Our #AAR Cup of Coffee Mentoring program connects members in need of mentoring with experienced professionals — and it now includes online sessions from August through December!
Mentors: sign up here by April 22, 2026: aarweb.org/resource/onl...
Did you know #AAR shares calls for papers, grant news, calls for award nominations, and other opportunities appropriate for scholars of religion on our opportunities calendar? Check out what's coming up: aarweb.org/events/calls...
#AAR Annual Meeting Travel Grants award $500 and complimentary registration to members who demonstrate financial need and a desire to participate in the November Annual Meeting. Apply by May 11, 6 PM: aarweb.org/award/annual...
Max K. Strassfeld on the importance of religious studies:
"As a scholar of trans studies and religion, it is clear to me that the current moment demands nuanced, critical, and complex analyses about the role gender and religion are playing in our political lives."
#TalkAboutHumanities
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Hari Chandra Kamali (Far Western University) on why we need more scholars of religion:
"Interspirituality studies in higher education allows for the synthesis of ancient scriptures across religions and cultures, guiding us toward a more humane and ecological world."
#TalkAboutHumanities
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Ann Gleig and Amy Langenberg on why we need more scholars of religion:
"Studying religion as it is actually lived on the ground enables us to understand the different ways religion can be both a force of harm and a force of justice."
#TalkAboutHumanities
#AAR produces and sponsors webinAARs every month on topics related to the academic study and teaching of religion. See what's coming up! aarweb.org/events/event...
The #AAR Religion and the Arts Travel Grant is awarded to a graduate student studying religion and the arts who is without institutional support to attend the Annual Meeting. Apply by May 11, 6 PM: aarweb.org/award/religi...
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Simran Jeet Singh on why we need more scholars of religion:
“We need more religious studies scholars because every major conflict in the world today has a religious dimension — and you can't solve what you don't understand.
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Join us in celebrating our members on their professional news and accomplishments! Are you an #AAR member who has recently published a book or received an award or other achievement? Send us your news!
Emilie M. Townes on why we need more ethicists:
“More often than not, when someone finds out I am a college professor and asks what I teach, and I reply ‘ethics,’ there is a roll of the eyes and a somewhat hopeful sigh.
They then say, ‘Oh, we need you today!’ Exactly.”
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#AAR | Register for a webinAAR panel discussion with Andrew Mark Henry, the creator of the YouTube channel "Religion for Breakfast," one of the largest public-facing platforms for the academic study of religion. Join us on April 21, 2 PM: aarweb.org/event/the-ur...
The #AAR Judith Plaskow Travel Grant is awarded to a student or independent scholar who presents a paper contributing to feminist approaches to the study of religion at the November Annual Meeting. Apply by May 11, 6 PM: aarweb.org/award/judith...
Call for AAR/OUP Book Series Editor – Academy Series
The AAR Publications Committee seeks an editor for the Academy Series, sponsored by the American Academy of Religion and published in cooperation with Oxford University Press.
Deadline to apply: May 31, 2026
aarweb.org/news/call-fo...
Registration for the #AAR Online June Annual Meeting is now open! Attend sessions and workshops; connect with friends and colleagues; and gain early access to innovative scholarship in a fully virtual environment, at newly affordable registration rates. aarweb.org/event/annual...
If you are serving as department chair or in a similar leadership position in your school, you can apply for a multi-day training seminar at San José State University at the end of May 2026 — thanks to a grant, AAR can send six department chairs/leaders! Send inquiries to Claudia Schippert (cschippert@aarweb.org) by April 9
A special leadership development opportunity for Chairs and Directors and similar leaders of Religious Studies and adjacent departments: aarweb.org/news/2026-le...
Send inquiries to cschippert@aarweb.org by April 9!
ACLS Doctoral Futures invites graduate students, faculty, and academic professionals into an open conversation about pedagogy in doctoral education that will explore how doctoral students are taught, and how they are prepared to teach others. Join in on April 15, 1 PM ET:
“Could the activity of thinking as such, the habit of examining whatever happens to come to pass or to attract attention, regardless of results and specific content, could this activity be among the conditions that make men abstain from evil-doing or even actually 'condition' them against it?” Hannah Arendt, The Life of the Mind, Volume 1
In the latest issue of our advocacy newsletter sent on April 2, #AAR Executive Director Claudia Schippert revisits Arendt's "activity of thinking" and ponders the consequences of its absence for democracy. Read now and subscribe if you haven't yet: mailchi.mp/aarweb/advoc...
Are you subscribed to receive email updates from #AAR? We use one email tool to send ALL our correspondence — including weekly mailings, election ballots, and board statements. Make sure you’re subscribed so you aren’t missing any important member benefits! eepurl.com/g4aMab
#AAR Programming | Remember to register for this webinAAR on April 7, 2026 that will feature panelists discussing several venues and methods for teaching religion in light of the United States’ 250th anniversary. Free and open to the public! aarweb.org/event/approa...
ACLS Doctoral Futures invites graduate students, faculty, and academic professionals into an open conversation about what smaller cohorts mean for the design of doctoral education. Join this town hall on April 7, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET: aarweb.org/event/acls-d...
LAST CHANCE TO VOTE! We are running the #AAR Regional Elections until 6 PM today. Election ballots have gone out to all AAR members who have specified a Region in their member profile. If you are an AAR member who is part of a Region and have NOT received a ballot, please email elections@aarweb.org
#AAR Programming | Register now for a webinAAR on April 7, 2026 that will feature panelists discussing several venues and methods for teaching religion in light of the United States’ 250th anniversary. Free and open to the public! aarweb.org/event/approa...
we will post a recording of the conversation on our website which will be available to AAR members!
Are you subscribed to receive email updates from #AAR? We use one email tool to send ALL our correspondence — including weekly mailings, election ballots, and board statements. Make sure you’re subscribed so you aren’t missing any important member benefits! eepurl.com/g4aMab
We are running the #AAR Regional Elections through April 3, 2026. Election ballots have gone out to all AAR members who have specified a Region in their member profile. If you are an AAR member who is part of a Region and have NOT received a ballot, please email elections@aarweb.org
Reminder that this is happening now! #AAR #ReadingReligion
#AAR produces and sponsors webinAARs every month on topics related to the academic study and teaching of religion. See what's coming up! aarweb.org/events/event...
#AAR Member Spotlight | Randall Reed is co-chair of AAR's Artificial Intelligence and Religion program unit — his recent research explores how technology influences religious institutions and culture in general. Read his interview: aarweb.org/news/member-...
In Memoriam: Barbara Anne DeConcini (1944-2026), #AAR's first female executive director. Read the obituary prepared by friends and colleagues of Barbara and published in Religious Studies News: aarweb.org/news/in-memo...
