travel Grant
Funded by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Georgetown University Application Deadline: April 16 The AAR Religion and the Arts Travel Grant will be awarded to a graduate student studying Religion and the Arts who is without institutional support to attend the AAR Annual Meeting. The travel grant will offset the travel costs associated with attending the Annual Meeting:…
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CFP: Crossroads of Medicine and Religion, 1200-1800 (McGull U)
Angelical Conjunctions: Crossroads of Medicine and Religion, 1200-1800 McGill University on April 13-15, 2019 “Angelical Conjunction” was the term coined by the seventeenth-century New England Puritan Cotton Mather to denote the mutual affinity of medicine and religion. Indeed, medical and spiritual practices have a long history of coexistence in many religious traditions. This connection took…
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CFP: Edited Collection: Cinema Liberation Theology
AAR-SW Friends, Anthony Ballas of the University of Colorado at Denver has issued the following call for chapters. I am looking for 7-10 additional 4,000-5,000 word chapters on cinema and liberation theology for an edited collection which a major academic publisher is interested in. This collection focuses on liberation narratives which are in some way related to…
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CFP: Edited Collection on actress Eliza Rachel Félix
AAR-SW Friends, Dr. Nevena Stojanovic has just extended her deadline for chapters for her edited collection on the famous nineteenth-century French Jewish actress Eliza Rachel Félix (1821-1858). Several possible topics include the intersection of religion and popular culture in the life of Eliza Rachel Félix. Below is the full CFP. I welcome chapter proposals for an…
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CFP: Global History and Catholicism Conference
AAR-SW Friends, The Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism and the University of Notre Dame has announced an international conference on Global History and Catholicism. They invite paper and panel proposals along with corresponding CVs in PDF format via email at [email protected] by June 1, 2018. The conference will be held in Notre Dame, IN on April 4–6, 2019.…
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CFP: Conference on the History of Women Religious (Notre Dame, Indiana)
AAR-SW Friends, Saint Mary’s College of Notre Dame, Indiana has announced the CFP for their Eleventh Triennial Conference on the History of Women Religious. The conference will be held on June 23-26, 2019. They invite proposals for papers and panels addressing the conference theme of “Commemoration, Preservation, Celebration.” Proposals and accompanying CVs should be submitted via…
