Events2020 Annual MeetingYour 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 MeetingsOpen Registration: All remaining regional meetings for 2020 have been canceled |
Thousands of Religion Scholars Meet in ChicagoSeptember 8, 2008 Contact: Susan Snider Some five thousand scholars converge on Chicago, Ill., Nov. 1–3, 2008, to review the latest research in the field of religion at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Accompanying them are more than 100 publishers, whose displays will create one of the world’s largest bookstores specializing in religion. More than 300 meeting sessions are scheduled this year on topics such as African American religious history, environmentalism, cognitive science, religion in public schools, contemporary Islam, religion and the media, Jesus and biblical ethics, the war on terror, medicine and healing, religion and food, politics and the 2008 presidential election, and several sessions with a focus on South Asian scholars and scholarship. The publishers’ exhibits and the meeting sessions take place at the Chicago Hilton Towers. Registration, which is required for admission to the sessions, is complimentary for journalists, as is admission to the exhibit hall, and can be arranged in advance or on site at the Chicago Hilton Towers. The AAR, founded in 1909, is the world’s largest association of religion scholars with more than 10,000 members from some 1,500 colleges, universities, seminaries, and schools in North America and abroad. Its mission is to foster excellence in the study of religion by promoting research, publishing, and teaching about religion in academia. The AAR neither endorses nor rejects any religious belief or practice. To find out more information or to preregister for the meeting, contact Susan Snider at ssnider@aarweb.org or 404-727-4725. ### |