Category: Professional Development

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…

AAR-SW Friends, AAR and the Religious Freedom Center have partnered to provide a free webinar as part of their Public Scholars Project. They will provide a free webinar on Religious Studies in K-12 Public Education on Thursday, July 13, 2017 from 12:00-12:45PM. Below is the full webinar series information . RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN K-12 PUBLIC…

AAR-SW Friends, The USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture presents Studying Faith: Qualitative Methodologies for Studying Religious Congregations, a free online methods book optimized for use on smart phones and tablets. For more information, visit the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture website

AAR-SW Friends, Dr. Stephen Sloan of the Baylor University Institute for Oral History has announced that registration is now opened for their live online workshop “Getting Started with Oral History.” The workshop will be held on February 8 and 15, from 10:00 a.m. CDT to 1:00 p.m. Registration is $100 and may be completed via the Baylor…

AAR-SW Friends Jewish Theological Seminary is offering an online graduate level course designed to improve reading proficiency of academic Hebrew for PhD and advanced Masters students as well as career faculty. See below for full details. Jewish Theological Seminary Reading Hebrew Academic Texts (HEB 5999D) Dr. Nitza Krohn, Instructor (http://www.jtsa.edu/nitza-krohn) “Reading Hebrew Academic Texts” is…

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…

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…

AAR-SW, The AAR Publications Committee is seeking two book series editors. See they’re call below: The AAR Publications Committee seeks two book editors: one for the Academy Series and one for the Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion Series. Both series are sponsored by the American Academy of Religion and published in cooperation…

The AAR awards each year several Regional Development Grants. The deadline for application is June 1. Regional Development Grants provide funds for special projects within the regions that promise to benefit the scholarly and professional life of AAR members and do the work of the AAR in the regions. Workshops, special programs, training events and…

The American Academy of Religion Mentoring program exists to provide mentoring opportunities to underrepresented groups within the society. This year, 35 applicants will be matched to participating scholar mentors for the duration of one year. Mentors will coach, share from their experiences, and act as a sounding board for the AAR mentee. The application deadline…