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

International Dissertation Research Grants Awarded

2018–2019 Winners

Eva Rogaar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research destination: Russia

Selva J. Raj Endowed Internation​al Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Jue Liang, University of Virginia
Research destination: China

2017–2018 Winners

Aaron T. Hollander, University of Chicago Divinity School
Research destination: Cyprus

Selva J. Raj Endowed Internation​al Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Elsa Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School
Research destination: India

2016–2017 Winners

Julie Chamberlain, George Washington University
Research destinations: Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa 

Selva J. Raj Endowed Internation​al Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Ayodeji Ogunnaike, Harvard University
Research destination: Salvador, Brazil

2015–2016 Winner

Kyrah Daniels, Harvard University
Research destinations: DR Congo and Haiti

2014–2015 Winners

Elizabeth Anderson, Yale University
Research destinations: Rome, London, and India

Selva J. Raj Endowed Internation​al Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Rakesh Peter Dass, Harvard University
Research destination: United Kingdom

2013–2014 Winners

Deanna Womack, Princeton Theological Seminary
Research destinations: Lebanon, Egypt, and Turkey

Selva J. Raj Endowed Internation​al Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Jaspreet Kaur, University of Oxford
Research destination: Los Angeles, California

2012–2013 Winners

Lauren Osborne, University of Chicago Divinity School
Research destination: Muscat, Oman

Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Sara Singha, Georgetown University
Research destinations: Islamabad, Karachi, and Lahore, Pakistan

2011–2012 Winners

Michelle Bakker, Concordia University
Research destination: Kenya

Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Arun Brahmbhatt, University of Toronto
Research destination: Gujarat, India

2010–2011 Winners

Mashal Saif, Duke University
Research destination: Sana'a, Yemen and Lahore, Pakistan

Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Mudgha Yeolekar, Arizona State University
Research destination: Dattatreya temples, main libraries and Audumbar trees within Pune, India

2009–2010 Winners

Kathleen Foody, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research destination: Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Tehran, Iran

Selva J. Raj Endowed International Dissertation Research Fellowship:
Ehud Halperin, Columbia University
Research destination: Kullu Valley, India

Ilyse Morgenstein-Fuerst, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research destination: British Library, London, United Kingdom