Category: Conference News

AAR-SW Graduate Students, The Southwest region of the AAR is pleased to announce the second annual Graduate Student Paper Competition. The competition seeks to foster graduate student scholarship that reaches the highest levels of creativity and excellence within religious studies. Papers may address any topic within the purview of the regional sections (Arts, Literature, and…

AAR-SW Friends, Houston Baptist University is pleased to announce their upcoming conference “How the Bible Came into Being.” Here is the pertinent conference information and below you will find their full CFP. Conference: How the Bible Came into Being Where: Houston Baptist University When: March 2-4, 2017 CFP Deadline: December 8, 2016 Click here for…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

AAR-SW Friends, Texas A&M University at Galveston announced that they will be hosting an upcoming conference of Diversity and Inclusion in Higher ed that may be of interest to many of you.  Here are the details: Conference: National Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Higher Education Date: April 3, 2017 to April 5, 2017 Location:…

AAR-SW Friends, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ) is pleased to announce a cosponsored Symposium with The Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation on Buddhist textual practices, publishing, and the transmission of literate knowledge in Northern Vietnam. The Symposium will be held on September 23-24, 2016 at the Alexander Library at Rutgers University. Below are some helpful links…

AAR-SW Friends, First Things and the Austin Graduate School of Theology have announced an upcoming invited lecture by Peter J. Leithart on the topic of Reformational Catholicism. The Lecture will take place on September 12, 2016 at 7:00PM. University Avenue Church of Christ (1903 University Avenue) in Austin, TX has agreed to host the lecture.…