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Conference: 17th Africa Conference (UT Austin)
AAR-SW Friends, The University of Texas at Austin would like to invite regional scholars to attend this year’s annual Africa Conference. Among the invited topics for presentation they have listed a number of religion themes and subjects. The theme of this years conference is “Rupturing Colonial Legacies: Colonialisms and Decolonizations in Africa and the African…
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CFP: Yale Journal of Music & Religion
AAR-SW Friends, The Yale Journal of Music and Religion has issued a CFP for their upcoming volume. CFP deadline is April 1, 2017. Below is the full CFP. ale Institute of Sacred Music invites papers on topics relating to music and religion, to be published in Yale Journal of Music & Religion Vol. 3, No.…
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Symposium News: “Faith and Politics” (San Antonio)
AAR-SW Friends, Baptist University of the Americas in San Antonio, TX has announced the T.B. Maston Symposium on Christian Ethics to be held on April 3-4, 2017. The topic is “Faith and Politics” and will feature:Mr. Stephen K. Reeves; Dr. Carl Johnson, Reverend and Dr. Myles Werntz. Regional scholars are invited to attend. [Click here for the symposium…
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SWCRS Friday Night Movie: Silence
AAR-SW Friends, Join us Friday evening 7:00-9:30 pm at SWCRS for an AAR Film Screening of Silence. Silence is still in theaters, but AAR-SW has obtained permissions from Paramount Pictures for a special screening and discussion at our SWCRS meeting. There are two film adaptations (one in Japanese, one in English) of the 1966 novel Silence…
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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…
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Newsflash: Former AAR-SW Region Artist BJ Parker Update
AAR-SW Friends, Many of you remember the artistic talents of BJ Parker, former AAR-SW Graduate Student representative. BJ’s unique combination of artistic talent and academic training merged in his many art projects displayed over the last several AAR SW regional meetings. BJ has recently announced the launch of his website http://www.bjparkerfineart.com featuring his latest art projects and…
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CFP: The Bible and the Reformation
AAR-SW Friends, The Baylor University Institute for Studies of Religion and Westminster Theological Seminary have announced the call for papers for their 2017 Symposium on Faith and Culture on “The Bible and the Reformation.” The Symposium will be held on October 25-27, 2017 at Baylor University. Paper proposals of no more than 750 words should…
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Newsflash: Pre-SWCRS message from the AAR-SW Regional Coordinator
Greetings, Southwest Region, from Dallas, where today it is a lovely sunny and 70s-degree day! We are in the last weeks of preparation for SWCRS and so I’m writing to encourage you, if you haven’t yet, to register for the March 10–13 meeting at the Marriott DFW where the overarching theme will be “Religion Matters.”…
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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…
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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.…
