Religion Call for Papers | @relcfp

Introduction

The American Academy of Religion, Western Region (AAR-WR), is delighted to announce its annual Call for Papers (CFP) for its 2025 Conference, which will be held at the Arizona State University (ASU). It will be an in-person conference with some hybrid capabilities.

Our region is grateful for ASU’s wonderful support of our annual conference and look forward to this opportunity to share the exciting research, scholarship, and publication taking place within AAR’s Western Region!

We look forward with great enthusiasm to this conference and to seeing everyone at ASU!

Sincerely,

2024-2025 Board of Directors American Academy of Religion, Western Region (AAR-WR)

Proposal Instructions

2025 Conference Theme

Performing Religions, Faith, and Spirituality

Membership in AAR required to present at the conference. Become an AAR Member here.
​Submission of an abstract alone, however, does not require membership.

Submit your Proposal Form (Word version or PDF version) to the relevant Unit Chair listed below by September 30, 2024.

CALL FOR PAPERS: Asian American Religious Studies Unit

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION WESTERN REGION (AAR/WR) 2024 ANNUAL CONFERENCE In-Person Conference at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
March 15-17, 2024

The Asian American Religious Studies Unit invites papers for the American Academy of Religion Western Region Annual Meeting 2024.Focusing on the definition and redefinition of religious/secular, the unit wishes to explore how these categories are shifted and created through media and politics across boundaries geographical and otherwise. How are Asian American religions affected by movement in these categories? How has transnationalism shaped debates around what is and is not religion? How has it shaped the lived experience of Asian American communities? This year we seek papers concerned with the following themes:

• Transnationalism
• Materiality
• Space/Place
• Categories of Religion and the Secular
• New Religious Movements
• Media and Religion

The deadline for abstract submission to AAR/WR is November 15, 2023. Scholars of all levels are invited to participate in this dialogue. Please send your abstracts (250 words) to Shannon Toribio (shannon_toribio@ucsb.edu).