Category: Conference News

  • CFP: AAR Annual Meeting Graduate Student Committee

    CFP: AAR Annual Meeting Graduate Student Committee

    AAR Annual Meeting Graduate Student Committee Call for Papers  The 2017 Call for Papers for this year’s AAR Annual Meeting in Boston is open. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at 5:00 pm EST. Submissions to any of the following CFPs does not count against your two-submission limit in the AAR PAPERS…

  • Central Texas Colloquium on Religion Conference Schedule

    Central Texas Colloquium on Religion Conference Schedule

    AAR-SW Friends, The Central Texas Colloquium on Religion has announced their conference schedule, available here. This year’s conference will be held at the Seminary of the Southwest on February 25, 2017. Regional scholars are invited to attend free of charge. Keynote Address: Dr. Stephen B. Reid “Reframing King’s Dream: Rethinking the Theological Method” Dr. Stephen B.…

  • CFP: The Church’s Public Witness

    CFP: The Church’s Public Witness

    AAR-SW Friends, The ABS/USA Biennial Mission Summit has announced an academic conference to be held on June 29, 2017 in Portland, OR on the Baptist conception of the Church’s Public witness. 7500-1,000 paper proposals are due March 14, 2017. Accepted papers may be considered for subsequent publication in American Baptist Quarterly. Below is the full CFP.…

  • CFP: Lived Religion and Everyday Life through Early Modern Hagiography

    CFP: Lived Religion and Everyday Life through Early Modern Hagiography

    AAR-SW Friends, Editors Jenni Kuuliala, Paivi Raisanen-Schroder, and Rose-Marie Peake are seeking essays on Early Modern Hagiographies for a prospective edited volume. Call for abstracts ends Feb 28, 2017. They will hold a workshop in May 2018 before the final version of the essays will be due. Interested authors should email a 300 word abstract to…

  • Conference: How the Bible Came into Being

    Conference: How the Bible Came into Being

    AAR-SW Friends, Registration is opened for Houston Baptist University’s upcoming conference “How the Bible Came into Being.” Conference: How the Bible Came into Being Where: Houston Baptist University When: March 2-4, 2017 Click here for the conference website. The Department of Theology at HBU, in conjunction with Lanier Theological Library, is please to host the…

  • CFP: Tradition and Innovation in Bible Translation Conference

    CFP: Tradition and Innovation in Bible Translation Conference

    AAR-SW Friends, The International Linguistics Center and SIL International and the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics are pleased to announce this year’s Bible Translation conference in Dallas, TX. The CFP deadline is May 5, 2017, and the conference will be held on  October 13-17, 2017. Please see the full CFP below for instructions of submitting…

  • CFP: Texas A&M Graduate History Conference

    CFP: Texas A&M Graduate History Conference

    AAR-SW Friends Texas A&M is now accepting paper proposals for their 8th annual Graduate student History Conference. Graduate and advanced undergraduate students are invited to submit proposals on any area of historical study along with a CV to [email protected]. Proposals are do by January 14, 2017. Below is the full CFP. The History Graduate Student…

  • CFP: Embodiment, Corporeality, and the Senses in Religion (UT, Austin)

    CFP: Embodiment, Corporeality, and the Senses in Religion (UT, Austin)

    AAR-SW Friends, UT Austin invites paper proposals to their annual interdisciplinary graduate student conference. Paper proposals are due January 20, 2017. The conference will be held in Austin, TX on April 8-9, 2017. Below is the original CFP. Submit papers proposals including Paper Title, Name, Department and institutional affiliation, 250-300 word abstract, 1-2 page CV, and…

  • Conference: Religions Texas: Mapping Diversity

    Conference: Religions Texas: Mapping Diversity

    The University of Texas Department of Religious Studies and the Institute for Diversity and Civic Life are launching a research initiative to digitally map and document the religious diversity of Texas. To kick off this project, we are convening scholars of religion and culture for a dynamic conversation about documenting religions, digital and public humanities,…

  • 2017 Colloquium: “Calvin and the early Reformation”

    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…