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IN THIS ISSUE: on The Work of the Academy Including the results of the Independent Annual Meeting Survey, beginning on page 10. RELIGIOUSELIGIOUS STUDIESTUDIES NEEWSWS 2008 Annual Meeting News Annual Meeting 2008 ..........................................4 March 2008 Published by the American Academy of Religion Vol. 23, No. 2 Beautiful Chicago Introducing the Program Planner.........................5 Details on Our New Annual Meeting Publication AAR President Emilie Townes discusses her Important 2008 Annual Meeting Dates................5 Registration Deadlines thoughts on her journey and her goals for New Program Units..............................................5 the Academy as its new president. See her 15 New Units interview on page 9. Where to Stay in Chicago ....................................5 Annual Meeting Hotels Eating, Drinking, and Entertainment ..................6 Around the City From the Editor ......................................................3 Changes to AAR’s Career Services ........................7 Introducing Our New Job Postings and Job Center A Conversation with the President ......................9 Chairs Workshop ..................................................8 Emilie Townes Taking Religion(s) Seriously: What Students Need to Know 2008 Committee Roster ......................................16 2007 Annual Meeting News Scholars Serving the AAR A Successful and Popular Meeting......................22 Call for Committee Nominations ........................17 San Diego Had Greatest Number of Sessions Available Positions for 2009 2007 Annual Business Meeting Minutes ............22 Bylaws Revision Results in New Treasurer Outgoing Committee Members ..........................18 Media Coverage..................................................23 Over 40 Journalists Attend the Meeting 35 Members Rotating Off Co-Sponsors of International Scholars................23 Five Schools Co-Sponsor Chinese Scholars 2008 Student Liaison Group................................20 Outgoing Program Unit Chairs ..........................23 Advisors to the Student Director and the Graduate Student Committee Our Thanks to These 43 Employment Information Services Center..........24 Academy Fund ......................................................27 Surge in Registration Numbers Continue Contributors to the AAR FEATURES In the Public Interest. .19 Going Public on Religion: Paradise or Pitfall? From the Student Desk . .20 IN THIS ISSUE OF Getting Stuck Overseas? Reflections on Graduate Studies Abroad Research Briefing . .21 A Pivotal Decade in the Life and Work Theological of I. B. Horner Education Teaching Critical Thinking and Praxis 2008 Member Calendar 2 0 0 8 Dates are subject to change. Check www.aarweb.org for the latest information. AAR Staff Directory Kyle Cole March May October 15. Submissions for the January 2009 Director of Professional Programs issue of Religious Studies News due. For more Religious Studies News March issue. Religious Studies News May issue. E-MAIL: [email protected] information, see www.aarweb.org/ TEL: 404-727-1489 Spotlight on Theological Education. Spotlight on Teaching Spring issue. Publications/RSN/. Jessica Davenport Associate Director of Professional Programs Journal of the American Academy of Religion May 1. Nominations (including self-nomina- October 30. Regionally Elected Directors E-MAIL: [email protected] March issue. For more information on AAR tions) for committee appointments requested. meeting, Chicago, IL. TEL: 404-727-4707 publications, see www.aarweb.org/Publications/ May 1. Annual Meeting Additional Meeting October 30. Executive Committee meeting, Joe DeRose or go directly to the JAAR home page requests due for priority consideration. Chicago, IL. Director of Technology Services hosted by Oxford University Press, E-MAIL: [email protected] http://jaar.oxfordjournals.org/. May 2–4. Pacific Northwest regional meeting, October 31. Fall Board of Directors meeting, TEL: 404-727-7972 Newberg, OR. Chicago, IL. March 4. Humanities Advocacy Day, an event Toby Director May 2–3. Eastern International regional meet- Finance and Administration Coordinator organized by the National Humanities Alliance October 31. Chairs Workshop at the Annual E-MAIL: [email protected] and co-sponsored by the AAR and more than ing, Montréal, Quebec. Meeting, Chicago, IL. TEL: 404-727-9503 20 organizations to promote support for the May 15. Change of address due for priority Ina Ferrell National Endowment for the Humanities. For receipt of the Annual Meeting Program Planner. November Associate Director of Finance and Administration more information, see www.nhalliance.org. Program Planners will be mailed to members in E-MAIL: [email protected] November 1. Research Grant Awards TEL: 404-727-2331 March 7–9. Southeast regional meeting, late May. announced. John Fitzmier Atlanta, GA. (For more Annual Meeting information, see November 1–3. Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. Executive Director March 14–16. Southwest regional meeting, www.aarweb.org/Meetings/Annual_Meeting/ The AAR Annual Meeting, the world’s largest E-MAIL: [email protected] Dallas, TX. Current_Meeting/). gathering of scholars of religion, anticipates TEL: 404-727-3049 some 5,000 registrants, 200 publishers, and March 15. Publications Committee meeting, Carey J. Gifford June 125 hiring departments. Director of Publications and Theological Programs New York, NY. E-MAIL: [email protected] Journal of the American Academy of Religion November 3. Annual Business Meeting at the March 20. Nominations due for Awards for TEL: 404-727-2270 June issue. Annual Meeting. See the Program Planner for Excellence in the Study of Religion book Stephanie Gray June 15. Membership renewal deadline for day and time. Associate Director of Publications awards. For details, see E-MAIL: [email protected] www.aarweb.org/Programs/Awards/Book_Awards 2008 Annual Meeting participants. November 14. New program unit proposals due. TEL: 404-727-3059 /rules-excellence.asp. June 15. Submission deadline for the October Steve Herrick March 27–28. Mid–Atlantic regional meeting, issue of Religious Studies News. For more infor- December Director of External Relations mation, see www.aarweb.org/Publications/RSN/. Journal of the American Academy of Religion E-MAIL: [email protected] New Brunswick, NJ. TEL: 404-727-7948 December issue. March 28–29. Rocky Mountains–Great Plains July Margaret P. Jenkins regional meeting, Denver, CO. December 12–13. Program Committee Director of Development Annual Meeting program goes online. meeting, Atlanta, GA. E-MAIL: [email protected] March 28–29. Upper Midwest regional meet- TEL: 404-727-7928 ing, St. Paul, MN. July 1. New fiscal year begins. December 15. Submissions for the March Myesha D. Jenkins March 29–30. Governance Task Force meet- July 31. Deadline for participants to request 2009 issue of Religious Studies News due. Director of Membership Development ing, Atlanta, GA. audiovisual equipment at the Annual Meeting. For more information, see E-MAIL: [email protected] www.aarweb.org/Publications/RSN/. TEL: 404-727-3026 March 29–31. Western regional meeting, August December 31. Membership renewal for Aislinn Jones Pasadena, CA. August 1. Research Grant applications due. 2009 due. Renew online at Director of Meetings and Marketing (For more information on regional meetings, E-MAIL: [email protected] For more information, see www.aarweb.org/Members/Dues/. TEL: 404-727-8132 see www.aarweb.org/Meetings/regions.asp). www.aarweb.org/Programs/Grants/. Deanna Lord And keep in mind Administrative Assistant April August 1. Regional development grant appli- throughout the year… cations due to regionally elected directors. E-MAIL: [email protected] Annual Meeting registration materials mailed. TEL: 404-727-3049 August 15. Membership renewal period for Regional organizations have various deadlines Deborah Minor April 1. Notification of acceptance of Annual 2009 begins. throughout the fall for the Calls for Papers. See Director of Finance and Administration Meeting paper proposals by program unit www.aarweb.org/Meetings/regions.asp. E-MAIL: [email protected] chairs. TEL: 404-727-7954 September April 4–5. Midwest regional meeting, River In the Field. News of events and opportu- Robert Puckett Journal of the American Academy of Religion nities for scholars of religion. In the Field is Associate Director of Meetings Forest, IL. September issue. a members-only publication that accepts E-MAIL: [email protected] April 11. Regionally Elected Directors meet- TEL: 404-727-1461 September 5. Program Committee meeting, brief announcements, including calls for ing, Atlanta, GA. Susan Snider New Haven, CT. papers, grant news, conference announce- Associate Director of External Relations April 11. Executive Committee meeting, September 6. Executive Committee meeting, ments, and other opportunities appropriate E-MAIL: [email protected] Atlanta, GA. for scholars of religion. Submit text online TEL: 404-727-4725 New Haven, CT. April 12–13. Spring Board of Directors meet- September 22–October 20. AAR officer elec- at www.aarweb.org/Publications/ ing, Atlanta, GA. tion period. Candidate profiles will be pub- In_the_Field/submit1.asp. Religious Studies News (USPS 841-720) is pub- lished quarterly by the American Academy of April 21. Annual Meeting registration and lished in the October RSN. Job Postings. A members-only publication, Religion in January, March, May, and October. housing opens for 2008 Annual Meeting. Job Postings lists job announcements in areas