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

Martin E. Marty Public Understanding of Religion Award Nominations

Marty bowtieThe Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion, established in 1996, recognizes extraordinary contributions to the public understanding of religion. The award goes to those whose work has a relevance and eloquence that speaks, not just to scholars, but more broadly to the public as well. The contribution can be any medium (e.g., books, films, TV, public speaking), so long as it is based on scholarship in religion. Nominees need not be AAR members or academics.

January 25 is the deadline by which nominations or self-nominations (and any information in support of them) must be received. They may be submitted any of the following ways:

Completing the Marty Award online nomination form; or

Printing a hard copy of the form (requires PDF reader), completing it, and

Marty Award
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