Events

2020 Annual Meeting

Your AAR staff continues to work toward holding the Annual Meeting in Boston, Nov. 21-24, 2020. We are aware of the uncertainty and contradictory projections related to the COVID-19 pandemic and with health and safety as a priority, we will continue monitoring the guidance of governments and health experts as we plan and make decisions. Should any changes need to be made related to the 2020 Annual Meeting, we will promptly notify you.

2020 Regional Meetings

Open Registration:

All remaining regional meetings for 2020 have been canceled

Additional Resources

Career Services Additional Resources

AAR Career Guide for Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession
 

Soundcloud Playlist

Audio recordings of Annual Meeting sessions hosted by the AAR's Applied Religious Studies Committee—featuring scholars, faculty, and career services professionals on preparing for and pursuing non-faculty careers—can be found on the AAR's Soundcloud channel.

Articles

Career Alternatives for Religion Scholars by Dennis A. Norlin

Landing That Perfect Job: It Takes a Village by Jaime Clark-Soles
 

Links to Articles on the Web

Who Prepares Humanities Ph.D.'s for a Nonacademic Search? by L. Maren Wood and Beatrice Gurwitz
(July 15, 2013, The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Visiting Professorships Take On New Uses in Changing Market by Sydni Dunn
(February 4, 2013, The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Manage Your Career by David D. Perlmutter
(October 21, 2012, The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Useful Resources for the Academic Job Market by Ryan Cordell
(September 26, 2012, The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Minding Your Manners for the Conference Interview by David D. Perlmutter
(September 9, 2012, The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Show Them You Really Want the Job by David D. Perlmutter
(June 17, 2012, The Chronicle of Higher Education)

What Graduate Students Want to Know About Community Colleges, Part 1 by Rob Jenkins
(April 22, 2012, The Chronicle of Higher Education)

What Graduate Students Want to Know About Community Colleges, Part 2 by Rob Jenkins
(May 20, 2012, The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Aging Professors Create a Faculty Bottleneck by Audrey Williams June
(March 18, 2012, The Chronicle of Higher Education)

The Sweet Spot of a Nonacademic Job Search by Alexandra M. Lord
(January 2, 2012, The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Why the World Needs Religious Studies by Nathan Schneider
(November 20, 2011, Religion Dispatches)

The First Interview by Stephen M. Cain
(December 18, 2008, The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Your First Real Taste of Academic Culture by David D. Perlmutter
(July 14, 2008, The Chronicle of Higher Education)

A Research Career at a Liberal Arts College by Kristen Ghodsee
(April 25, 2008, The Chronicle of Higher Education)