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2009 Annual Meeting News Annual Meeting 2009 . .4 Bienvenue à Montréal New Program Units . .5 Ten New Units Where to Stay in Montréal . .5 Annual Meeting Hotels RELIGIOUSELIGIOUS STUDIESTUDIES NEEWSWS What’s on in Montréal . .6–7 Eating, Drinking, and Entertainment March 2009 Published by the American Academy of Religion Vol. 24, No. 2 Annual Meeting Job Center . .8 Registration and Services An Early Glimpse of Quebec . .8 St. Lawrence Valley’s Canadians and the From the Editor........................................................3 First Nations Leadership Workshop . .9 Benchmarking Humanities in America..................3 Three Religion Majors Meet in a Café: What Do They Have in Common Call for Volunteers Committee Nominations ................................................10 2008 Annual Meeting News AAR Series Book Editor ................................................10 AAR Delegate to the ACLS ............................................11 Leadership Workshop . .26 11 Record Attendance Presidential Nominations .............................................. Scholars Meet with Prison Chaplaincy . .26 Actions of the Board ............................................11 Cosponsors of International Scholars . .26 11 Two Schools Cosponsor South Asian Scholars New Policy Statement .......................................... Media Coverage . .26 Nondiscrimination Statement Over 45 Journalists Attend the Meeting 2009 Committee Roster ..................................12–13 A Successful and Popular Meeting . .27 Almost 6,000 at the Chicago Meeting Scholars Serving the AAR 2008 Annual Business Meeting Minutes . .22 New Strategic Plan Border Crossing ....................................................14 Outgoing Program Unit Chairs . .28 Collaborative Theological Reflection for Ministry at the University of Our Thanks to These 47 Chicago Divinity School Job Center Statistics . .28–29 Position-to-candidate Ratios Remain High To Prevail in Jerusalem ........................................15 2007–2008 Employment Survey Highlights . .30 Outgoing Committee Members ............................16 32 Members Rotating Off Case Study Initiative ............................................17 FEATURES Teaching Pluralism In the Public Interest . .23 Barack Obama’s Endorsement of Faith-based Membership Corner ..............................................18 Initiatives: Bringing Religion to the Public Square in the Context of the Separation of Church and State Briefs ......................................................................19 Research Briefing . .24 JAAR Calls for Papers ..........................................19 Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine Book Corner ..........................................................20 From the Student Desk . .25 Timbre, Tempo, and Time Signatures: A Jazz AAR Highlights Four New Books Musician’s Journey into Biblical Studies Place of Personal Faith in the Classroom ..........21 Upcoming Summer Seminar ................................22 Theologies of Religious Pluralism and Comparative Theology 2008 Annual Report A Message from the President ........................................31 A Message from the Executive Director ............................31 About Us ................................................................31 Financial Standing ......................................................32 Membership Trends ....................................................33 Annual Meeting ........................................................33 Centennial Strategic Plan ..............................................34 Contributors ........................................................34–35 2009 Member Calendar 2 0 0 9 Dates are subject to change. Check www.aarweb.org for the latest information. AAR Staff Directory Kyle Cole March May 1. Annual Meeting Additional Meeting October 12. Annual Meeting Job Center pre- Director of Professional Programs E-MAIL: [email protected] Religious Studies News March issue, including the requests due for priority consideration. registration closes. TEL: 404-727-1489 2008 Annual Report. May 1. Deadline for submissions of nomina- October 15. Submissions for the January 2010 Jessica Davenport Associate Director of Professional Programs Journal of the American Academy of Religion tions for the AAR Delegate to the American issue of Religious Studies News due. For more E-MAIL: [email protected] March 2009 issue. Council of Learned Societies. See this issue, information, see www.aarweb.org/Publications/ TEL: 404-727-4707 page 11, for more information. RSN. For more information on AAR publications, see Toby Director Finance and Administration Coordinator www.aarweb.org/Publications or go directly to the May 1–2. History of Religions Jury meeting, October 15. Regional development grant E-MAIL: [email protected] JAAR homepage, hosted by Oxford University Atlanta, GA. awards announced. TEL: 404-727-7948 Press, http://jaar.oxfordjournals.org. Steve Eley May 1–2. Eastern International regional meet- November March 2. Annual Meeting proposals due to pro- ing, Syracuse, NY. Director of Technology Services November 1. Research grant awards announced. E-MAIL: [email protected] gram unit chairs. Additional Meeting requests May 15. Change of address due for priority TEL: 404-727-7972 may be submitted for the 2009 Annual Meeting. November 5. Regionally Elected Directors receipt of the Annual Meeting Program Planner. Ina Ferrell meeting, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Associate Director of Finance and Administration March 6–7. Rocky Mountains–Great Plains Program Planners will be mailed to members in E-MAIL: [email protected] regional meeting, Denver, CO. late May. November 5. Executive Committee meeting, TEL: 404-727-2331 Montréal, Québec, Canada. John Fitzmier March 7–8. Southwest regional meeting, (For more Annual Meeting information, see Executive Director Irving, TX. www.aarweb.org/Meetings/Annual_Meeting/ November 6. Fall Board of Directors meeting, E-MAIL: [email protected] Current_Meeting). Montréal, Québec, Canada. TEL: 404-727-3049 March 11. Humanities Advocacy Day, an event Carey J. Gifford organized by the National Humanities Alliance June November 6. Leadership Workshop at the and cosponsored by the AAR and more than Annual Meeting, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Director of Publications and Theological Programs Journal of the American Academy of Religion June E-MAIL: [email protected] twenty organizations to promote support for the issue. November 7. Annual Meeting registration and TEL: 404-727-2270 National Endowment for the Humanities. For housing opens for 2010 meeting. Stephanie Gray more information, see www.nhalliance.org. June 15. Membership renewal deadline for Associate Director of Publications 2009 Annual Meeting participants. November 7–10. Annual Meeting, Montréal, E-MAIL: [email protected] March 13–15. Southeast regional meeting, TEL Québec, Canada. The AAR Annual Meeting, : 404-727-3059 Chapel Hill, NC. June 15. Annual Meeting registration deadline the world’s largest gathering of scholars of reli- Steve Herrick for 2009 Annual Meeting participants. Director of External Relations March 14. Publications Committee meeting, gion, anticipates some 5,500 registrants, 200 E-MAIL: [email protected] New York, NY. June 15. Submission deadline for the October publishers, and 125 hiring departments. TEL: 434-202-8198 issue of Religious Studies News. For more infor- March 20. Nominations due for Awards for TBA. Annual Business Meeting at the Annual Margaret P. Jenkins mation, see www.aarweb.org/Publications/RSN. Director of Development Excellence in the Study of Religion book awards. Meeting. See the Program Book for day and time. E-MAIL: [email protected] For details, see www.aarweb.org/Programs/Awards/ TEL: 404-727-7928 July November 20. New program unit proposals Book_Awards/rules-excellence.asp. Aislinn Jones July 1. Annual Meeting program goes online. due. Director of Marketing March 21–23. Western regional meeting, Santa E-MAIL: [email protected] July 1. New fiscal year begins. December TEL: 404-727-8132 Clara, CA. July 31. Deadline for participants to request Journal of the American Academy of Religion Deanna Lord March 26–27. Mid-Atlantic regional meeting, audiovisual equipment at the Annual Meeting. December issue. Administrative Assistant Baltimore, MD. E-MAIL: [email protected] TBA. Program Committee meeting, Atlanta, GA. TEL: 404-727-3049 March 27–28. Upper Midwest regional meet- August Deborah Minor ing, St. Paul, MN. August 1. Research grant applications due. For December 15. Submissions for the March 2010 Director of Finance and Administration more information, see www.aarweb.org/ issue of Religious Studies News due. For more E-MAIL: [email protected] (For more information on regional meetings, see Programs/Grants. information, see www.aarweb.org/Publications/ TEL: 404-727-7954 www.aarweb.org/Meetings/regions.asp). RSN. Robert Puckett August 1. Regional development grant applica- Director of Meetings April E-MAIL: [email protected] tions due to Regionally Elected Directors. December 31. Membership renewal for 2010 TEL April 1. Notification of acceptance of Annual due. Renew online at www.aarweb.org/Members/ : 404-727-1461 August 15. Membership renewal period for Meeting paper proposals by program unit chairs. Dues. Susan Snider 2010 begins. Associate Director of External Relations April 3–4. Midwest regional meeting, River E-MAIL: [email protected] September And keep in mind TEL: 404-727-4725 Forest, IL. throughout the